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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
they assume all communications should have them. Fortunately it is not so for any meaningful communication. It is a joy and an ease not to strain oneself to speak or hear a clear communication.
The real problem here is that the form and structure of the language gets all the attention and nothing worthwhile gets conveyed. But our Master always communicates something of significance and it requires cultured minds, to use his language, to understand these spiritual matters. We find the current day atmosphere is of forms for forms sake. In other words the form is the substance, which is an absurdity that is worthy of contempt. The misfortune is that these ideas are spreading internationally. It is a new religion of sophistication fused with aesthetics and embellishments. It is forgotten that the form should always project or express a function.
When I think of the various gods and goddess that adorn our religious atmosphere I find the form given to each and every deity is distinct and has the qualities that are invariably inseparable from the function that they are supposed to discharge. This is
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