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CO-OPERATION IS THE LIFE OF COMING EVENTS
But unfortunately that is only bookish knowledge and wild imagination parading as philosophy or wisdom. In life which is a relative plane, otherness leaps forward to claim its dues from anyone who is deeply and authentically bringing the infinite identity to life. And it becomes our duty to relate to others as a relative self (a part of our being) where we do not know who the other is in any perfect sense. Realisation is not an awareness of our big infinite Self who is supposedly free of such mundane obligations; it is our commitment to understand and empathize the other that gives meaning and relevance to realisation of our true nature. It is only then we can consider ourselves as living upto the expectations of the Divine, as Master often urges us to.
When we perform this task in Raja yoga with an integral awareness of the fullness of our Being, we bring that infinite or unconditioned quality of Being to life in real, authentic ways. Then we become deeply receptive to others, and profoundly communicative about this, especially with others who are doing the same sadhana as we do. This is
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