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ADDICTION TO BELIEFS
dazed condition, though such a condition is due to the so far unaccustomed  ̳silence in silence‘. These are the cases where the practitioner says though there is this state of consciousness; he has not gained any knowledge from that experience.
It is necessary that the practioners in this system should be prepared to renounce their pet notions of the nature of mind, ahankar and manas and accept the much clarified concepts given by the great Master. It is not a question of whether the ancients were right or wrong. This is a new darshana and should be followed as the darshana demands. In this context I remember an interesting story to make my point clear here. ― A goat, a cow, and a horse were walking along discussing spiritual things when they all spotted a tuft of green grass. The goat said, "I am the oldest and the wisest so I should be the one to eat the grass." The cow said "I can give milk to feed many and this altruism should be rewarded, so I should eat the grass." The horse leaned over, ripped the grass out of the ground, and held it over the heads of the others and ate. The
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