Page 153 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 5

THE DEMOLITION OF THE PAST IS A CHAPTER IN THE NATURAL PATH
love and piety in others‘ states beautifully ―It is obvious that when a thing made of clay comes before us we take a different view of it and our liking for it increased in comparison to the mass of clay which it is made up of. Similarly when a man approaches God after proper making of himself, He takes a different view of him. This goes to explain that we should effect such a making of ourselves as may help us to become the cynosure of His eyes.‖
Master summarized the process of how we accumulated grossness ―The grossness went on increasing. Its resultant effects led to the development of further evils like passion, anger, lust etc. In short a complete conglomeration was formed. The retracing from it can now be effected only by the process of casting away all that he had taken in previously and by removing perversion of thought by fixing it firmly in the right direction.‖ (IB 36-37) It may be seen the blemishes listed above are not of the category of instincts or drives. To solve the difficulties that arise due to the drives Master has given us the two meditation processes on points A 142