Page 211 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 5
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THEY TAKE MILK BUT ALSO EAT PICKLES AFTER THAT
mix it with sweet. The adherence to the rituals and idols some how is of the form of addiction and the concepts of infinity and immortality get confused in our minds. We can experience infinity during meditation but immortality which some crave for however is not a product of meditation. It is to be noted that Infinity is the continuity of existence and immortality is the continuity of consciousness. Instead of realizing that the immortality sought after can only be in the realm of consciousness when our idea of body-self and its boundary is crossed we tend to think that somehow the body-self will continue to exist immortally. It is here the crux of belief in the idols and gods and goddesses lie.
The great holy traditions try to teach and inspire this illusion as if it is truth through images of omniscience, eternity and immortality. These images do inspire us to elevate our consciousness from the finite physical world to all that is everlasting and present in creation. But it only inspires and unless we perspire in the path, the elevation of consciousness does not occur. Without any such
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