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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
brethren that self evaluation is one of the most important aspects of sadhana. All deterrents have to be identified and consciously overcome either through contemplation or meditation or prayer or cleaning or with the help of our trainer. The questionnaires developed by the institute are of immense and invaluable help.
A question that could arise is what is the motivating factor for all these? What propels me to think in terms of transformation? Why is it that we seek freedom so ardently? For all these questions, Master says in the first commandment,” The fire of the Divine which has been burning since the beginning of time has not yet cooled down” and in one of the messages he says ,” Nature is fomenting one with fire of devotion” From this I understand that the devotion for God is manifest in all of us and we experience it as aspiration. Spiritual fraternity is understood by me as commonness of the spiritual aspiration. This gets awakened in all persons who partake Pranahuti , one of the recurrent themes of the master of our order, Dr. Rev KCV while explaining the results of Pranahuti. The aspiration for growth is fundamental to spiritual life and if we share it with others then we are doing our spiritual duty. One such duty that we are all enjoined to do is the 9’O clock prayer. This prayer strengthens the fraternal bond through spiritual manner. In this message, our Master is reminding us this duty. Though it is the third word in the sequence (intellectally, morally and Spiritually) but I think we should practice it first so that we can do the other two. May be the principle of invertendo. That is why our Master emphasizes great importance to practice and practical knowledge that is the only way to spread the message in its purity of content and practice.
This and That have gone now, purity remains in all his work. As discussed earlier, the so called barriers
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