Page 273 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Demolition of the past is a chapter in the Natural Path
the first time we were pure, because the source from which we have descended or come down is purity. The time went on, and innumerable births we have gathered around us different types grossness by our actions.
In this present existence too we are performing actions and the result is that these very actions slowly form layer after layer grossness around the original purity, so that in course of time we become to resemble the silk - worm that has spun a cocoon around itself. When man reaches this stage of his earthly existence, his life is one of the artificiality and full of grossness, both in the level of action and the results”.(SDG – Page 23 ).
Further the great Master while discussing about the Realisation states “..........At the time of creation everything began to assume a form of existence. Man also assumed his individual existence. The consciousness of individuality was the first covering in the composition of the man. Further additions continued one after the other. Egoism began to develop and ultimately assumed a grosser form. The working of the mind, senses and faculties began to contribute their share towards grossness. Actions of the body and mind led to the formation of Samskaras. Finally, now the man exists in the grossest form, consisting of the outer gross body and inner finer bodies and coverings. Now, from this solid outer state of existence we march right towards the centre passing through finer states one after the other. From gross body we come to the mind body and then to the causal body growing finer or more subtle at every step and proceed on further, dealing with other coverings”. (DR- Page 103 ).
The Master states that “When the span of life ended we took another form with the accumulated effects of grossness we had formed. Thus we have been adding at
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