Page 337 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Demolition of the past is a chapter in the Natural Path
share our feelings. They too are happy about it. When we do that, we feel that our heart has become calm, light and happy. When there is bad news, the heart becomes heavy. When this is shared with our well-wishers, our heart becomes light. The point to observe is that when the well- wishers share our feelings, when they empathise with us, our heart becomes light. I feel that when a person empathises with others, he shares the same feelings, he undergoes the other person’s effect of the feelings to some extent. I think that this can be termed as sharing the bhog to a certain extent. A person is granted permission to be a trainer when he can empathise with the other person without any selfish reason; when he can work for the betterment of the other person thinking that they are connected spiritually. It is with the feelings of empathy; the trainer can do an effective job of offering Pranahuti. Extending the same logic, the trainer shares the bhog with the abhyasi. This is my own understanding and I have not read this at all in the literature of our system directly. It is an inferential knowledge and I have no direct experience of it myself but have observed this happening to me as an abhyasi during the training under my master.
When the abhyasi understands the sincerity and earnestness of the trainer’s purpose, slowly the abhyasi starts sharing his problems with the trainer. This makes the job of the trainer easier to that extent. Otherwise the trainer has to work with his limited understanding of the case. Many times, the abhyasi too doesn’t know the problem and it is through prayer, the solution or relief is sought. Also in cases, when the abhyasi is undergoing the bhog, which the trainer hasn’t undergone before or has no idea of how to deal with such a situation, the solution or relief is sought through prayer only.
Depending upon the condition of the abhyasi, the trainer has to give suggestions, keeping in mind the
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