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“The difficulty arises when we remain held up by our own resourcefulness applied for our advancement”
we show concern for others and we become useful tools for the Divine. This should happen in natural and gradual manner, definitely requiring help of Pranahuti. Excess self-reference leads to dejection, depression and loss of
reality some times.
In early days of practice we unduly stress on things like truthfulness, discriminative intelligence etc and exert ourselves and draw others' attention to us misrepresenting the system. If we don't learn to pay attention to wider aspects in the same situation our vision will be confined to limited spectrum only and we will not be happy. All the time, goal of being happy should be kept in mind so that refinement occurs naturally and co- operation to the Master will be extended from our side.
It is very common to note a person who is riding cycle since decades when forced to show how he rides, may face embarrassing situation, just because of awareness of his capability. If we pay undue attention to act of eating, we get choked. Our breathing if paid attention will not be natural and regular and discomfort will be there. This applies to any capability. Naturalness in our behavior is lost because of awareness of capability.
It is very common to see many people to stress that their suffering is because of their Prarabdha and thus limit their thinking and remain in the past instead of living in the present. Dr KCV says ‘Now my Master tells me that Liberation is possible and absolute, even in this body. It combines two things, your function in this physical body with a higher spiritual function. There is no Prarabdha.’ (Dr KCVW vol I - 476 - Sri Ramchandra’s Rajayoga- Principles and Practices)
We were told in college that a postgraduate who discontinues learning is considered as equivalent to illiterate. Learning is a continuous and unending process.
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