Page 601 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
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“The understanding comes when the seed at the bottom is fried up”
Our bedtime prayer gives us an excellent opportunity to beg forgiveness from Rev. Master when our efforts fall short of the mark. It also strengthens our resolve in not repeating the same mistakes again and again.
Each time a lesson comes up for learning, whether we succeed in following the commandment up to some extent or not, it leaves us always a little bit wiser.
Gradually, the understanding of the 7th commandment like other commandments, gets better and one may be in the position to say that he/she is not revengeful for the wrongs done by others or might be moving towards this understanding. That means now the abhyasi understands that not being revengeful means one is not revengeful in action, word and thought. Further he/she can move over to understanding the next part of the commandment that says, ‘Take them (wrongs done by others) with gratitude as heavenly gifts’. Initially the whole idea of taking wrongs done by others to us as heavenly gifts and that too with gratitude is a completely conflicting thought. But only after undergoing sufficient bhoga, can one understand the value of this sentence. It is a well known fact that we all generally remember God only when we are in trouble. Now when we are going through the bhoga of our past samskaras and we are following the first part of this commandment; the only way we knew how to react to such a situation was to retaliate, but now since we are somewhat able to follow the first part of the commandment, we do not know what else to do as the only path that we knew we have closed it. So we read Masters’ works to find out how should one behave in situations that have the potential of escalating into a big conflict in our minds and hearts. This way unawares we are trying to be in His thoughts.
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