Page 65 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Suffering is the root and results are flowers
thus common, the difference between such exalted ones like our Great Master and His Master the Rev.AdiGuru Lalaji Maharaj and us, ordinary folks is in the attitude adopted towards suffering and its enjoyment.
It is relatively simple to grasp the truth that suffering is caused by our undue attachment to the body, its state of health, pleasurable sensations arising from the contact of the five senses with their corresponding objects in the world and the clinging or grasping of the pleasure producing objects. We can be truly rid of most suffering if only we can divert the attention (thought) away from the body to the soul consciousness.
We have developed liking towards those (objects and humans included) capable of causing pleasant feeling-sensations in us and dislike towards those opposed to the former. The welcoming attitude towards the pleasurable and repulsive attitude to those causing pain and sorrow have complicated inordinately our reactions to the events in our life. As it has been well said everything in this world is ultimately productive of pain, the reason being all pleasures are fleeting and are dependent on the aggregates or coming together of sense objects and the human company promoting happiness and enjoyment. We suffer pain or dukkha when we contemplate the evanescent nature of all pleasure and the palpable lack of control we have in maintaining the conditions/situations productive of the pleasant experiences.
PROPER ATTITUDE TO SUFFERING
Master says, ‘the Workman had sent us pure and crystal clear. The responsibility for the dirt and dust, which has come over us is upon us alone. We have ourselves formed the impressions which have become coverings upon coverings and succeeded in covering us up like the silkworm in the cocoon’ totally hiding the
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