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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
vairagya namely detachment in attachment. We should learn the proper utilization of love and love in such a way that there is no brokenness so that every one will have the same share. This when matured grows into universal love where all the beings in the universe are loved without any expectation or motive as they all equally enshrine the Divine Beloved. We are counseled moderation in all dealings. Money is required for the maintenance and good living for the family but we are cautioned against love of money for its own sake. Obsession with earning money and its accumulation is a sordid ambition which is to be shunned. The ideal is ‘plain living and high thinking’.
Master’s compassion for all of us beset with difficulties mostly of our own making is seen in His prayer that every one may get over his difficulties and live a happy life worth living for spiritualism. Master once again reiterates that He is there for the service of all and it goes without saying that all of us who are aspiring to be His followers ought to follow in His foot steps cooperating with Him in the fulfillment of the Divine plan for Humanity. We can see that the above prescriptions are to be followed implicitly for leading a happy, meaningful and fulfilling life.
In another context the Master states, ‘Happiness consists in due discharge of one’s duty. The Gita lays so much stress upon it. It is in fact the very life and soul of spirituality’ (SS-383). Similarly one should encourage himself to cultivate right faith, right cognition and right morals as the basis of yoga has always been right morals and proper behaviour. Rev. Lalaji Saheb has emphasized on cultivating principled character. If it is not there the person is not capable of having the fine type of spirituality which is beyond everything and is worth having. (SDG- 65). The committed seeker can not afford such a situation
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