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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
opportunity given by Nature to get relief through their bogha having full faith in the Master and in a spirit of surrender to Him. This is the essence of the 5th and the 7th Commandments. By giving undue attention to them we only intensify their power and when we cease to give attention to them they wither away like unwatered plants. This is possible only when we divert our thought from body- consciousness towards soul. The sufferings and miseries, influenced by the effect of superior consciousness in course of time will be entirely cleared and their outbursts shall also cease. Man then will be in soul consciousness enlivened by the divine will. Afflictions are to be looked upon as the reverse side of bliss and they form the only thing that revives in our heart a consciousness of the real and helps us to march in the path of peace and progress.
Talking about Himself He says, ‘I have my own experiences of sufferings and miseries and after pondering over them a good deal I have now come to the conclusion that they are boons of nature which helps deliverance from the effects of samskaras. When one is cleared of their remnants spiritual progress goes on unabated provided one’s mind is inwardly inclined towards it”. (SS-) He says elsewhere,“ Ill I was and I am weak still. But when I think of the Master, I become young with all percolating influence of the Great. The disease is hated by all who suffer. But basically it is very purifying. When impure samskars come into Bhog the eyes of the creator are towards us. It serves as a cradle for rocking thebaby and we get nourished. Even when the virtuous samsakars come for Bhog the eyes of God are towards us. It means we are benefited by the disease also which takes along with it the vicious samskars. All is the play of His love” (SDG 121)
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