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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
quest for the permanent makes a person restless and in the process of knowing about it he leaves out all i.e. the things he may have liked earlier or disliked earlier that is hindering this quest and develops his priorities. The next step that follows is feeling the presence of Divine everywhere. On contemplation one understands that the Divine is permanent and that everything belongs to the Divine. This helps in enjoying everything that has been given to him without really being the owner of the same. Renouncement to the extent of not being the owner dawns. This makes one think about the dependence on the Divine. One gives up ambition for any worldly attainment and starts to look within more seriously and starts getting attached to Divinity being unmindful of other things.
b) The next step that follows is that one becomes aware that he is dependent on the divine for everything and so is everybody else. This helps in developing the qualities of empathy, sympathy co-operation, sharing, service, fraternity etc. One begins to serve his fellow brethren in some way or the other. For this one will have to sacrifice many things. It is in this process of service that one will have to endure many things that teach forbearance. The wisdom that one is interdependent in life helps in making one more and more dependent on the Divine. This dependence helps one stabilise in service and in developing forbearance.
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