Page 137 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 7
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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 7
We see that things are both getting better and getting worse. The madness is accelerating but an acceleration of the new consciousness is also there. However, this latter development is less apparent when we listen to the media. The media still mostly reflects only about what is happening in the sphere of the old human consciousness. We are now bond in the chains of our own narrow thought forms. As Dr. K.C.V. puts it “As it is said of law, that the letter killeth the spirit, so too habit killeth subtleness and freedom.” It is the habit of the media to view with its own peculiar pair of blue glasses that kills its freedom.
We find in actual life that despair and suffering can sometimes catalyze enlightenment. Many people know this from their own lives, especially if they have gone through intense suffering or great loss, or faced death in one way or another either their own physical death, a psychological death, or the death of somebody very close to them. It is obvious that some form of suffering often brings about a readiness for
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