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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 7
following and I consider myself duly rewarded. The courage with which we put the first step shall be the same courage with which we move, ignoring difficulties in the various situations that arise in the path. We should remember the old adage that "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
It is clear to all the serious aspirants that we are not able to realize our true nature of unconditional love and oneness because our inner Essence is covered by layers upon layers of negative as well as positive mental and emotional imprints which in our tradition are called Kosas. The traditional notion of peeling of layer of consciousness comparing the same with either the corn or the onion is a painful process. In our system we have the courage to retain them and moderate all of them and to use them for the purposes of the divine as the divine wills.
Many of the aspirants feel that the advice given to ‘ignore the thoughts during meditation’ would mean that we should be unaware of the
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