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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 7
negative become objects of aversion. That is the reason we are asked to accept certain fundamental truths of spirituality which in our system are covered under the Commandments 5 to 7. The Commandments given to us by the Master are mandatory for spiritual unwinding and upliftment.
But similarly the positive aspects eventually become a problem when they remain the object of craving, for this type of attachment negates wholeness. When we crave the positive it is because we do not have due recognition or appreciation of its presence within us, and we feel the lack it. Therefore we feel the need to get it or merge in it. Many advanced aspirants in the path though are aware of the immediate presence of the Master in the cave of their heart; crave for his presence as if it is something outside of them. It is curious how craving for something positive, such as acceptance by the Master, for example, brings an experience of the negative, such as rejection of our own worthiness due to subconscious awareness of our deficiencies. We usually do not see this, and say that it is
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