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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 7
However I am also aware that many aspirants feel not in the same manner. I think that is mainly because they are not sure as to what they are seeking. The minimum goal Master has stated should be liberation from the cycle of births. Liberation from the cycle of births and rebirths is possible only when there is a cessation of slavery to desires. This should not be confused with the cessation of desires per se. It is the slavery that we need to get rid off. Enough on this subject has been written and spoken in our literature. However briefly stated, it is craving, which gives rise to fresh rebirth, and, bound up with pleasure and lust, here and there finds ever-fresh delight. The craving arises and takes root wherever in the world there are delightful and pleasurable things to the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind. What I like to stress most is that those of us who are slaves to these desires should atleast not bother about them during meditations. Meditation it should be remembered is an act of our remembering Master and our goal and thoughts other than those relating to these are positive proof of our not being determined to get liberated from the
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