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Sri Ramchandra's Commandments: Commandment 7
coming out from even smaller things get expanded when they find sufficient scope for it. The expansion is full with force according to the volume it covers, because the things which have sprung up naturally possess power. When this is the case it now turns another phase and begins to cover all available space, affecting even the layers reserved for Bhogam. This leads to the commencement of sufferings. I have taken up the subject very briefly though every point in it could be further illustrated separately. The circumstances for the process of Bhogam, which may be from internal causes or external, are thus created. The external help comes in the form of suffering caused by the wrongs done by others, against which the people generally poison their thought on account of their own ignorance. This is very improper because this action, having helped the process of purification, has in fact put you under a sense of obligation. When this is the case, the work done through an external agency, it may be any, has in other words rendered the function of a true friend. This may seem to be an uncommon approach since this basic philosophy was never taken into account before, for the reason that it came out simply in the form of an advice to take everything as coming from the Lord, so that the feelings of resentment may not arise and one may not lose nobility of character. Thus it is now quite evident that anything that comes to us for our ultimate good, may it be from any medium fills our heart with delight and promotes in us a sense of gratitude.
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