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Commandment 9
Mould your living so as to rouse a feeling of love and piety in others.
We get power from our thought. It happens only when we create perfect harmony between things of our making and those of the Divine. The word Vyavahara - practical dealings-carriesawide meaning.Itcoverstheentire sphere which falls next to the Ultimate. There is uniformity in Divine dealings, but only in a particular sense. For example He gives light equally to all. He has created air for all to breathe in, and so also many other things which foster the growth of life and sustain our existence. This can be interpreted as the uniformity of Nature’s dealings- Vyavahara.
There are other things too which present themselves in a modified form and they are dealt with in a different way. It is obvious that when a thing made of clay comes before us we take a different view of it, and our liking for it is increased in comparison to the mass of clay which it is made up of. Similarly when a man approaches God after proper making of himself, He takes a different view of him. This goes to explain that we should effect such a making of ourselves as may help us to become the
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