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APPENDIX III – GAME OF LIFE
and images that we thought it would be useful in evaluating the condition of the aspirant. The game gains meaning and worth as we play this game again and again.
4. Somebody calls us a Jackal? Is it offending you?
There is a Divine potential in us as also in other forms considered lower in the evolutionary process. The genuine spiritual aspirant always attempts to increase the Human and Divine resource lying deep in the human psyche and reduce and if possible eliminate the Animal resource which is in abundance expressing itself in various forms of expression. As that is difficult because the Animal in man is Gods’ will one tends to moderate the instincts and urges and this is the aim of spiritual life. This Game of Life is meant for people who are serious about life: however those who are not serious may also play to develop such seriousness. If somebody calls us a jackal we may feel offended but if we know that potential in us and confront it then we can overcome that and grow into next level of being. Various symbols
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