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BUFFER STATES
The problem of living
SENSITIVITY
Sometimes the abhyasis feel the very high states because the grace comes from above through the teacher. It also happens that the teacher, even unknowingly, transmits from very high states, and the sensitive abhyasis feel that effect.
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Dear brother, I say verily that I have suffered so much burning during the period of my abhyas that there have been all burns in my breast. But those have become flower-beds and fire-flowers. I have crossed the field of spirituality by selling away peace, i.e., I have made the sacrifice of peace to attain it. And God knows how many barzaks (the intermediate places) there are where one has to go on stopping in order to proceed further. I have also written a letter regarding the barzaks (Buffer states) which you ought to study. I do not remember its contents much. And dear brother, when one comes to have the experience that the real spiritual benefit can be had from a particular person, he should
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