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MISERIES AND AFFLICTIONS Negative Feelings
You should not waste your time in that. When you are depressed you are losing. If you meditate instead, you are getting. So meditate instead of feeling depressed. Brooding over it deepens the impression.
13. Trying to own thoughts and things leading to brooding and too much of churning of mind. Clouded goal clarity.
Brooding is the play of a diseased mind. It got stuck in the past. Know the past is ashes and we need to live only in the present. Resign yourself to the will of Master and let surrender be real. Tough though not impossible.
14. The feelings of self pity which were there because of my own notions have been reduced greatly. My brooding has reduced considerably.
Brooding and self pity are sure methods of down fall in any attempt and more so in spirituality. Avoid that and not just talk of reduction. You must learn that in spirituality it is always ‘do’ or ‘do not’ and never ‘try’.
15. How to overcome guilt?
Guilt is not a healthy feeling; we should repent and seek forgiveness and never worry about what has
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