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3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

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WORLDLY ATTACHMENT9body. To give an example, if you take a gl<strong>as</strong>s and coverit with some wax, make some impressions on the wax andthen pour some acid over it, all those impressions will beembedded into the gl<strong>as</strong>s. Similarly, all impressions fromoutside are impressed in our <strong>as</strong>tral body through thephysical body and outgoing faculties.;The M<strong>as</strong>ter wants each of us to penetrate throughthe fleeting forms and patterns and p<strong>as</strong>s on from thephenomena of Nature to Nature's God. He warns usnot to be misled by alluring attractions and wild enchantmentsspread out by Dame Nature through herevanescent charms and fleeting beauties. We should takethem merely <strong>as</strong> signposts pointing to the Lord, the EternalGod that resides within and penrades each of theephemeral productions. He further wants us to summonup all our energies and press them into service, so<strong>as</strong> to make our bodies the living temples of the DivineMusic-t he Word-in our earthly sojourn.'Attachment to the objects of the senses, the gorgeousdisplay of riches and wealth, the luxuriant abundanceand opulence, the licentious sensualism of e<strong>as</strong>e and affluence:all these contribute to the imbalance of the unsophisticatedmind. These are thorns and thistles thatmar the beauty of the undisturbed state of mind, whichis the soil best suited for the dawn of Divinity. Every day,every hour and every p<strong>as</strong>sing minute are leading us moreand more into the bondage of sensuous worldly phenomena.'Romantic life on the phvsical plane appears charming.It h<strong>as</strong> its attraction, but it is deb<strong>as</strong>ing. It leaves behind

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