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bully a weakling. The Lord has said that whenever you spoil any
circumstance of another being, you are really spoiling your own
circumstance and you will have to face the very same
circumstance.
Every circumstance is a ‘file’ and you have to deal with
it with equanimity. For countless past lives one has been
contemptuous towards circumstances he did not like, and that is
why in this life he has to have to face circumstances that bring
nothing but contempt from every direction. Circumstances
represent the account of parmanus that are brought forth by
vyavasthit. People keep cursing and pushing away bitter
circumstances. Circumstances say, “We have come because
vyavasthit has sent us. If you curse us, vyavasthit will make you
pay.” And people welcome with open arms circumstances that
are pleasant. If you remain within the circumstances, circumstances
will perish and so will you but if you remain as the Self, separate
from circumstances, You will remain separate and eternal.
Bitter circumstances will still come even if you reject and
repel them and pleasant circumstances will still go away even if
you invite them. You have wasted away countless past lives
doing just this; you have done nothing but adverse meditation. If
you want liberation, then remain as the Self (shukla dhyan) and
if you want the worldly life, then maintain an attitude of helping
others and avoid negative meditation (artadhyan and
raudradhyan). A person who has dharma dhyan maintains the
awareness, ‘It is my own past life’s account that brings forth this
bitter circumstance,’ when someone hurts him. Thus he turns the
negative circumstance around into a positive and a pleasant one.
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