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_Overcoming_ may be variously interpreted. In the past, it has been
presented to the initiate, as sacrifice. If so it be, then is it because of
lack of that wisdom which knows that there is no sacrifice in exchanging
the physical for the spiritual--the ephemeral for the abiding.
Says the ancient manuscripts:
"The body is purified by water, the mind by truth, the soul by knowledge
and austerity, the reason by wisdom."
But as the groping, undeveloped soul struggles for consciousness, it
reaches out for the gratification of mental desires. The soul is moved by
desire for perfect happiness. The mind seeks to satisfy this craving for
happiness in increased activities; in accumulation; in so-called pleasure,
i.e. always looking outside--thinking outside, living in the outside--the
_maya_. But the soul has but one answer to this quest for happiness. It is
love, because only love and wisdom give immortality--which is
self-preservation in the true sense.
It is written in the Shruti: "Brahman is wisdom and bliss.
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