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The Flame in the Candle
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SS SEED-THOUGHTS FOR MEDITATION What is moving upward in me? It is my purity, my spirit's longing to find the beautiful, the noble, the divine.
What is melting downward in me? It is the dross, that which decomposes and disperses into its own elements.
Let me take the process of meditation to dehypnotize my consciousness. Do I know whether my actions come from self-awareness or from someone else's suggestion?
Nothing fetters or binds a person who is aware. He lives in the world, with the world, but not of it.
Let me live as a premamandir, a temple of love, a sacred place in which I extend the flame of reverence to all living beings universally.
