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consistently, of why you are here, to lift yourself from lower to higher, to prevent any outer influence or inner habit from disturbing your peace and blinding you to the blessings of the universe.
After a period of silence together, he added:
“But most of all, to remove ill will, you learn to love yourself. To dissolve anger and guilt, you forgive yourself. To put a stop to destructiveness toward yourself or toward anyone else, be forever gentle with yourself.”
Munishree became inspired. "If men could carve beautiful sculptures out of stone, why should I not carve a beautiful Self of love out of my life?"
“Yes, my dear disciple," the Master smiled upon him, "You will do it. You are doing this now."
From this point onwards, Munishree noticed that anger never again took hold of his consciousness. He had penetrated its facade; it lost its purpose, its intensity. He had learned how to master this powerful energy.
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Purifying the Consciousness
A momentum was injected into the transformation of Munishree Chandraprabh's consciousness by his following an ancient practice called tapah. This Sanskrit word takes its name from the intense heat applied by the goldsmith in removing dross from gold. When it refers to a spiritual discipline, it indicates a spiritual heat energy which helps in developing the divine qualities of the soul. In other words, the alloyed element or that which devaluates the consciousness is removed or burned out. Once a person's motives are pure and innocent, he becomes what he truly is, solid gold, pure Self, unpolluted consciousness.
According to the Jain tradition, tapah is of two types, external and internal. The first includes those practices which
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