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penance. But this body is so selfish ! It looted as much as it could, but at the end will drive the soul out with whatever you have worn (your karmas). This body is such a thug! The mask is removed from the face and the true identity of your partner from birth (i.e. your body) is revealed only during illness. Exposing the true facts and cautioning you with an early warning by giving you true wisdom, is illness which is a blessing.
If a person from whom you have to collect your dues doesn't pay, you go again and again to him to collect your dues. But he refuses to pay you. Finally he agrees to make a conditional payment : "Look! I will not give you the payment directly, I will pay it to the person whom you owe money". Though we do not like this compromise, yet for once we will accept it. Though we do not get any money in our hands, yet this arrangement gives us a secret happiness that some of our debt is repaid.
When the body is affected by a disease or there is a sudden ailment, the above way of positive thinking would be very useful. Although illness is not a happy occurrence, the possibility of facing such misery later in your life is also at least partially washed out. When you are ill, your karmas are wiped off and hence that debt is repaid. It is good that you were affected with the disease now, when you still have reasonable endurance. If you would have been affected when you would have not cultivated such an understanding, or were ignorant, you would have been bounded by more karmas. A debt-ridden person who does not have an understanding, accumulates greater debt. That which gives you an opportunity to endure
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