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pain only till your attention has not gone towards the body beneath the shirt which is more precious than the shirt. The physical pain can also make you suffer, only so long as your attention is not focused on the extremely precious and great element present within the body.
Our problem is that our physical eyes can see only the body and it cannot go within. Often when you fall or bang yourself against something, that portion of the body experiences immense pain and you feel concerned about probable injuries within. You wish that the x-ray does not show a fracture. When the doctor examines the x-ray and declares that the report is. normal and further adds that there is merely muscular injury which is likely to cause pain for a fortnight, despite external injury, there is a consolation because the bones within are not fractured.
One thing you must understand is that karma attacks the body, but it's target is not merely the body. It's intention is also to cause pain to the soul within. When you are attacked by your karma, the body will suffer. Yet if the soul within is saved, you should realize and believe that the attack of your karmas has been unsuccessful.
When America bombarded Baghdad and razed the city to ground. Their target was not Baghdad city but it's King, who was probably hiding in one of the bunkers. If he remained safe, America's attacks would be considered unsuccessful. In the same manner when the army of karmas attack the body but cannot affect the emperor called Soul residing within, the attacks by the army of karmas prove unsuccessful.
During these attacks, we must protect the emperor within under all circumstances. At that time, the action of the mind,
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