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the loyal guard to the emperor is very important. When Saint Khandhak's skin was peeled off by the king's soldiers, the emperor within maintained its equanimity and finally emerged victorious. Burning splinters of coal were put on the head of Gajasukumal. It's heat caused the secure armour of the head, the skull, to break and affected him by causing his death, but the emperor within remained calm and he emerged victorious, as he attained his self-realisation before death overtook him.
During such attacks, the emperor along with one of his trusted body-guards translocates himself to some other place. During pain, if the focus of the soul, which is generally over the body, is moved to another secure location, then only it is poss save the soul. The hands, legs, eyes or other parts of the body that have supported you till now cannot be trusted. They may betray you anytime. At such time, if the mind does not betray, the emperor will remain unscathed. Hence on such occasions, the soul can be saved only if supported by the mind. Hence to fail the attempts by karma, the mind should be focused elsewhere.
Our problem is that at such times, instead of diverting our focus, the formula of shifting the focus itself gets diverted. The finger got stuck while closing the window ......you screamed ....... experienced pain also.... this was an attack by karma. At this time instead of shifting the focus somewhere else, the entire thought now surrounds the finger that was stuck. If the nail is slightly broken or the skin is peeled off or there is a small boil or there is pain in the waist or the nose is filled with mucous ..... the pain in just one square inch of the body, makes the entire body weighing 65 kilos to lie down on the bed. The attachment nurtured towards the body since a long time gives so much pain, that in spite of
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