Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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not a friend in your mind. So your seeing is with blind desires; you want to mold and bind. That is why attachment leads to repulsion...
Also by not allowing the person you love to act freely, you are not allowing him to grow..A person · must learn through bruises and mistakes. He must
go through different processes of suffering if he is to grow. All growth involves a little suffering, a little giving up. To graduate from school, you give up playtime or sports to do your homework. To experience the joy of motherhood, a woman gives up whatever is needed to carry the baby in her womb. In order to love without attachment, a person gives up his. ego, his lower self, his possessiveness.
Thus those who have seen the philosophy of vibrations and karma live differently from those who are unaware. They have seen that inside passion creates vibrations which lead to bandha or bondage. So they practise samvara or stoppage of the influx of karmas. Because you are always “on the air," you stop before you think, you stop before you speak, you stop before you act. You know that the thought you send out is going to bring back the same kind of vibrations