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ception was a factor thereof. Constant perception of the body gave him an insight into its fleeting nature and he was illuminated.
The Buddha, Mahavir, and Bharat all practised body-perception. They realized the true nature of the body, directly experienced its transitoriness, and all their suffering came to an end. Suffering ensues only when the inner and the outer are not harmonised. The sadhak who succeeds in harmonising his inner experience with the external phenomena, who is fully integrated, becomes immune from the effect of changing circumstances. In deep body-perception, it is immaterial whether the wind blowing outside is hot or cold. With the experiencing of the movement of consciousness through each and every particle of the body, all physical and mental, i.e., the inner and outer suffering stands dissolved.
Q. If, through body perception, the extravertive con
sciousness turns into an introvertive consciousness, one becomes immune to the influence of the outer environment. But the state of introversion is not easy to attain. Only a few have the capacity to go through the process of sadhana which turns a man introversive. Is there a technique to end suffering before one reaches the stage of introversion?
Ans. If suffering could end and all one's problems be resolved without any effort on the part of the individual, then there would be no need for man to indulge in contemplation or reflection. If one could straightaway find butter, why bother about the whole exercise of milking the cow and the churning of the curd. However accomplished a man might be, if he really wants butter, he must churn it out of the curd. It has been said:
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