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WE SHOULD ATTEMPT THE FINITE FOR THE INFINITE
difficult to do so. We have a glorious mind yet we find it difficult to reflect the glory of God. We seem to be not capable of even thinking that our mind is really pure thanks to our indoctrination into the material and self centred life patterns.
Why is it that people should find it so difficult even to conceive the depth and glory of the nature of mind? Why does it seem to many such an outlandish and improbable idea? The teachings of the Masters speak of four faults, which prevent us from realizing the nature of mind:
a. The nature of minds is too close to be recognized. Just as we are unable to see our own face, mind finds it difficult to look into its own nature.
b. It is too profound for us to fathom. We have no idea how deep it could be; if we did, we would have already, to a certain extent, realized it.
c. It is too easy for us to believe than to think.
d. It is too wonderful for us to accommodate. The sheer immensity of it is too vast to fit into our
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