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PATH OF GRACE
one more acquisition namely the capacity to face truth, namely courage (Dhiratva).
It is fear that is at the back of any sectarianism, narrow-minded fanaticism. It is fear of truth that drive men seek relief by getting into sects and seek shelter from theological dogmas and creeds which give them some little protection. The fact of experience is the truths of the Brahmand are as terrifying as the nature of Pind and it requires a great amount of courage for a man to face the various aspects of the Ahankara in the eye not casually or rationally but in full realization.
For those that are not blessed but aspire for life of truth the Ahankaric forces are still in darkness and silence and are in the domain of the unknown. This darkness is what one experiences in the Brahmand and the gray colour is visible only for those who are blessed. In the gray light glimpses of the Ahankaric forces are visible for the discerning disciples and so long as the gray does not dawn, like an unknown disease the unknown Ahankaric forces are hard to fight. The darkness naturally begets depression which is again one of the conditions of the Brahmand, as was pointed out earlier.
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