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Namah Reversal of Consciousness: What does it Mean?

comes, when the right stance and right play intentions, good thoughts, good feelings,
become a normal for you (long way still), good actions are an anomaly right now. The
and the wrong stance becomes an anomaly, lower tendencies seem more like the familiar
a reversal has happened. You cannot be your you.
older self, the one who doesn’t know the correct
stance, the one who doesn’t know the right But the game can change, it has to change,
angle, the perfect hit. and then slowly with practice, with effort
in the right direction, with inner conviction,
All of us who have tried to learn even a single with the guidance from the right words, right
thing perfectly in their life do know that it is teachers — (which of course brings pain in the
a long process and requires much dedication beginning, as the tennis play brings cramps
and effort at least in the beginning which in the beginning, as the body gets attuned to
lasts a long time. a new rhythm). Like a new language brings
frustration and drainage of energy at times
How Does All This Connect to a New when not ‘getting’ it. You begin to feel the
Consciousness, a Changed Nature? joy of the right step, right thought, right
feeling, right action… In the beginning, out
Right now, ego, the feeling of a limited ‘me’, of 100 moves, you feel the right action, right
lack, ignorance, jealousy, doubt, animosity, thought, only in a few cases. But you notice
ambition, greed, lust, desire, craving, now, with your consciousness, the joy that
negative thinking and the rest of the items in every right step gives you, no matter how
the bouquet — are one with your nature. You painful the removal of the older tendency
see all this as me. Although all of it makes is, the stepping back from an older dictate of
you uncomfortable from time to time, yet you the mind and emotions. Perseverance is the
cannot imagine a life apart from all of this; key, endurance of the pain is the key, new
you are habituated to these ways of being. muscles are developing, and it hurts, which
This is me, the limited me, always trying to be is an auspicious hurt. You persist, you endure
bigger, more special, yet never ever content all the pain in the process, as you know all
fully, and always craving. this is all for your own good, for a new birth
(like the labour pain for a childbirth), and for
While on the other hand, a sincere, concentrated the true good of others around you.
life, purity in the being, lack of self-obsession
and self-centredness, kindness, wisdom, Slowly, you try even better, you become
compassion, true and disinterested love, conscious of each right move, and each wrong
seem all very far-fetched to you, as if they move, you regret the wrong move immediately,
belong to some other beings, but not your as if you ought not do it; it brings a pang in your
cup of tea. Maybe for Yogis, Sadhaks, Masters, heart, it is an anomaly, it ought not happen.
but not for the ordinary you. Once in a while, The right move feels more like yourself, more
a kind act or a wise word is okay that may like how it should be.
slip out from your being, but not more than
that. You are not accustomed to that being We get a reflection of this in one of the Prayers
an inherent innate part of your nature; good of the Mother:

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