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Namah Sacrifice and the Mystery of Love and Evolution

this inner fire and with it comes a mysterious also for the organisations. A start-up, like a
acceleration of our psychological and child growing up, has to receive a great deal
spiritual evolution by receiving in abundance of investment before it can become a mature
the divine riches. organisation that can stand on its own feet.

Life itself, in its entirety, is a perpetual yajna, a 2. The Stage of the Trader (The Adult in the
continuous process of receiving and giving. This Marketplace) As we mature, we move into the
reciprocal flow is as essential and inseparable adult stage, where life demands more than
as the in-breath and the out-breath. Atoms just receiving. We learn to navigate the world
come together to become larger and more through exchange, through bargaining. We
complex molecules by exchanging electrons, develop the attitude of the ‘trader’: “I want
ecosystems evolve through intricately woven this, and to get it, I am willing to give that.”
food-chains; every creature finds its food as This is the basis of conventional interactions,
well as becomes food during its life-cycle. whether in the marketplace, in social
Eater eating is eaten, say the ancients. Even a dealings, or even in relationships governed
modern marketplace is driven and sustained by transactional mindset. Initially the focus
by this process of mutual exchange. No entity remains on maximising what is received
in the manifest world can exist without both while minimising what is given. As this stage
receiving and giving. This is a fundamental reaches maturity we reach the understanding
law governing the entire creation and it works of fair trade, win-win solutions, and
at material, psychological and spiritual levels. relationships based on mutual benefit. This is
However, the manner in which we engage a necessary stage of engagement with reality
with this law — how we receive and how and can create a great deal of material wealth.
we give — holds the key to our evolutionary However, as we look beyond material life
potential. and yearn to grow in psychological and

The Three Stages of Evolutionary Sacrifice

We can observe three broad stages in our
evolutionary journey concerning this
fundamental law of sacrifice, of receiving
and giving:

1. The Stage of the Recipient (The Child) At the
earliest stage, like a child, our primary mode
is one of receiving. A child is born and the
world, embodied by parents and caregivers,
pours love, care, and sustenance into them.
The child receives it gladly, and in this
initial phase, this is natural and necessary
for growth. It is a period of reception and
dependency. It is true not only for people but

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