I feel the hot winds of karma driving me. Nevertheless I remain here. My training was correct: I must not shrink from the clear white light, for if I do, I will once more re-enter the cycle of birth and death, never knowing freedom, never obtaining release. The veil of maya will fall once more.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker resists the cycle of death by staying firm against a spiritual trial known as the clear white light.
- In plain terms
- I stay here and do not shrink from the light to avoid being born and dying again.
- What can you take from it?
- Facing the test prevents being reborn in suffering.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What prevents your release?
- Is facing fear the only way?
Another view
It presumes reincarnation and maya are factual.
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