Dharana 97 of 112 · verse 109

The Same Qualities

Hold firmly that what is said of the divine is true of you.

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The practice

Take the qualities the tradition gives to the divine — knowing everything, able to do anything, present everywhere. Hold firmly that these are your own qualities, not another being’s. Do not soften it into a metaphor and do not inflate it into a boast. Hold it plainly.

What it works on

A demanding contemplation and easy to misread. It is not a claim about the person with your name and history; it is a claim about what that person is a local appearance of. Held correctly it produces humility rather than grandiosity.

Notes

  • If it starts to feel like self-congratulation, it has been misapplied to the personality. Return to dharana 92, which is the safer neighbour.

Practise gently

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