A talk of Alok Pandey at the Integral Yoga Retreat in Greenville, South Carolina.
This world is not what it appears to be. It is a distorted appearance of a reality, and we are playing with this distorted appearance. Because we don’t perceive it rightly, therefore our responses are also not right responses. And here we use “right” not in the sense of a morally right and wrong, but from a higher standpoint. Moral framework we use to navigate through the appearances …
Abdul Baha recounted how Bahai followers faced torment with ecstasy, regarding it not as sacrifice but as a profound offering of their lives.