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; The temporary creation is also a relative truth. It is
3 in fact the temporary picture of the eternal crea-
f tion. The forgetful soul has no information of the
4 spiritual creation, known as the sanatana dhama,
‘ but the temporary creation gives an idea of this
4 Original creation. The devotees of the Lord, there-
3 fore, make the best use of the bad bargain by
¢ utilizing the temporary creation in the service of
| the Lord.
. Everything emanates as different energies from
i the Lord, and thus everything should be engaged
; for His service only. AS soon as even temporary
t things are engaged in His service, they take on
; permanent values. The process of such engage-
ment in the service of the Lord is what the sages
‘ call cikitsitam, or ‘‘well treated’. If we have some
‘ kind of trouble in the stomach from drinking milk,
the physician prescribes the same milk in the form
} of curd, which is nothing but treated milk. Similar-
} ly, the temporary creation of the material world is
x undoubtedly full of miseries, but when accepted in
1 terms of its relation with the Supreme Lord the
\ whole thing becomes as well treated as the curd.
Everything accepted in full God consciousness
: has its spiritual value, and by the’ grace of the
| Almighty its material effects are diminished in
; terms of the increasing degree of spiritual con-
} sciousness. That is the process for cultivating the
a human spirit.m
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