The Importance of Keeping the Body Alive

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There is some scattering of light by the laws of physics, and then what kicks into operation after that is our own optical equipment. So everybody will see it as blue. An animal with a different kind of eye, you can see, may not see it asblue. Right? Shavanese says, so why should we try to keep the body alive, and why should we treat the body? The thing is, don't make a mistake in Vavahaara in transactions. What should be removed is our ignorance of the underlying reality that you are Satchidharanda. But until that time, until ignorance is removed, until superimposition is removed, we must care for this

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