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Unmasking Our Identity (The Dichotomy
All our assumed identities are thus related to 'external covering' and the 'finer covering'—like the outer cloak and under-garment. In other words, body-mind is the basis of all our identities. Of course these identities confer on us our distinct status, an individuality. But while this individuality has a functional importance, it is also the source of our sorrow and problems as well. All our struggles, competitions and heart-burns, our social and personal prestige are born of these identities. And we are
quite protective about our 'individuality'. Observes Swamiji:'Which state is my individuality? When I was a baby sprawling on the floor trying to swallow my thumb? Was that the individuality I should be sorry to lose? Fifty years hence I shall look upon this present state and laugh, just as I [now] look upon the baby state. Which of these individualities shall I keep?'
Does this rising above our individuality mean getting into a monoculture where there will be no differences, no distinctions? Far from it. The more we approach the centre, the more the radii meet. We must try to recognize the divine thread that runs through us all, and treat others as divine and not mere body-mind. This is how unity in diversity can be practised.
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