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What we have been doing throughout our lives is making choices as good / bad or
desirable / undesirable. Every time we make choices, our mind goes through a process of
grief, lamentation. As a result, we have been compelled to suffer throughout our lives.
The tendency to making choices would continue to exist up to the point of arupa raga
(craving for immaterial existence) on the Path. At this advanced stage, the meditator
chooses higher, intense bliss to be more desirable. This means that soka and parideva
even exist at higher spiritual stages to a certain degree. So, the meditator has to
extinguish the heat generated as a result of soka and parideva for higher attainments. It is
the knowledge, referred to as nayassa adhigamaya that would help extinguish the heat
generated in mind, as a result of soka and parideva. The specific understanding referred
to as nayassa adhigamaya would show an individual that the outcome underlying in
every act to be only suffering. He would realise that he has not been able to experience
real happiness so far. He has only got ready to seek happiness. Therefore, life has been
burdened with various types of misery. He has jumped from one sense object to another,
seeking happiness like tick on a dogs body. Every object has caused only suffering by
way of soka and parideva. This specific understanding (adhigamaya) gained with the
progress in meditation would be of great benefit to the meditator. This specific
understanding would serve you constantly, standing very close to you, like your own
shadow. I hope that you got a clear understanding on nayassa adhigamaya with this
explanation.