Reply With QuoteThe reaching out towards spiritual freedom is throughout accompanied by a sense of effort, which persists until all false perceptions are overcome.
Sincere penance does not consist in perpetuating grief for the wrongs, but in resolving to avoid in future those deeds which call forth remorse.
The reaching out towards spiritual freedom is throughout accompanied by a sense of effort, which persists until all false perceptions are overcome.
Solitude is one of the essential conditions of at-taining success in meditation.
Selfless service is accomplished when there is not the slightest thought of reward or result, and when there is complete disregard of one's own comfort or convenience or the possibility of being misunderstood.
If a person has done an evil turn to some one, he must
receive the penalty for it and welcome the evil rebounding upon himself; and if he has done a good turn to some one, he must also receive the reward for it and enjoy the good rebounding upon himself. What he does for another, he has also done for himself, although it may take time for him to realise that this is exactly so. The law of Karma might be said to be an expression of justice or a reflection of the unity of life, in the world of duality.
There is nothing particularly spiritual about occult power, as such. Like any other mundane powers or scientific inventions, it is capable of being used for good ends or bad. It gives immense scope for co-operative work on the higher planes; but, this necessarily implies a spiritual preparedness to shoulder a special responsibility.
Start learning to love God by loving those whom you cannot love. The more you remember others with kindness and generosity, the more you forget yourself, and when you completely forget yourself, you find God.
Even the slightest misuse of occult power has severe reaction and creates a binding for the soul. Sometimes, it may retard the progress of the aspirant and may even lead to a considerable set-back; and, apart from the spiritual ruin which the novice may invite upon himself, through indiscrete use of occult power, he is bound to be a source of incalculable harm to others, against whom he has succeeded in having a formidable advantage.
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