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Sense control and mastery of the mind
Spiritual Warrior, Volume III: Solace for the Heart in Difficult Times (2000)
No one is a solitary agent. We all have various types of guides who assist us. Most important, there is a form of God in everyone’s heart, and when you put the physical body to rest, you make closer contact with the Lord in the heart and with your higher self.
Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (1996)
By the mercy of the Lord, you have been given a guru, so your selflessness is simply a matter of serving your guru with more love and care. Give up all of your individualized desires and live for his pleasure, as he lived and lives for you.
The Beggar, Volume I: Meditations and Prayers on the Supreme Lord (1994)
Thoughts are saturated with energies that can intrude immediately or hover around you until they have an opportunity to take advantage of you. Thought forms that surround you at a particular moment may wait until a later time to affect you.
Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (1996)
That is the nature of free will. We have the full ability to make a selection; we can press any button we please. However, when we press a button we have to take responsibility for what happens. The reaction is predestined, but is activated by our choice.
Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (1996)
Being in a material body means that we are eager to enjoy sense gratification and other imaginings of the false ego. Sickness can help raise us out of the bodily conception by putting us deeply into bodily suffering. Thus, sickness can be one of the greatest boons from God.
The Beggar, Volume III: False Ego: The Greatest Enemy of the Spiritual Leader (2002)
We cannot understand spiritual realities by scholarship alone. Although study is important, the path to spiritual realization is through dedicated, selfless service. As we offer service to others with no expectation of reward, the Lord in the heart becomes more available to us and provides for our needs—because we have removed the veils that hide the truth.
Spiritual Warrior, Volume III: Solace for the Heart in Difficult Times (2000)
If your love and devotion are sufficient, you can literally liberate that soul from its state of bondage or incoherence. [...] As a spiritual warrior and light bearer, a loving person can fight such an entity in order to release its soul and send it on its way.
Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (1996)
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