Miracles of Love Wisdom

Miracles of Love and Wisdom
A Handbook For Experiencing

the Truth
by
Robert Najemy
Miracles of Love and Wisdom

A Handbook For Experiencing the Truth
by
Robert Elias Najemy
Dedication
I offer this book to us, Gods children,

that we may manifest our true selves.
Copyright 1989
Robert Elias Najemy
Published by Holistic Harmony Publishers
www.HolisticHarmony.com
isbn: 0-9710116-6-4
Page layout :
Uranus
Set in Palatino 10 on 13
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROLOGUE ..................................................................................................................................4
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MIND AND THE BODY .......................................6
HOW THE MIND GETS PROGRAMMED ............................................................................11
THE RESULTS OF CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING..........................................................15
THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS FREEDOM ............................................................................20
HOW TO ANALYZE YOUR BELIEFS ....................................................................................25
ABILITIES, TALENTS AND POWERS ...................................................................................30
LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES ......................................................................................33
OPENING OUR HEARTS TO LOVE ......................................................................................37
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND LIFE ....................................................................40
WE SEE ONLY THE PAST ........................................................................................................44
THERE ARE NO NEUTRAL THOUGHTS ............................................................................47
LIFE HAS A MEANING ...........................................................................................................50
OUR EMOTIONS ARE BASED ON OUR FALSE PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY............53
ALL NEGATIVITY RESULTS FROM IDENTIFICATION WITH THE BODY AND
MIND ...........................................................................................................................................56
XV.
WE ARE NOT ALONE IN EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF OUR THOUGHTS .....59
XVI. WE DO NOT PERCEIVE WHAT IS FOR OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS .........................64
XVII. EVERYTHING I SEE EXISTS FOR THE LIBERATION OF SPIRIT FROM MATTER......67
XVIII. I AM DETERMINED TO SEE...................................................................................................70
XIX.
ABOVE ALL I WANT TO SEE THE TRUTH .........................................................................72
XX.
I AM LOVE .................................................................................................................................74
XXI.
GOD IS EVERYTHING I SEE ...................................................................................................76
XXII. MY MIND IS A PART OF GOD'S - I AM DIVINE ................................................................80
XXIII. THERE IS NOTHING MY DIVINITY CANNOT DO...........................................................83
XXIV. I AM A BLESSED CHILD OF GOD.........................................................................................87
XXV. GOD IS WHEREVER I AM.......................................................................................................89
EPILOGUE ..................................................................................................................................92
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XIV.
MIRACLES OF LOVE AND WISDOM
PROLOGUE
as this book written for you? Are you

searching for a way out of your fears, anxieties, and other negative emotions? Are
you seeking to understand yourself and the world
around you more clearly? Are you interested in realising your spiritual self? Would you like to bridge the
gap between the spiritual truths, which you have been
hearing and reading about for so many years, and your
daily experience of life, which does not yet verify
them? Would you like to feel more inner peace and
love and fulfilment? Would you like to make your life
a life of miracles, in which you are constantly aware of
the presence of the divine, wherever you are and whatever you do? Would you like to get free from negative
thought patterns and ideas, which keep you from being as happy as you could be, and from manifesting your full creative potential? Would you like to feel more
self acceptance and self confidence? Would you like to
break free from negative patterns of communication,
which exist between yourself and family and friends?
Would you like to feel closer to God? To realise your
full potential as an immortal spirit, temporarily living
in the body which is holding this book? If you would
like any one of the above things, then this book is written for you.
It was definitely written for me, and I have gained
so much from it at every stage of its development. It is
the result of my search for spiritual truth and my attempt to manifest my full potential as a human being.
It led me, after 18 years on the spiritual path, and after
having written five others before this one, to come to
the conclusion that it is extremely important to not to
stop at simply reading spiritual books but also to employ
them.
In my spiritual journey, I have met many people
who have read a lot of books but are living lives which
have nothing to do with what they know. There is a
huge gap between what they know theoretically and
how they live and experience their lives. This book was
created to help bridge the gap. It is not a book to be
simply read. It must be employed. Each chapter has
some exercise for you to perform. Do not be in a hurry.
Finish the exercise given in each chapter before going
on to the next. It is better to eat slowly, and be able to
digest and absorb what you eat rather than eat, quickly without chewing or digesting it, so that your system
is unable to take any nutritional benefit from it.
The first chapters present to you a system of self
analysis, which is based on a combination of spiritual
psychology and the perennial philosophy of the immortal soul, and its relationship with God and the
world. It is called the perennial philosophy by author
Aldous Huxley, because it is comprised of the core beliefs which are found at the centre of all religions.It
keeps popping up like a perennial flower. In these
chapters you are presented with a questionnaire. As
you work, you will always have new insights, or will
remember other beliefs or clues concerning your beliefs, programming and feelings. For this reason, it
would be very useful for you to keep a special notebook, which you will use only for this work of understanding yourself more clearly. Try to find a regular
time of the week, in which you can sit alone and think
deeply about the questions presented to you. The resulting improvement in all aspects of your life will
make, whatever you have to sacrifice to find this time,
well worth it. Give deep thought to these questions,
and answer them as sincerely as you can. You will absolutely not have the same results if you try to do all
this in your mind. If you want results, you must write,
it is the only way to real objectivity and clarity. Try to
overcome any blockages or fears about writing your
answers. You will be glad you did. Writing in the third
person is usually more effective and more objective.
Try to step outside of yourself and see your self as an
objective, impartial observer would.
The later chapters have to do with reprogramming
the mind with spiritual truths, so that they stick and
are meshed with the fabric of our daily experience. The
phrases used from chapters 11 to 25 are inspired by the
book A COURSE IN MIRACLES. But the text accompanying the phrases is based on the perennial philosophy which I mentioned earlier. It is suggested that you
perform the exercises at the end of each chapter for
about one week before going on to the next chapter.
This period of one week is relative to each person. I
would say however, that it is a good period of exercise
for most. If, on the other hand, you find a certain technique particularly useful and pleasant for you, stick
with it as long as you like, and proceed when you feel
ready. If you are one of those people, who, in spite of
all this explanation, is going to read the book continuously, without performing the exercises indicated, then
do yourself the great favour when you finish, and your
curiosity has been quenched, to start again and work
through the book a second time, now performing the
various exercises and techniques, so that you can experience the MIRACLES OF LOVE AND WISDOM in your life. Many truths and phrases are repeated frequently in the text in order to aid in the programming
process.
I would also encourage you to read my previous
books which are an important preparation for this one.
The best order for one to read these books is THE PSY-
CHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS, CONTEMPORARY

PARABLES, THE MYSTICAL CIRCLE OF LIFE, THE
UNIVERSAL PHILOSOPHY These are useful companions to the book you are now about to read. The other
two books, EATING FOR HEALTH AND VITALITY
and AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEACHINGS OF
SATYA SAI BABA are quite useful but not absolutely
essential for the effective use of this book. If, in spite of
these suggestions, you decide to read this book without the suggested preparations, and like what you
read, and would like to make real transformations in your life, then you could read the books in the order in
which they are listed, and then read and work with
this book again.
We are seeking to liberate ourselves from a feeling
of weakness, separateness and powerlessness and to
realise and manifest the great power, love and beauty
which lie within each one of us. Life is the school in
which this process takes place. The various experi-
ences, which we are subjected to, are the lessons in that

school. The problems which we encounter are the tests
and examinations. There is only one teacher in this
school, and he is the invisible divine consciousness,
who is guiding us through each and every being and
event we come in contact with. We have a choice as to
whether to pay attention and learn the lessons which
life is trying to teach us, or ignore what is happening
and complain about our unhappy fate and bad luck.
This book, THE MIRACLES OF LOVE AND WISDOM,
is a handbook which guides us in the way we may use
the experiences of our lives more effectively, so as to
learn what we have come to learn and proceed on to
higher states of consciousness, filled with love, peace
and harmony. I wish you a pleasant and fruitful journey to your truly beautiful self. May you live in
health,happiness and harmony. May you enjoy the
miracles of love and wisdom in your life.
CHAPTER I
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

THE MIND AND THE BODY
ost people would like to live a more harmonious life, in which they give and take more
love, in which they feel a sense of inner
peace and contentment. But few are able to satisfy
these basic needs for love and peace in their lives. Most
of us live lives full of stress, conflict, worry, fear, anxiety, bitterness, and other negative and separating emotions.
The message of these chapters is that we can change
all this, if we know the keys and make the necessary effort. Here you will find the concepts and techniques
through which these changes can be made. Whether
you make the effort or not is your decision.
WE CREATE OUR REALITY

The first key of changing our reality is to understand
that we are creating it. What we must understand is
that the reality, which we experience, is a projection of
the contents of our mind. What we are programmed to
believe and expect to happen in life, is exactly that
which we create in life. Our mind is full of various
films which are being played, over and over, in our
daily life. This will become clear as we continue.
Let us examine the relationship between the mind,
the spirit, the soul and the physical body. The following diagram may help us understand this relationship.
SPIRIT - Pure Consciousness
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CAUSAL BODY - Inherited Character - Tendencies
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HIGHER INTELLECT - Faculty of discrimination
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MIND - Organ of perception and communication
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BIOENERGY - The vital energy for all physical and
mental functions
|
NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS - Master
systems of the body
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DIGESTIVE-RESPIRATORY-CIRCULATORY-MUSCULAR-SKELETAL
THE SPIRIT
The Spirit is the universal consciousness, which is one

with God, which is the basic reality of each and every
being.
It is the spark of the Divine within all of us. It is unchanging, omnipresent, all knowing and always in the
state of bliss. It, however, in order to express itself on
the Earth, necessarily projects various vehicles or instruments of expression, which are called the PHYSICAL, SUBTLE and CAUSAL bodies. These bodies are
in a state of evolution. The spirit is perfect and is not in
a state of evolution, but the instruments of its expression are going through an evolutionary process.
We might compare this to a great musical composer, who has fantastic abilities of composing music, but
is still trying to develop an instrument, sophisticated
and flexible enough, to express the music which already exists in his mind. Year after year he works on
creating a more and more perfect instrument to express
the perfect music, which already exists in his mind.
In the same way the perfect spirit, which we are,always have been and always will be, is watching on as
these various bodies go through the multitude of experiences of life, and become gradually more and more
refined and more and more capable of expressing the
perfection of the spirit here on the earth.
This process is called the spiritual evolution and it
started with one celled organism on the earth, millions
of years ago. There was a time when there were no organisms on the earth. Then there was a time when
there were only one- celled organisms. These were the
single and very limited vehicles of expression, which
the spirit had to start out with millions of years ago.
Gradually the vehicles of expression evolved into more
complex organisms, with greater freedom of movement, expression and creativity, moving from plants,
to insects, reptiles, animals and finally to the most sophisticated vehicle until now, the human being.
But evolution has not stopped. Man has not yet become the perfect man. He has much road ahead of him.
His heart and mind must be developed a thousand
times more, so that he can experience unconditional
love and unlimited universal knowledge and inner bliss. Man possesses a million times the creative powers
he is using today. Man is the instrument for the creative expression of God himself on the earth. But the
instrument needs much development, purification and
rectification until it is able to express this unlimited

spiritual power without distortion.
THE FIVE BODIES

What are these instruments of expression? There are
five. Each human being has in truth five bodies, not
one. The first and most obvious is the physical body
which is made up of cells. This body is made up of
various organs and systems of organs which cooperate
in their functioning. These systems are guided and
controlled by the master systems, which are the
nervous and the endocrine systems. These two
systems send out messages which establish the
harmonious functioning of all the other systems.
The physical body is our main means of expression
and action on the physical world. Without a physical
body we can not act, create or produce. The condition
of the physical body will either limit, or enhance, the
expression of the spirit in the physical world. If the
body is ill, lacking in energy, not relaxed and harmonious in its movements, then it becomes an obstacle to
the expression of the spirit. Imagine a guitarist who has
developed great musical ability, who is however trying
to play music with a broken guitar. Although he is
very capable, the music will not come out harmoniously. In the same way, even the best of minds cannot remain clear and effective, when the physical body is ill,
or not functioning well. For this reason we must care
for our bodies so that they will become healthy, vital,
effective instruments of expression, rather than obstacles to happiness.
THE ENERGY BODY AND THE MIND

The second body is the energy body, which is made up
of the vital energy of life called bioenergy, prana or chi
depending on the system one may be following. This
bioenergy is necessary for each and every human
thought, perception, word and action. All conscious
and subconscious functions are dependent on this one
energy i.e.: digestion, circulation, respiration, nerve
impulses, endocrine secretions, walking, talking,
thinking, etc. This energy body has a shape. This shape
is dependent on the type of thoughts in the mind. The
energy body takes the shape of the mind, but in turn
affects the shape and functioning of the mind.
There is an extremely intimate interaction between
the mind, energy body and physical body. These three
bodies, which make up what we call the personality,
each affect and are affected by the others. Whatever we
do with our bodies affects our mind, through the
bioenergy flow. Whatever we think or feel in our mind
is transmitted, through the energy body, into the nervous and endocrine systems and eventually into all the
systems of the body.
Thus when the bioenergy is low, then the mind and

physical body are affected negatively. When the mind
is experiencing negative emotions, then the vitality and
health are weakened. Thus, whatever we do to bring
harmony and health to any one of these bodies, helps
to establish the health and harmony in the others. Then
they become pure and useful instruments for the expression of the spirit. When this happens, one experiences harmony, health and happiness in ones life.
Many articles have been, and are being, constantly
printed in magazines, presenting to you techniques
and information for keeping these three bodies in harmony. There is information on proper diet, exercises
for the body and breath, relaxation techniques, positive
thinking techniques and meditative techniques. All
these are useful in the transformation, which we want
to make, and complement the work which we will be
doing in this handbook.
The basic work we will be doing is examining,
analysing and rectifying our belief systems, so that we
stop inhibiting the true beauty, power, love, wisdom
and peace, which already exists within us. Before we start with that analysis however, let us discuss the nature of the soul.
THE SOUL
We mentioned that the three lower bodies comprise the
personality. This personality is mortal, as we know.
(Today it is here and in some years it will not be here.)
There are however, two more subtle bodies which
survive the end of the personality after its death on the
physical plane. These are called the higher intellect and
the causal body. Together they comprise the soul,
which is the connecting link from one life to another.
When a personality dies to the earth plane, the
conscious and subconscious mental contents are
transferred to and stored in the causal body, which is a
storehouse, or soul memory-bank, where all the
experiences of the lives of that soul are stored. The
physical body returns again to the earth. The energy
body dissolves into the universal energy reserve. The
mental contents are transferred into the soul memory
body. In this way the character of this particular soul is
developing as a reaction to the sum total of all the
experiences, thoughts, words and actions which have
occurred to the soul during these thousands of years of
development, as it takes one life after another on the
earth plane for the purpose of developing and
perfecting itself. (Details of this subject are given in the
book THE MYSTICAL CIRCLE OF LIFE.)
The causal body is simply a storehouse of impressions and tendencies, which this particular soul has developed throughout its unique spiritual journey. In
each life it expresses some small portion of those ten-
dencies through the vehicle of the personality - body.

These tendencies are expressed in the lower vehicles in
a particular incarnation so that they may be recognised, purified, transformed and transcended. For example a soul may project its tendency towards lust,
greed, anger, fear, aggressiveness or jealousy, so that,
through the friction with life and the problems that
they create for the personality, they will be seen, faced,
worked on and transformed into higher forms of expression such as love, forgiveness, co-operation, unity,
etc. Thus the soul becomes a slightly more suitable vehicle for expression of the divine self, or Spirit, which is
the true being behind all this process.
THE PERSONALITY
Thus the personality is simply a projection of some
of the tendencies and characteristics which exist in the
soul. These characteristics develop in the mind,
through both hereditary factors and environmental influences, as will be discussed later. The mind then becomes the temporary storehouse on the earth level of
these various tendencies. The mind takes a certain
shape or character based on these tendencies. This
shape, or predispositions, is expressed in terms of beliefs, values, desires, habits, attitudes, emotional states,
attachments, aversions, fears, expectations and a wide
variety of mental states. All of these mental conditionings then limit and distort the shape and functioning of
the bioenergy body, predisposing us to weakness, illness and inability. This weakened and blocked condition of the energy body then reflects itself in the physical body and in our external reality of actions and
reactions. Thus our present physical reality is a function of the mental states which we experience, which in
turn are a function of tendencies and beliefs, and the
general programming, which are the result of past experiences, from past lives and from the moment of our
conception in our mothers womb until this moment.
Our present reality is a function of the past, which
we have misperceived because our vehicles of expression are not pure, not perfected yet. Thus our reality is
a function of our misperceptions and wrong conclusions of the past. How can we get free from the
bondage of the influence of the past?
THE HIGHER INTELLECT

The answer is in the body, which we have not yet
discussed, the HIGHER INTELLECT. This body or instrument, is our salvation, our hole in the darkness,
through which we can move out into the light. The
function of this vehicle is to observe and analyse the
functioning of the common mind. The common mind
is concerned about survival - physical, emotional and
mental. It is not interested in self-knowledge or real
spiritual freedom. It is concerned with how it can survive, as a physical and emotional entity, in this material world. All of its energy is associated with, identified
with, the physical body and the emotions. The ordinary mind is mechanically conditioned, and cannot see
itself objectively or clearly. It has no discrimination between what will bring it real lasting happiness, health,
contentment and security and that which will bring it
momentary satisfaction, but eventual suffering. Thus
the ordinary mind will choose to depend on tranquillisers, cigarettes, money, alcohol, material possessions
and various other momentary sources of relief or security, rather than to search for a source of security which
will be sure and lasting.
The higher intellect has this discrimination. In most
of us this voice of the conscience, of the inner self, is
asleep, or it is inaudible in the din of the loud voices
coming from the various desires, fears, attachments
and emotions which are fighting for control over the
mind. The voice of the higher intellect is the voice of
clarity, of discrimination between what is really good
for us, useful for our development, as opposed to what
will simply make us weaker. This higher intellect must
be developed and strengthened, so that it can perform
its function, which is to observe, analyse, correct and
eventually transcend the functioning of the ordinary
mind.
The contents of the ordinary mind, conscious and
subconscious, are now the cause of our reality. If we
want to change our reality internally and externally,
then we have to change the contents of the mind. The
instrument of this work is the higher intellect.
An example may serve as a model for the above
point. Imagine a car with a driver in front and the owner of the car in the back seat. The body of the car is the
physical body of man. The engine is the energy body.
The steering wheel is the mind. The driver is the higher
intellect. The map is the causal body and the owner, in
the back seat, who is just watching all this, is the Spirit.
In reality we are the Spirit. But our consciousness has
become so identified with the vehicles through which
it is expressing itself, that we are identifying with the
car-body, engine and steering wheel. If the steering
wheel (mind) goes where it likes because the driver
does not have control over it, then certainly we are
destined to have frequent accidents in life. If the driver
can get a hold of the wheel, then he can move through
life avoiding many of the unnecessary sufferings. Often, however in spite of that, he can not avoid some
crackups, ie. problems and difficulties in life. However
he now has the discrimination between himself and the
car.If the car suffers some damage, he will objectively
do what must be done to correct it, without suffering
so much emotional turmoil, because he mistakenly
thinks he is the car (body).

Until the driver gets a hold of the wheel and directs
the car, it will run in circles, which represent the mechanical emotional habit patterns. The car will move
automatically in already established patterns of movement. An individual who functions in this way, controlled by his mind, which is in turn programmed by
the past, lives a mechanical life. He is not free to relax
when he wants to, his attachments and fears do not let
him. He is not free to be happy when he wants to. He is
not free to love himself or the others; not free not to
worry or not to fear; not to get angry or hurt; not free
to avoid overeating or smoking; not free to employ
some discipline which will help him get free. He is not
controlled by someone else. He is imprisoned in the
bars of his own tendencies, beliefs, values, fears, attachments, expectations etc.
Today men seek freedom in ineffective ways. They
believe that external freedom will make them free.
Thus they fight for freedom to change jobs, to change
wives, to be as immoral as they like, to do whatever
they want. But the problem is that, what they really
want inside: ie; love, health, happiness, peace, contentment, will never be found in seeking freedom outside
themselves. Real freedom is freedom from being controlled by the mind. The mind is our greatest enemy
and our greatest friend. If our mind controls us, then it
is a tyrant much worse than any dictatorship or junta.
If our mind becomes our instrument, then we can start
experiencing the miracles of love and wisdom.
Life is change. Nothing which exists outside ourselves is permanent. Look around you. No one you see
will be here in another 80 years. Most will be long gone
before that. The room you are sitting in, will probably
be dust before a 100 years are over. The earth and sun
themselves, and all this solar system, are doomed to
end. Can we depend on any of these external beings or
things for our security? Its a risky investment.
Thus we sacrifice the everlasting freedom of the inner self for the sake of the momentary and superficial
freedom of the personality. We suppress the inner self.
We serve the mind, rather than having the mind serve
us. We forget that we are the inner self. The mind and
personality are simply our clothing. Should our clothing and instruments serve us or should we serve them?
We should care for them and perfect them, but they
must serve us.
THE INNER SELF AND THE OUTER SELF

Socrates had come to an understanding that the
body and mind were separate from the soul. He firmly
believed that the soul existed independent of, and after
the death of the physical body. Let us call the spirit the
inner self, and the body and mind the outer self. The
outer self is the vehicle of expression for the spirit.

The inner self, or real self, is immortal, omniscient,
loving, harmonious, peaceful and ever blissful. The inner self is self fulfilling, complete, needs nothing from
outside itself. On the other hand the outer self has no
reality of its own. It is simply a vehicle of expression
and thus has no energy, power or fulfilment of its own.
It is thus insecure, fearful, feeling separate from the
others and the world and therefore defensive and
closed to the world. While the inner self is full, the outer self feels empty. It feels the need to fill its feeling of
emptiness in various ways, by indulging the senses
and accumulating objects and relationships. Thus it develops habits like eating too much, smoking, drinking,
drugs, tranquillisers, talking too much, TV, movies,
magazines, running after money, relationships, material possessions, social status, professional status, the esteem of others etc. All this is done in an attempt to
overcome the feeling of insecurity and emptiness.
Thus, the attention of the conscious mind turns outward in a vain search for something, which will numb
the incessant feeling of insecurity, emptiness and selfdoubt. The inner self is thus ignored. The individual
gets lost in a vain attempt to find happiness outside of
himself, while the fountain of eternal bliss is within
him. The needs of inner self in this way are ignored.
The need for silence, peace, a meaningful productive
life, the expression of love, the feeling of unity and harmony, the acts of service and creativity and communication with God are put into the background, as the
needs of the outer self dominate the thoughts, time and
energy of the individual.
The result is an uncontrolled mind which throws us
at the mercy of every desire, fear and sense input
which travels through the mind. Because there is no
such lasting security, contentment or confirmation
available in the external world, the individual lives a
rather dissatisfied and unhappy life. The tensions and
stress of such a life often lead to disease, mental and
physical.
The individual who lives for the fulfilment of his
superficial temporary self, moves into a contracting
spiral which causes him to trust fewer and fewer people, to think more and more about his own egotistical
needs and beliefs, giving negligible attention or care to
the needs of others. A habitual selfishness results, with
all of its attached sufferings.
The individual who looks inward, towards the inner self for strength, security and fulfilment, starts
eventually moving outward in an expanding spiral,
which includes greater identification with the whole,
with all beings independently of their race, religion,
country, social class, political beliefs etc. He starts to
feel comfortable with all beings, independently of their
position or character. He develops a feeling of inner security and inner completeness. He feels able to face
whatever difficulties, or tests, life may throw at him for
his spiritual development. He does not fear, nor does
he worry. He has self-confidence, self acceptance, and
abundant appetite for productivity and creative selfexpression. He is concerned not for his personal needs,
but for the needs of the whole. His energy flows freely,
he has good health and feels contentment and inner
joy. The choice is ours as to where we want to turn for
our strength and security; to the empty world of
changing forms and situations, or to the stable, unchanging inner self. But our inner self is the inner self
of all beings. Thus the process of moving towards the
inner self is a process of universalisation, in which we
ultimately become identified with all beings, in love
and union. This is not based on physical love or union,
nor on emotional-personal love, but rather on a spiritual feeling of oneness, beyond the differences of the personalities and appearances. Thus the personality becomes universalised and feels comfortable and safe in
all situations, because all are part of his family, even
the animals and plants.
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

This is the purpose of life, the expansion from the
limited personal self, which is just an empty bubble on
the sea of consciousness, until that bubble bursts and
becomes one with the sea again. The personal mind
must be expanded, until it merges with the universal
mind. Personal love must be expanded until it becomes
unconditional universal love. Our acceptance for a few
who are acceptable, our attachments and beliefs, must
give way to acceptance of all beings. Our limited
knowledge about a world of temporary forms, must
penetrate, through the veil of matter, to the pure consciousness, which is the causal and sustaining power
behind all that exists and happens. We must eventually
go beyond our feelings of weakness and limitedness,
so as to discover our inherent spiritual power and creativity. We are co-creators of this reality. Alone we can
change, to a certain extent, our personal reality. To-
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gether we can create heaven.

What stands in our way? What prevents us from
moving forward towards the realisation of these goals,
even though some of us have been desiring that for
many years? The basic obstacle is the programming of
the mind. Our belief system is the basic obstacle to happiness, peace and harmony in our lives. Our beliefs
constantly distort our perception of reality and thus
cause us to react in ways which are contrary to our
benefit. We thus create a reality which is a projection, a
mirror of our subconscious beliefs.
Our goal here will be to observe our beliefs. To discover how they are creating our reality in mechanical
ways, we will analyse those mechanisms. We will go
even deeper to discover the core beliefs which are rooted deeply in the subconscious mind and are the basic
forces creating our personal and interpersonal reality.
We will then move on to the study of the ultimate
truths, as they have been taught by those who have realised them, and demonstrated that they know them
through their superhuman powers, love and peace. We
will analyse our core beliefs in relationship to these ultimate truths.
Depending on our judgment, we will then begin to
program the mind based now on the Truth. This Truth
is the truth which Christ spoke about, as the Truth
which will liberate us from suffering and mortality.
We will continue this investigation in the next chapter with an analysis as to how the mind gets programmed and how it can be reprogrammed.
CHAPTER II
HOW THE MIND GETS PROGRAMMED
e offer you this book with the confidence

that, those who read and employ these concepts and techniques with sincerity and patience, will begin to find miraculous changes for the
better in their lives. We suggest that you read these
chapters in the order in which they were written, for
the best results.
How does the mind get programmed? The basic answer is through its perception of experience. But how
does a mind perceive its experiences? The obvious answer is that it perceives the world around it through
the five senses. But do these senses create the same reality in everyones mind? Do twenty people sitting in a
room experience the same internal reality? Do 1000
people create the same internal reality, upon reading
these same words? To some the words are meaningless, to others they are extremely important, exactly
what they have been looking for. Still others are too
tired to concentrate at the moment. Others become angry with such a simplistic way of expressing what they
consider to be complicated truths. Others still feel
grateful that this is expressed in a simple way, which
they can understand and use in their lives.
THE FILTERS OF THE MIND

Thus it becomes obvious that the senses are not the
main factor in creating our perception of reality. Our
perception of reality is continually being disturbed by
the filters of the mind. The mind receives information
from the senses and then, immediately, begins to analyse this information based on subconscious filters,
which interpret the information in terms of the basic
needs of the individuals. Every sense input is immediately compared to PAST INFORMATION as to
whether it is potentially supportive or dangerous to
ones security. It is determined as potentially pleasurable or painful to the body, senses and emotions. It is
also checked for its potential affirmation or rejection of
the ego. Based on past information and experiences,
and the conscious and subconscious beliefs which have
resulted, the mind interprets each input as positive or
negative. This evaluation of positive or negative is
based on the basic needs of the body and ego, which
are security, pleasure, and affirmation. It then defines
that which supports the needs of the body and ego as
good and attractive, and that which may possibly
undermine the needs of the body and ego as bad and
repulsive.
Thus a personal value system is established,

through which the individual filters his every experience. He develops attachment and desire for those
things, people and situations which he believes are
supportive of his personality, and repulsion, or even
fear, towards those which, in the past, have caused discomfort to the body or mind. In this way, unfortunate
negative experiences with any aspect of life during
childhood can create illogical phobias for the remainder of our lives. The mind continually filters the reality
it sees in terms of those past experiences. Thus one
may fear the sea, people, anger, aggressive behaviour,
animals, dogs, cats, heights, fires, aeroplanes, cars,
crowds, the opposite sex, food, love relationships,
death and an endless variety of other objects, beings
and situations.
THE EFFECT OF CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING

But these fears are based on misinterpretation of reality, because the discrimination power of the child is
yet undeveloped and he is very open, vulnerable and
dependent on others for his survival. Thus the child interprets many life situations from a place of weakness,
fear and dependency. An example of this is the child
who is criticised frequently by parents and teachers.
The childs sense and image of himself depend on these
messages he is getting from others. If others frequently
speak to him in a disapproving way, this will create in
him a number of handicaps for all his life.
1. He will have a low opinion of himself and his abilities. He will have no self-confidence, and thus he
will create in his life the reality, which he heard so
many times as a child, that he is incapable and a failure.
2. He will have no confidence in himself and will
look outward continually for guidance for what he
must do and think.
3. He will not accept and love himself and will depend entirely on others for his sense of self acceptance
and self approval.
4. Because he does not believe that he is inherently
acceptable, he will constantly try to get approval in
various ways, often sacrificing his real needs and desires and inner voice, just to be acceptable to others.
5. But in spite of all this effort, he will never feel acceptance from others. First of all his subconscious belief is that he does not deserve it. The people around
him will be affected by these thought patterns which
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are radiating out from his subconscious like radar, and

will, in spite of their actual love and acceptance for that
person, not be able to express it to him. And even if
they express it to him, he will not be able to see it, because the filters of his mind will accept only that which
agrees with the belief system which was recorded in
the past.
That recorded message is that I am a bad child, I
make mistakes, I am incapable and, therefore, unlovable. Thus no matter what the other does, this person
will always feel rejection and lack of love.
THE MIND PROJECTS ITS REALITY

All this is happening because the mind is being
dominated by the past experiences and is projecting its
subconscious contents out into the reality around it.
This happens in the same way a projector projects a
film on a screen.
loizos dagram here

The light of the projector is the spirit which is the unchanging white light - the eternal unchanging consciousness which is the source of life for each being. If
there is no light, there is no projection, no life in a physical body. The light rays which come out from the light
are the soul. The film through which these rays then
pass is the mind. The contents of the film are the contents of the mind, the filters and the belief system of the
mind. Once the light passes through the film it takes on
colour and form and is constantly changing. The
colour, forms and changes which this light takes on are
dependent on the film- mind. This is the energy body
which we referred to in the previous chapter. These
changing patterns of light then appear on the screen in
the form of the physical body and ones external reality.
In this way we can understand some important
points:
1. The state of the body and external reality is dependent on the contents of the mind, ie. our subconscious self image, image of others, nature, the world
and God.
2. These basic images distort, colour, change and
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give a limited form to the pure, unchanging, white

light, which represents our true nature which is pure,
unlimited, universal consciousness.
3. This consciousness becomes colored, limited and
identified with the various changes which are taking
place on the film (the mind) in the light which has
passed through the film (the energy body) and on the
screen (the physical body and the world around us.)
4. Thus the health, illness, harmony and discord,
happiness and unhappiness, contentment and discontentment, success and failure, acceptance and rejection
are created in the mind and projected into our personal
and interpersonal reality.
5. As we mentioned earlier in the example of the
child, these beliefs, values and filters, which make up
the contents of the film, are based on MISTAKEN PERCEPTIONS taken in when the being was in a state of
relative ignorance, dependency, weakness, vulnerability and gullibility.
IS OUR PERCEPTION TRUE ?

Was it really true that the child was making so
many mistakes? Or were the parents or teachers just in
a bad mood? Or were their comments based on their
own negatively programmed minds, based on the lack
of acceptance they felt from their parents and teachers?
Did the child not have a hundred times more successes
than failures? But the successes were taken for granted,
and the failures magnified and commented on, with
the mistaken idea that this will help the child. And
even if he did make mistakes, are these reasons for not
loving him? Are we not all making thousands of mistakes in our lives? We are souls in the process of evolution. If we were perfect there would be no reason to
come to earth. And in many cases did the child not
misunderstand the intentions of the parent and feel rejection when the parent was just trying to help?
Thus we can see that the SUBCONSCIOUS FILTER
which is instantaneously analysing and evaluating every perception, is programmed as a result of many misconceptions. Each being takes on the programming of
those in his immediate environment, and in the general
society around it. This brings to mind the story of the
lion cub who grew up with the sheep.
A great she-lion died while chasing after a flock of
sheep. Her cub who was with her, thus ended up staying with the sheep. It began to eat grass like the sheep,
to bleat like the sheep and in general took on all the
mannerisms of the sheep. In this way, he grew into a
full grown lion who was programmed like a sheep.
One day a lion came hunting for food and attacked the
flock. Our friend, the sheep-lion, began to run away
with the other sheep, bleating in fear. The attacking lion noticed this and caught up with him and stopped
him. He asked, What are you doing, crying and running away like a weak and fearful sheep, when you are
a great and powerful lion? The sheep- lion cowered in
fear and answered, What are you saying? Dont you
see that I am a weak and vulnerable sheep? The lion
took him down to the river and forced him to look in
the water and see that his face was like that of the lion,
and not like that of the sheep. Then he understood and
regained his strength and self-respect.
We are all in the same boat. We are great, invincible,
immortal spirits, which have been programmed by society into believing that we are weak, guilty, sinful, undeserving, unlovable beings, who are at the mercy of
the forces outside us. For this reason, saints, messengers and God-men come to give us the message that
our perception of ourselves is false, that we are not
sheep but lions, that we are not these bodies and
minds, but immortal souls.
WHY ARE WE PROGRAMMED DIFFERENTLY?

Now you may have noticed that each child reacts differently to the same childhood environments and stimuli. How can we explain this? There may be some
biological explanation, in terms of chromosomes and
genes, which may be different. But in cases of identical
twins which come from the same egg, and have the
same genes, how can we explain the different ways in
which they react and develop in response to the same
environmental stimuli?
The answer which satisfies me the most, until this
moment anyway, is the concept of reincarnation. Although there is in truth ONE SPIRIT, which we call
God, it seems that this One in its manifestation into the
causal, mental and eventually into the physical world
projects itself as various entities called souls. These
souls undergo a process of evolution, so that they may
eventually become perfect instruments for the expression of spirit onto the earth plane.
Thus, with the intent to undergo the process of evolution, the soul takes a series of incarnations, one after the
other, with various shorter or longer periods of time
(measured on the earth level) between these incarnations. We could imagine that each incarnation is like a
year at school, in which the soul takes on a body and
mind as instruments to learn basic lessons such as love,
forgiveness, compassion, cooperation, unity, service, creativity and eventually the last and final lesson SELFKNOWLEDGE, that is, who or what he really is.
These incarnations on the earth started out millions
of years ago, when the only vehicles of expression and
learning here on earth were the bodies of one-celled organisms, fish and reptiles.Then eventually these evolved into birds and animals and more recently into
the human body. Thus, as souls, we have passed
through all these levels of experience, and have created

a subconscious image of reality based on those experiences as plants and animals. In this way we have perceived many aspects of life through these undeveloped
vehicles which we used in our remote history. These
experiences, as vulnerable animals and cavemen, have
conditioned our subconscious minds, our perceptionfilters and belief systems along the lines of survival in
the jungle. Thus we find today many of these same instinctive forms of behaviour in man; at least in men
who have not yet developed spiritual discrimination,
and have not used the higher intellect to reprogram
their minds, as we hope to do here.
WE ARE PROGRAMMED BEFORE BIRTH

Thus, the soul coming into human birth today, is
already programmed to a certain degree with tendencies and impressions, which it has acquired in its attempt tosurvival in past lives. Once one achieves human birth, he continues working upward in the human
race. There would not be much value for us to go back
and repeat grades we have already completed in
school. Thus the programming of our mind is based on
many false perceptions and experiences perceived
through vehicles which do not have discrimination.
For example, most birds fear men. But how many times
have we approached a bird with good intentions and
love in our hearts only for the bird to fly away in fear?
Fear has been programmed into the mind of the bird,
and it does not have the discrimination to understand
where there is real danger and where there is not.
Many souls come into human birth with the same
types of fears, attachments, desires and characteristics
programmed into their subconscious minds. These are
the results of false perception of reality in the undeveloped minds, through which the soul perceived life in
previous lives.
This system of programming is then accentuated, or
attenuated, by the experiences of this present life and
there is a slow and gradual evolution in ones perception of reality.
We are interested now to see what we can do, to observe this subconscious programming objectively, and
start to remove the false and unproductive beliefs,
which are distorting our reality and making us suffer,
or limit ourselves unnecessarily. The following diagram may help us with this process.
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To start with, at the top of the circle we have the

tendencies which the soul brings with it into this incarnation. These, along with the early experiences of this
life, form the basic belief system of the individual,
which is stored in the conscious and subconscious
mind. These beliefs produce a mechanical type of
thinking, which is somewhat like that of a computer
program, which does not have the freedom to react
spontaneously or differently. It is programmed to react
to each stimulus, or information, in a very specific way.
We too are programmed in this way to react mechanically and predictably to various physical and emotional situations, as if we are programmed computer
robots. For this reason we call these thinking and emotional mechanisms: programs.
These programs create our thoughts, in response to
external situations and to memories stored in the subconscious mind, which come up into the conscious and
create various disturbances. Thus our thoughts too are
mechanical and programmed, as they are the function
of these conditioned programmings, which are based
on our beliefs. These thoughts then manifest into
words and actions. We obviously will speak and act according to the thoughts which occupy our minds.
These thoughts, words and actions impinge on the
world around us and create various events, situations,
and relations which are simply the reflection of these
words, actions and thoughts. Thus reality is simply a
mirror which reflects back to us our beliefs, which are
projected into the world around us through our
thoughts, words and actions. Our reality then is selfcreated and based on what we believe in our subconscious mind.
We then perceive these events, situations, results,
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reactions and relationships which are the reflections of

what we are sending out. We experience them as something outside ourselves and separate from ourselves,
not realising that they are all simply a reflection of
what is going on inside us. In perceiving this external
reality, we instantaneously pass it through our perception filter which allows only what corroborates our beliefs and expectations to pass through. Whatever is
contrary to what we expect or believe is filtered out as
not there, insignificant, false, illusionary, or a chance
happening, and is thus ignored and rejected.
In this way the tendencies, which we bring into this
world, tend to build on themselves, by projecting
themselves into reality and then filtering all perceptions. An example would be useful here.
A soul comes into this present incarnation with a
tendency towards self-rejection and failure. The soul
will choose the parents, teachers and childhood environment that will bring forth into emotional and physical manifestation these tendencies, which are already
stored in the deep subconscious. The belief system will
be formed along the lines that I am not loveable, not acceptable, not capable. These beliefs will program the
thought patterns of the individual along these lines, so
that this lack of inner self acceptance and confidence
will make his behaviour and attitudes such, that he
will attract from others a lack of acceptance and a lack
of confidence in him. He will then perceive these attitudes in others and will pass these perceptions through
his filter which will find ample information to verify
his original belief that he is not acceptable and not capable.
This vicious circle will continue until this wrong
kind of thinking creates enough problems, suffering,
pain and even illness in the life of this individual, so
that he is forced to wake up and do something about it.
He will be forced to dig within and find the inner resources, which are abundant within himself, so as to
face and survive the situation. He will pass through a
series of experiences which will force him to wake up
to the truth of his real nature; to understand that he is
LOVEABLE, ACCEPTABLE, that he is CAPABLE of
accomplishing anything he decides to do, if he employs sufficient practice, perseverance and patience.
Thus life throws a series of difficulties and tests in
CHAPTER III
THE RESULTS OF CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING
he mind is like a video cassette recorder. It

records what goes on around it and then plays
it back continuously. We mentioned in the previous chapter the role in which past and present play
in programming the mind into various tendencies and
preconceptions of reality, and how those preconceptions will play a major role in creating our personal reality throughout our lives.
EXPERIENCES AND MESSAGES

In this chapter we will take a look at some specific
examples of this process. There are three types of input, which we receive as children in this life. We are
talking about the experiences from the moment of conception in the mothers womb until the age of 12, when
the personality becomes rather fixed. Not that changes
cannot be made after this age, or that experiences do
not affect us after this age, but the initial character is
rather established by this age. The three types of input
we receive as children are:
1. Childhood experiences Such as illnesses, shocks,

traumas, failures, successes, joys, all the events at home
and in life in general. These experiences program into
the mind of the child his concepts as to what is safe and
unsafe, pleasant and unpleasant, good and bad.
2. Direct Messages from the parents such as you

are a bad child. You are no good. You are lazy. You never do anything right. You are disobedient. You are a
failure. You dont know anything. Listen to me, I know
better. You have no manners. You will never learn anything. You will never do anything with your life. You
are selfish. God will punish you.
Such messages, when heard repeatedly in childhood, create within the mind of the child various images and beliefs with regard to :
a) His image of himself. Who he is. What he is capable of. Whether he is deserving or not.
b) His image of himself in relationship to others.
Whether he is better or worse, talented or not,
good or bad, loveable or not.
c) His image of others and his perception of their
feelings toward him.
d) His image of God and his relationship with God.
These internal images are then projected out onto
the outside world throughout the rest of his life, unless

he begins to change these false images in some way.
3) Indirect Messages, which the child receives, are

a direct result of observing the behaviour and mental
and emotional attitudes of his parents and other elders.
Here are some examples :
a) A child, who receives no attention from his parents, will begin to feel that he is not deserving of attention and love. The child is unable to understand that
the reason for the parent not showing attention to the
child may be other than a lack of love; that the parent
may have to travel for his work, or may have to work
many hours in order to feed the family. Even in some
cases, where the parents have died while the child was
young,the child has interpreted it as being abandoned
by the parents, and comes to the conclusion that he is
not deserving of love of the parent and thus not deserving of love from anyone. With such a programming, he will never trust in anyones love, until life
forces him into changing this programming. Of course
not all children will react the same way. The tendencies, that they are bringing with them from previous
lives, will play an important role in determining the
childs reaction to these external events and situations.
b) If the parents are continually, physically or mentally, ill or unbalanced, this may have various repercussions on the child. On the other hand, because of
the unpleasantness of the illness, the parents may express their negativity towards the child and the child
may again get the idea that he is no good or not deserving of love. Seeing the parents always ill or emotionally disturbed, the child may get an image of the
human body or mind as a weak, vulnerable thing
which is susceptible to a wide variety of illness and disturbances. This will act directly on his immune system
and sense of mental harmony, weakening them so that
the body and mind will create various illnesses and
problems, as he projects his inner beliefs into physical
and emotional reality. Of course every time he is overcome by some illness, his beliefs about his weakness
and vulnerability will be verified. This will not be happening at a conscious, but rather a subconscious, level.
He will not be conscious of these thoughts and that he
himself is creating these problems with his ideas of
himself, which he has formed in watching his parents
attitudes and behaviour.
c) Every time he sees the parents anxious, fearful or
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worrying about something, he will get the message

that life is dangerous, and that one must worry and
fear and have anxiety about every little thing. He will
develop an inherent fear of life. He will distrust events,
people, nature, God and even himself. If the parents
worry about him, then his very logical conclusion will
be that they do not believe in his ability, his power, his
intelligence, his inner guidance to face and overcome
some problem. Worrying about a person is a direct
message to that person, that I do not believe that you
have the ability to overcome this. Otherwise we
would not worry. If we could really believe that this
person is an immortal soul, which has temporarily taken on a body in order to learn lessons, then we would
not worry. That soul has chosen all the lessons it will
go through, and has the ability to learn from those
lessons. We can help him, but our worry does not help
him ; it only undermines his opinion of himself. This is
especially true of a child, which has not yet developed
a self image. If he sees his parents worrying about him
constantly, every time he is ill, or facing some difficulty
in school or in life, then he will get a clear and strong
message that they do not believe in me, therefore I
must be week, vulnerable, not very intelligent, not resourceful and not able to face life. Then, of course, for
the rest of his life, he projects these beliefs out into reality around him, as illness, weakness, dependency on
drugs, tranquillisers, other people and in general as a
feeling of failure.
If we really believed that God was in that being,
that God was the creator of that being, that God was
guiding that being from within, would we worry and
have anxiety? Thus the child can only get the message
that God does not exist or that he is a far-off, unconcerned entity which has little to do with me. Whatever
we may say, however many prayers we may say, however many times we may take the child to church, all
this will be meaningless if we worry. When we worry,
we create our real belief system in the child, independent of our words and teachings. We are saying: there
is no God. Or, if there is, he is not interested in you. He
is separate from you. He is not guiding you. He has abandoned us and we are at the mercy of the forces of
life, and we have to protect ourselves with our own efforts, with medicines, plenty of money, contacts with
people in high social, economic and political positions.
This is our protection, not God.
What kind of value system will a child, who has
those experiences, develop? Will it be important for
him to gain worldly security and power, or spiritual
development? Where does the real security lie? Faith
and knowledge of the truth cannot coexist with fear,
anxiety or worry. So, if we have been programmed into
believing that we are weak and separate from the pow-
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ers of life, then we need to develop our faith and spiritual wisdom.
d) If the parents have any tendency to lie, or be dishonest, in their family, social, professional or business
interactions, then the child will get the messages that
one must sacrifice the truth, in order to protect his interests, through lying and cheating. He will believe
that there is no other way to survive the world. The result is a society of people who are ready to lie for their
bread and security, and do not trust anyone else, because they see the others through their own motives.
Such a person will not easily find peace of mind or harmony with himself or others.
e) The child will adopt in most cases the security
base system of the parents. If the parents look to money for security and show it with their attitudes, words
and actions, then the child will believe that the security
and happiness is to be found in money. If the parents
find security in forming dependency relationships with
family and others, that will become the security basis
of the child as he grows up. That will become his greatest attachment, for he believes that his security depends on that. If the parents find their feeling of importance and security in cultivating relationships and
contacts with important people in society and in
government, the child will give importance to this. If
the parents believe that professional position and education are security, then the child may follow this line.
If the most important thing for the parents is the acceptance, approval and esteem of others, then the child
will seek these throughout his life. (In some cases the
child may react rebelliously by rejecting the security
base of the parents. Deep in him, however, there will
be this programming.)
It must be remembered that the soul has decided on

its parents and their behaviour and their value system,
so it can develop exactly these characteristics and tendencies in this life, so it can then eventually work
through them here on the earth plane in the physical
body. According to most sources, this evolutionary
process takes place only here on Earth, while in incarnation and not between lives. Earth is the school and
testing ground. Thus we create these programmings in
our subconscious minds while we are young, and project them onto our personal reality throughout our
lives, until we are forced, by circumstances and situations (usually unpleasant), to make some effort to
change them, and proceed spiritually.
HOW OUR REALITY IS CREATED
In this way we create our health or illness, strength
or weakness, independence or dependence, contentment or discontentment, security or insecurity, accep-
tance or rejection and our feeling of unity or separateness. The video cassette that we recorded in those early
years keeps on playing. These recorded programmings
affect various parts of our lives.
1. They create the state of our bodies, whether they
are relaxed or tense, whether the energy will flow
freely or not. Every emotional blockage stores itself in
the body as a blockage of energy flow, inhibiting the
flow of energy to some organ, resulting eventually in
illness. This brings to mind a woman who came with a
pain in her breast, which she had for thirty years since
her adolescence. Doctors were unable to find out the
cause of the pain, and therefore were unable to cure it.
In working with her the thought came that this was
some kind of an emotional blockage, some type of rejection of this part of her body. I asked if her breasts
had developed earlier than the other girls of her age,
and if her peer group had joked with her about this
fact. She affirmed the truth of this, and had added that
she felt very self-conscious about her breasts and tried
to hide them. This rejection of this part of her body
blocked the energy flow, and caused a state of stagnancy there which could eventually lead to the development of cysts or even tumors.
These beliefs about the body, and its relative
strength or weakness, have an immediate and powerful affect on the immunological system. We weaken the
defence system with our feelings or weakness, fear,
vulnerability and inability to protect or help ourselves.
We also suppress this system when we suppress our emotions.
2. Our prerecorded programmings reflect themselves in our relationships with others. Others, in our
family and society and even at work, will simply reflect back to us our beliefs about ourselves. One who
has no self-acceptance will not attract acceptance from
the others. He will feel hurt and bitter that others do
not accept him, but will never solve his problem, until
he starts accepting himself. Then he will attract acceptance from all those around him. The same goes for
various feelings we feel towards ourselves. One who
has no self-respect will not feel respect from the others
(and likely will not respect others in many cases). Self
love will attract love from others, and will enable us to
love others. Life is a mirror and it reflects back to us
our inner reality so that we may see it, face it, analyse it
and, if we are not satisfied, decide to change it, as one
more step in discovering our true self hidden under all
these false beliefs.
3. Our professional life is also a reflection of our
beliefs about ourselves. Self-confidence, and a belief in
our ability to succeed, will create success. A lack of
confidence will create failure.
Our goal then is to discover the limiting beliefs,
which do not allow us to experience the health, peace,

harmony, success and happiness which would be so
natural and easy if we knew the truth about who we
are.
I AM NOT ABLE
There are three categories of limiting thoughts. Let
us take a brief look at some examples of each. Not that
these examples are in any way an inclusive list of the
endless possible variations of limiting thoughts, which
a person could create in his mind.
1. The first category of limiting thoughts are those
which say I am not able. There are many variations
of this false belief.
a) I am not capable of facing and coping with life
alone. I do not have the power, the intelligence, the
strength which is required.
b) I am not able to succeed in work. I am a failure. I am
lazy.
c) I am not able to communicate my feelings to others.
I am not able to communicate my needs to others.
d) I am not able to relax.
e) I am not able to sleep.
f) I am not able to meet new people, especially if they
are intelligent, or self-confident, or in some high social or political position.
g) I am not creative ; I cannot dance, sing, write, draw.
h) I cannot protect myself from people and the dangers of life.
i) I am unable to protect myself from microbes which
will enter my body and create illness.
j) I am unable to love or express my love.
We have already mentioned how these and many

other limiting thoughts enter into our minds, and become the formers of our reality. Every belief that starts
with an I am not able immediately cuts off our energy flow in relationship with that ability, talent or power so that we consequently manifest in our physical reality the weakness which we believe that we have. The
happy news is that all these beliefs are absolutely
wrong. They are mistaken concepts about ourselves
(like the lion who thought he was a sheep).
We are immortal spirits with unlimited powers of
creation. We can never die, nor are we vulnerable to
any force in the universe. All of this weakness is a function of the mistaken identity with the physical body
and mind, which feel insecure and vulnerable. They
can be hurt and can die, but we are not them. They are
vehicles for living this temporary life on earth. We put
them on like clothing and take them off when we have
completed our lessons here on earth. The good news is
that, with a little faith, practice, perseverance and patience, we can do absolutely anything which we de-
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sire to do.. Not that it is worth doing most things

which we desire, but in some cases it is best to do
them, and get them out of our system, so that we can
realise first hand that that, which we desire, will not
bring us the happiness which we thought it would.
Then our desires can evolve on to other things which
we hope will make us happy. This evolution of desires
continues until we realise that everything that we desire is within us - God.
Thus these mistaken beliefs must be changed to a
confidence in ourselves that we can do all these things
which we feel the need to do.
I DO NOT DESERVE
The second category of limiting beliefs are those beliefs which start with the words I DO NOT DESERVE or I AM NOT WORTHY
a) I do not deserve to be content with myself, unless I
do this or that, or achieve this or that. My sense of
self- esteem must depend on what I do, or how
much I do, in relationship with others.
b) I do not deserve to be healthy.
c) I do not deserve to be accepted and loved by others
or by myself.
d) I do not deserve the love and protection of God.
e) I am a sinner and must be punished.
f) I do not deserve to be respected by others.
Depending on the messages we received as children, we all develop a longer or shorter list of various
requirements, which must be fulfilled by us and others,
in order for us to feel that we are deserving. We need
the esteem of others, achievement in various aspects of
our lives, the message of love and acceptance from others.
These thoughts too, are a case of mistaken identity.
We identify with the body and mind which are vehicles in a state of evolution. They are, therefore, logically
not perfect, and require change, modification and correction. Thus, there are moments in which we feel that
we are good and deserving, and other moments in
which we feel that we are bad and undeserving. This
is what we have been programmed to believe as children. But the truth is that we are not those imperfect
vehicles of the body and mind,but rather perfect souls,
which are neither good nor bad, which are beyond this
duality. And, even if we identify with the vehicles of
the body and mind, it is illogical for us to feel good or
bad depending on the conditions or actions of these vehicles, for they will always be imperfect, in that they
are in a state of evolution. Something which is perfect
does not evolve, and something which is evolving can
never be perfect, until it completes its process of evolving. Thus, mistakes and faults are natural in the body
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and mind, and it is ridiculous to feel undeserving because they are naturally faulty. It would be more logical to accept that we have many weaknesses and faults
in our body and mind, and that we make mistakes, but
that these mistakes are a natural part of our learning
process and thus we are always deserving of all the
goodness in life.
When we feel that we do not deserve something,
we simply block ourselves from getting it.
I MUST HAVE
3. The third type of limiting thought is that which
begins with "I must have, or I need.". These two statements are then followed consciously or subconsciously
with the belief," In order to feel security, contentment
or affirmation." In other words we believe that we
must have some particular objects, substances, situations or people in order to feel secure, content, or affirmed as personalities. A few of the many possibilities
are:
a) I must have the love, respect, acceptance or esteem
of the other to feel secure, content or affirmed as a
personality.
b) I must have the help of chemical substances like
cigarettes, tranquillisers, alcohol, drugs, medicines,
spices etc, in order to face, or cope with the world.
c) I must have plenty of extra money in the bank, in
order to feel secure or successful as a person.
d) I must have a comfortable house and plenty of
clothing, in order to feel content or respectable.
e) I must have plenty of expensive objects in my
home, in order to feel affirmed as a person.
f) I must have the presence of a particular person
(husband, wife, parent, child), in order to feel secure or meaningful in my life.
g) I must have a well-paid job, in order to feel secure
or gain the respect of society.
h) I must have plenty of social contacts, in order to feel
secure or acceptable and loved.
i) must have sexual contact frequently, in order to
feel affirmed of the love of the other.
j) I must have my health, in order to feel secure.
k) I must have my house tidy, in order to be accepted
by the others.
l) I must have cigarettes or tranquillisers or alcohol, in
order to relax.
The list is endless. The list is of our own creation. As
long as there is one person in the world who can feel
secure, content or affirmed or loved without anyone of
these prerequisites which we have placed on our life,
then we too can let go of that prerequisite. As long as
there is one being who can be happy and secure without plenty of money, objects, a fancy house, car and social contacts, it means that these are not absolute hu-
man needs like air, water, food and shelter, but rather
individually (and socially) contrived lists of conditions,
which we place on our feelings of security, contentment and sense of self-affirmation. The minute we
drop any one of these prerequisites or conditions on
our happiness, then we are a little closer to being happy most of the time. As we continue to drop one condition after the other from the list, we become happier
and happier more and more of the time, because we do
not need anything special to feel secure, content or affirmed. Our own being gradually becomes enough of a
source of security and affirmation. We become less dependent on external objects, situations and persons for
our sense of happiness. We begin to feel an inner contentment and bliss which is independent of events and
reactions from around us. Then we are free and strong
enough to really love, because there will not be any
conditions on our love, because we are not requiring
anything from the other person. The only person who
can really love is one who has become totally self-dependent, and is not looking to take from the others.
All these limiting beliefs must be searched for be-
hind our unhappy and negative experiences of life. Every time we feel unhappy, we will find some limiting
belief as the essential cause. We must find them with
self-analysis and replace them with the spiritual truths
of our immortal, invulnerable nature, and our oneness
with all creation and the Creator.
We will start the process of analysis in the next article. In the meantime you would do well to keep a diary
in which you will write each evening before sleeping, a
description of the stronger emotional experiences of
the day, trying to describe exactly what happened,
what you felt, and what beliefs, about yourself and the
world, caused you to feel that way. This will not be
easy but will come with perseverance, daily practice
and patience.
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CHAPTER IV
THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS FREEDOM
e are prisoners of our belief systems. We

are not free beings. We are limited by the
heavy but, in most cases, subconscious
chains of our subconscious beliefs. If we want to become free, to enjoy life and develop ourselves to our
fullest potential, then we must examine in depth what
we believe.
If a man is in a prison, he cannot get free by ignoring the fact that he is there. He must examine the structure of the prison and see what these bars, which restrict him, are made of. In the case of these beliefs,
which limit our happiness, health and harmony, they
happen to be made of false assumptions which melt
under the light of investigation and truth, as bars made
of ice would melt under the hot sun.
I will now present to you a system which, if you
take time to employ, will be very effective in helping
you to get free from limiting beliefs.
OBSERVATION
The first step is the daily observation of our feelings
and thoughts. This will be more effective if we write
down our observations each evening before sleeping. If
we write in the third person, observing our personality
as if we were watching someone else function, our objectivity will be greatly increased. In observing our emotional states and feelings we are interested in discovering the following:
a) The emotions which we feel. It is not always so
easy to name the exact emotion one feels. This will take
practice, sincerity, patience and perseverance. It is also
important not to stop with the surface emotions such
as anger, jealousy or hatred. These superficial emotions
are always the result of other deeper emotions, which
are based on feelings of weakness, lack of self-acceptance or fear. We usually do not feel angry unless we
fear that we will lose something (i.e. some object, or a
relationship, or self-esteem, or the acceptance of others,
or ones security base, etc.), or fear that we will not be
able to obtain something which is very important to us.
Anger usually follows fear, a feeling of inability, depression, disappointment, hurt, or being ignored or
ridiculed.
So, in our analysis, we must go deep inside and ask,
Why does this thing bother me so much? Why is it so
unacceptable to me? What do I fear that it causes me to
feel anger, hate, jealousy or bitterness? Behind every
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aggressive type of emotion there is hiding a feeling of

weakness, fear, inability or self-doubt.
b) After discovering the real emotions that we have,
then we try to identify the stimulus which seems to be
causing us to feel that way. The stimulus may be
something which has happened very recently or in the
far past. The memory of this event comes into the mind
and passes through our programming, which interprets it as positive or negative, as pleasant or unpleasant, as good or bad, as helpful or threatening or harmless. Based on our programming, each of us perceives
the same events, situations, persons and objects in
completely different ways. Our reality is personal and
relative and a function of our programming.
If we program twenty computers to do different
manipulations with the same input, each computer will
come out with a different result. We too are like computers who process the stimuli in our environment in
the different ways that we have been conditioned to.
The stimulus may not be an event in our environment, but rather some thought about the future. Or it
may even be a total fantasy, which exists only in our
minds. We may think about the future and worry and
have anxiety because we are programmed to feel incapable of coping with the various forces around us.
c) Once we have determined which stimulus is disturbing us, then we begin to examine our programming, or beliefs, which are really making us feel the
way we do, when that stimulus comes into our minds.
We want to discover what we believe, which makes
that stimulus threatening or unacceptable to us. We
can also examine positive emotions to see what it is
that we believe, which makes us happy when we receive that particular stimulus. (That will help us to understand which beliefs make us unhappy without that
stimulus). However, I suggest that the analysis of positive emotions be left for the last stages of spiritual
growth. Let us try for the present to analyse and then
dissolve the emotional mechanisms which create our
negative, unpleasant feelings so that we can create
greater happiness, peace and love in our lives.
This is a key point in our attempt to move on to
higher states of consciousness. We must give plenty of
time to analyzing our deeper and deeper beliefs about
ourselves, about others and about the world around us,
which keeps us from experiencing the joy and harmony which are our natural inner states. We will give
much attention to this point as we continue.
Be aware that there are many beliefs behind each emotional experience. One way of discovering these beliefs more completely is to examine each emotion separately. There will be one or more beliefs which are
creating each emotion.
Perhaps an example will be useful here. Let us take
the case of a woman who believes that her husband is
cheating on her and is having other relationships. Now
let us imagine that this is only an idea in her mind and
not the true situation. What will she feel? The first emotion she may become aware of is anger or rage. But
it is likely that behind that there will be feelings like
hurt, disappointment and rejection. There will also
likely be fear or even self-defacement. These may eventually lead to jealousy and perhaps revenge, or depression, or escapism. The stimulus is the thought that her
husband has another lover. Let us examine each emotion and hypothesize some of the probable beliefs that
there would be behind these emotions.
1. First of all, to be able to form this idea in her
mind and dwell on it, she might have some beliefs
like, Men cannot be trusted or, I am not feminine, or
beautiful, or intelligent enough to hold the interest of a
man or, I do not deserve to be loved for what I am.
Such messages could easily be formed in the mind of a
child who has witnessed infidelity in her home or in
the society around her.
2. In order to feel fear, she might believe that a
woman must have a man in order to feel secure and
fulfilled or, I will not be able to face life alone; I do
not have the power, the resources or, I will not be
able to face the others after this.
3. The feeling of disappointment or disillusionment
may come from the belief, In relationships there must
be total fidelity of one towards the other or, He cannot love me any more if he is seeing another woman.
4. Hurt may result from believing, He does not
love me or, I cannot love myself if others do not love
me or, I am not worthy of love if others do not affirm
their love for me. I cannot respect myself if I do not
have the respect of others. Such beliefs may then lead
to feelings of self- rejection, self-defacement and
eventually depression.
5. Jealousy may result from believing that I must
have him in order to feel secure, satisfied or affirmed in
my life or, I cannot be happy with any other man,
my only hope for happiness is through this one man.
6. Anger and feelings of revenge may then develop
through believing, This is wrong, This is a great injustice or, This must be punished; this deserves my
hate and I must punish him or, I will feel better if I
make him feel the hurt which I feel or, Only a non
self-respecting fool would accept this or, If I get back
at him, I will regain my dignity and self-image.
7. Escapism or depression may result from

thoughts such as I am not strong enough to handle
this shock or, I will be hurt even more if I face this
situation or, Life is dangerous and I am weak and
helpless. Hiding may take place through alcohol, tranquillizers, drugs, work or by just ignoring and suppressing ones feelings. Hiding may also take place
through living a life of intense focus on external activities or sensual pleasure.
Thus we can see that there is a variety of beliefs
which may lead to various emotions. We are not trying
to say that all beliefs are false or that we want to
change all beliefs. We simply want to investigate them,
in order to determine which ones are creating the most
problems for us, and decide whether they are really so
true or absolute, or whether it would be better to modify them.
We are certainly not advocating leaving basic ethical values such as doing to others that which we would
like others to do to us, or honesty or love. But we can
practice these values without letting our happiness depend on whether others do the same. Our happiness
must eventually be freed from its dependency on the
behaviour of others, otherwise we are trapped in a
helpless situation.
d) The last aspect of the daily analysis of emotional
mechanisms has to do with our reactions, which result
from these emotions. We react according to how we
feel. We feel according to how we are programmed to
think. Thus the stimulus passes through our beliefs,
creates emotions and then reactions. These reactions
may be internal or external. We may act outwardly, towards the environment and the people around us, or
we may turn our energy inward in the form of self-rejection, eating too much, worry or depression. On the
other hand, we may avoid a person or situation which
causes us to feel uncomfortable, or we may try to
change the others, or the world around us, in various
ways so as to make the outside world fit with our programmings and expectations.
Of course the attempt to change others usually results in conflict with others, who feel intimidated by
our attempt to change their programming, just as we
would feel the same way if they tried to change ours.
Thus the first step towards getting free is this daily
analysis of EMOTIONS, STIMULI, BELIEFS and REACTIONS. We will begin to see patterns of feeling or emotional mechanisms which repeat themselves over
and over with the same people, or, perhaps, with a variety of people. That leads us to the second step.
DISCOVERY OF CORE BELIEFS

Eventually we will begin to see more clearly into
the muddy waters of the subconscious and we will s-
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tart to discover basic beliefs, which are at the core of

many of what seem otherwise to be separate problems.
We want to eventually make a list of these. These are
what our prison bars are made of. These are the invisible chains which limit the expression of our unlimited
spiritual beauty and power. Some common core beliefs
are:
1. I am this body and this personality.
2. This body is vulnerable.
3. I am not safe.
4. This personality is good or bad depending on what
others think and say about it.
5. I am who others think I am.
6. I need to prove my worth, my okayness.
7. I am not lovable.
8. I am weak and incapable.
9. I need help and protection from others.
10. Life is dangerous.
In investigating our beliefs, we then search for the

deeper beliefs which make us believe what we believe. This will become more clear after a few examples
which will be given in the future.
Once we have found these core beliefs, we then arrive at the stage of DISCRIMINATION.
ANALYSIS OF OUR CORE BELIEFS

We now want to test the validity of these beliefs.
a) How do they affect us? Do they bring us harmony, feelings of security, self-acceptance and self-love?
Do they create harmony with others? Do they help us
to accept and love others as they are? Do they create inner peace? Or are they obstacles to all this? Do they create conflict with ourselves and others? Do they create
happiness or unhappiness? Do they create contentment
or discontentment?
The process of spiritual evolution and growth into
higher levels of consciousness is one of evolving beliefs, in which we move, from believing that we are
these weak and vulnerable bodies and minds, into believing that we are strong, invulnerable, immortal beings who are full of beauty and love.
The beliefs which usually create problems in our
lives are those which have lost their usefulness at our
present stage of evolution and need reassessment and
modification. It is like the techniques used by mountain climbers, who discard more and more baggage as
they approach the higher mountain peaks, because
they become a burden there and prevent progress. In
the same way, beliefs which may have been useful to
us in the past may now be obstacles to our growth process and need to be analyzed, let go of and replaced
with new, more expansive, spiritual, universal beliefs
which will help us to find our equilibrium again. Of
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course these new beliefs may eventually become obstacles at some future date.
b) We want also to investigate whether the belief,
which is causing us trouble with ourselves or others, is
actually an absolute truth or simply a personal programming. Most beliefs are, in reality, relative concepts
which vary from culture to culture and age to age.
There are few concepts which have survived the all
consuming fire of time. We want to ask ourselves, Is
what I believe really absolute, or is it a program which
I have received from my childhood environment? Is it
absolutely true, or is it a personal perception of reality?
MAKING A DECISION
Once we have analyzed the validity of the belief
and how it affects us and our relationships with others,
then we must make a decision. Do I want to change,
or modify this belief in any way so as to find more harmony with myself and others? Do I prefer growth into
a new way of thinking and being or the security of my
old habits and ways of feeling? Do I want to change, to
get free? Am I willing to make the effort required with
all the discipline, persistence and patience which it requires?
This decision is extremely important. Without a
conscious determination to get free, one will easily become lost in the past habitual ways of thinking and
feeling. One must keep this thought continually in his
mind, My beliefs are simply the relative conditioning
of my mind. They are not absolutely true. I can change
my beliefs, my feelings. I want to grow into a world of
self-strength, self-love, happiness, peace and harmony.
I can do this - I will do this. I desire to do this.
Thus when we are getting caught up in our old emotional mechanisms and feeling hurt, rejected, weak,
unloved or unable, we will affirm to ourselves, This
is an illusion. These thoughts are not true. They are the
result of my programming. I am freeing myself from
these illusory thoughts. And then you begin to employ the positive, more expansive truths which will replace the old limiting thoughts. This brings us to the
next stage : Reprogramming.
REPROGRAMMING THE MIND

We want to reprogram the mind with the truth (at
least to the degree that we can understand it). There
are certain spiritual truths which are upheld by most
religions and spiritual philosophies. We want to make
these our new core beliefs, our new security base. Such
new beliefs might be:
1. I am an immortal, invulnerable spirit.
2. I am a soul in the process of evolution. Thus everything that I have ever done is acceptable in terms of
the consciousness I had at that stage of evolution. Thus

I can accept myself, and others, as they are, with all
their faults and weaknesses as we try continuously to
raise our level of consciousness and, thus, our behaviour patterns.
3. I am a cell in the universal body of the universal
spirit, thus I am continually in contact with that universal power at some level. I am always protected and
sustained by that power.
4. I am who I am, independent of what others think
about me. The words of others do not change who I
am.
5. My value as a human being does not depend on
how much I accomplish or how intelligent I am, or
how attractive I appear, but on how sincere my intentions and efforts are, and how much they are in agreement with my inner values.
6. I am always loveable and acceptable to all beings.
I am a ray of Gods light on earth.
7. There is a Divine Plan which is guiding the movement and evolution of all beings on earth. Nothing can
happen to me which is outside of that plan. To believe
there is anything in the universe which is not produced
by the one creator is to imagine a second source of creation; something which is unlikely. Everything which
happens flows forth from the one unique, divine
source, even earthquakes, murders and injustice.
8. Everything that happens to me is for the benefit
of my spiritual evolution. Every moment is an opportunity to grow spiritually, if I take it as such. Every difficulty is an opportunity to develop inner strength and
inner faith.
These and so many other beliefs can liberate us
from the limiting thoughts which create fear, worry
and block the expression of our inner potentials.
These new liberating beliefs can be employed at any
moment that we find we are leaving our centre of
peace, security and love for ourselves and others. They
can also be made into affirmations, which are repeated
or written many times each day. The constant and frequent repetition of these spiritual truths begins to neutralise the power of the negative, limiting beliefs. Eventually, these new concepts become deeply rooted in
our subconscious and allow us to let go of the old beliefs, habits and ways of life, which we developed in
the past in our search for security, satisfaction and affirmation. It is like climbing a ladder or set of stairs. In
order to lift the second leg from the previous rung or
step, we have to have the first foot firmly established
on the new one, otherwise in every moment of selfdoubt or difficulty, we will quickly resort to the lower
step for our feeling of equilibrium.
Thus we can understand that there is no use in trying to suppress behaviour, feelings or beliefs. These are
the basis of our security and will not leave us in this

way. There is no value in fighting with ourselves or
creating inner conflict. It is better to discover what I
believe, which is making me feel this way, and thus
behave in this way. Do not reject yourselves, or your
old habits or needs. Discover what beliefs those needs
and behaviour are based on. Then introduce the new
spiritual concept, which gives you a new way of fulfilling that need (i.e. security, love, satisfaction, affirmation) and the old habit will leave you as ripe fruit falls
off the tree.
In this system we are not interested in controlling,
or suppressing, the superficial manifestations of our
beliefs in the form of desires and habits. This is like
weeding a garden by plucking off the leaves of the
weeds. We are interested in getting to the roots of these
weeds, which are the core beliefs. When this happens,
our spiritual energy will be able to rise up into the upper centres of expression and we will begin to experience unconditional love for all beings, a new awareness of the spiritual truths of the unity of all beings,
and the separateness of the soul from the temporary
vehicles of the body and mind.
THIS IS NOT SO EASY - BUT IT IS WORTH IT

This work is easy to understand in terms of the
steps which must be taken, but it requires much careful
and determined effort in order to really get free. On the
other hand it is, without doubt, worth it. In fact, there
is nothing else which is more worthwhile on earth.
This is the reason why we have incarnated, to continue
with our spiritual unfoldment. What are some of the difficulties in this process?
1. Our BELIEFS are the BASIS OF OUR SECURITY
SYSTEM. Our ideas about who we are, what is right
and wrong and whether, or not, we are worthy or
good, etc., are the basis of our feelings of security and
self-worth. Often people will prefer to hold on to preconditioned beliefs of unworthiness and self-rejection,
rather than risk letting go of these beliefs and venturing into a world of new feelings and self- images. This
is a common situation.
2. Most CORE BELIEFS ARE HIDDEN. Our belief
system is something like an iceberg in which only oneninth is observable above the surface. Most of the beliefs which are creating our reality are found below
the surface of the conscious mind. For this reason, it is
absolutely essential that one gives time and energy to
this process of self- discovery and self-actualization. A
half-hearted superficial job will not bring the results
we are aiming at. The questionnaire which will be given in the next chapter in this series will help you to dig
more deeply.
3. The instrument of observation at this point in our
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evolution is the mind. Our higher intellect is not yet developed enough and thus we are observing the mind
with the mind itself. But the mind is perceiving everything through the filter of its belief system, as we have
already discussed in earlier parts of this series, thus we
are going to see a distorted view of the functioning of
the mind. When we look at the world through a red filter, everything becomes some shade of red. When we
see everything through a green filter, only green light
is allowed to pass through. When we see the world
through a filter of self-rejection, or a feeling of impotence, then everything will be perceived along those
lines and we will see rejection and failure where they
are not.
Thus we need help in gaining objectivity in this process of self-observation and self-analysis. Keeping our
daily diary in the third person will help us greatly. We
may also find great benefit from joining together with
others who are making the same effort. The group can
become a mirror for each individual member, helping
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him to see himself more clearly. It is best if such groups

have a spiritual basis and not only a psychological basis. Psychology, without a spiritual base, is like trying
to build a building with half of the tools necessary.
Psychology ignores an important aspect of man ( his
spiritual self ) which can liberate him from so many
problems.
Another essential aid, in this process of self-investigation, is the questionnaire which will be presented in
the following article in this series. In answering these
questions, you will be provoked towards a deeper and
deeper understanding of your belief system. Until the
next chapter, you can prepare yourself by keeping a
daily diary and recording your emotions, stimuli, beliefs and reactions. You may then think about the validity of these beliefs and search for the spiritual truths
which can free you from these limiting beliefs.
CHAPTER V
HOW TO ANALYSE YOUR BELIEFS
n this section, we will present to you a very useful

method for discovering, more effectively, the deeper beliefs which are limiting your happiness,
health, harmony and spiritual progress. I answering
these questions, please:
1. Be concentrated and have at least an hour, or better, three or four hours to dedicate to this extremely
important step towards self-knowledge.
2. Answer the questions honestly. Do not hide the
truth from yourself. Only you will be seeing what you
write. There is no need to show it to anyone. Have the
courage to be totally honest with yourself.
3. Do not be afraid to write down beliefs and needs,
or desires, which conflict with each other. This is natural for a being in a state of evolution. There will always be some lack of congruency between what we
were in the past and what we are evolving into.
4. Read all the questions once through. Then begin
at number one. If at any time you think of other answers for questions you have already answered, go
back and add them.
5. Check your answers after a few weeks to a
month and then every six months to a year, to notice
any changes in your beliefs.
6. Try to give at least three answers to each question. If there are more than three which are equally important to you, write all of them.
7. Work with an intense desire for self-knowledge
and liberation from limiting beliefs.
8. Answer these questions as you actually feel now,
not as you would like to feel, or believe that you
should feel.
A QUESTIONNAIRE ON YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM

PART 1.
MY SECURITY BASE AND INNER FEELINGS
(Try to give 3 answers to each of the following statements)
1. Three positive human characteristics which have
the greatest value for me.
2. Three negative human traits which are most unacceptable to me.
3. I love and accept myself most when
4. I feel guilty when
5. I feel negative when
6. I feel happy when
7. I feel insecure when
8. I feel secure when
9. I do not believe that I can

10. If my house were to catch fire and I could save only three objects (excluding living beings), they
would be
11. Those things which I fear most are
PART 2.
HOW I SEE OTHERS AND HOW THEY SEE ME
(Try to give 3 answers to each of the following questions)
12. How my spouse or lover sees me.
13. Three positive characteristics of my spouse or
lover.
14. Three weaknesses or negative traits of my spouse
or lover.
15. How my parents see me.
16. When I was young, my parents always told me
that I was unable to
17. The criticism that I heard most often from my parents was
18. Three positive characteristics of my father.
19. Three weaknesses or negative traits of my father.
20. Three positive qualities of my mother.
21. Three weaknesses or negative traits of my mother.
22. How I remember the relationship between my
parents to be until I reached the age of eighteen
years old. (Here you may want to write at more
length).
23. I cannot forgive others for
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
PART 3.
HOW I SEE MYSELF
( Give 3 answers to each question )
I feel the greatest inability or weakness when
The criticisms which I hear most often from the
people around me are
Three positive qualities of my personality.
Three weaknesses or negative aspects of my personality.
I cannot forgive myself for
I feel powerless when
I wish I could
How I imagine or feel my soul to be.
How I imagine or feel God to be.
How I feel my relationship with God.
My purposes in life are
Now please write a letter to an old friend whom
you havent seen in twenty-five years, describing
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who you are and how you are now.
HOW TO ANALYSE YOUR ANSWERS

Before going on, it would be better to actually answer the above questions. Then you will gain much
more out of the following analysis.
We will analyse these answers according to five basic categories:
I. Our beliefs about what makes us feel SECURE,
SATISFIED AND HAPPY.
II. Our beliefs on what requirements must be fulfilled
in order to LOVE AND ACCEPT OTHERS.
III. Our beliefs on the prerequisites for LOVING AND
ACCEPTING OURSELVES.
IV. Our beliefs about our ABILITIES AND TALENTS.
V. Our beliefs about our relationship with GOD AND
OUR SOUL.
Basically, the same process will be used in each
case. In this section we will apply the analysis technique to our beliefs about security, satisfaction and
happiness. There are seven steps to this analysis.
1. CHECK THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS

The various answers to the above questions will
help us to discover how our feelings of security and
happiness are depending on certain prerequisites
or external conditions. The questions which have most
to do with this subject, and thus may give you the most
information, are numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. This
does not mean, however, that the answers to the other
questions may not give us important information in
this inner research.
Some answers may give us direct information (such
as those given to the above-mentioned numbers) in
which we are asked to directly reveal what makes us
happy, or unhappy, or secure or insecure. Others may
give us indirect information through analysis and deduction. For example, in analyzing the criticisms we
heard as children and hear about ourselves now, we
may discover the cause of some weak points toward
which we are more vulnerable. In analyzing what human traits are most unacceptable for us, we may discover that we feel incapable of coping with such behaviour, or perhaps reject such behaviour, because we
reject it in ourselves.
Thus, in this first stage, we want to discover what
our feelings of security,satisfaction and self worth
depend on.When do we feel secure and when do we
feel insecure?
2. SEE WHAT IS COMMON IN THOSE ANSWERS

We want to discover what thoughts, or prerequisites, or conditions for security are being repeated
many times in our answers.
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From this, we can make a list of conditions for our

feeling secure, satisfied and happy. It must be understood that the larger this list is, the less likely we will
be able to fulfill it and thus, the less likely we will be
able to feel secure or happy. The smaller the list of conditions, the more likelihood for happiness.
Sai Baba, a great saint living in India, has said: The
richest man in the world is the one with the least desires and the poorest man in the world is the one with
the most desires. Here, we are not talking so much
about desires, although desires are in fact the end result of these feelings of insecurity and unfulfillment.
We desire these things which we believe at some level
will make us feel secure or fulfilled.
3. ANALYSE WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOUR

SECURITY, SATISFACTION AND HAPPINESS
Now we write down what we believe on the basis
of our analysis. Some sample beliefs that one may discover might be:
a) In order to feel secure, I must have plenty of money.
b) In order to feel secure and fulfilled I must have an
exclusive personal relationship with someone.
c) In order to feel happy I must have the love and acceptance of others.
d) In order to feel secure I must have an important job.
e) In order to feel satisfied I must have various sensual
stimuli on a regular basis (i.e. coffee, cigarettes, sexual intercourse, alcohol, tasty food, TV., cinema,
etc)
f) In order to feel secure, my house has to be clean and
in order.
g) In order to feel secure, I have to feel in control of my
environment.
The list is infinite in number and variety. These are
a few examples. Make your own list. What does your
security and happiness depend on?
4. FIND THE CORE BELIEFS WHICH CAUSE YOU

TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
The above-mentioned beliefs are superficial beliefs.
They are based on other core beliefs which are deeper
and more powerful. Many systems of positive thinking
try to change these beliefs on this level. That is, you
might be instructed to repeat I feel secure without
money, or without a relationship partner, or without a
job. But in many cases this is not effective, because it
is like plucking the leaves off a tree that we want to remove. The leaves will just come forth again, perhaps in
other places. This is also the reason why simply hypnotizing someone and making suggestions that he will
not smoke or not overeat, is not always advisable. One
smokes or overeats out of some inner need, probably
based on insecurity, or lack of self- love. When we sim-
ply stop the manifestation, without fulfilling the basic

inner need, it will manifest itself in some other self-restrictive habit.
Here, we are interested in going deeper, so as to discover the basic core beliefs which make us believe that
we must fulfill those various prerequisites in order to
feel okay. Let us investigate some possible beliefs
which may be behind the previous answers we gave.
a) Money is security. Money can bring safety or happiness.
b) I have not the ability to make the money I need to
survive, or will not have the ability in the future.
c) I do not have the resources necessary to face life
alone. I need help from someone else.
d) I am safer if I am with someone else.
e) I am this body and thus I am vulnerable to harm
and death.
f) I am this personality. I am what other people think
of me.
g) There is no God, no Divine Plan. I must protect myself.
h) Pleasure is found through stimulation of the senses
from without.
i) I am good and acceptable if my house is clean and
in order.
j) Life is dangerous and I must secure my safety by
controlling the environment.
k) Others cannot be trusted.
As you can see, core beliefs are beliefs about the nature of reality, about who we are and what others are
and the nature of man and of life itself. These core beliefs then give birth to a wide variety of superficial beliefs which form our reality.
5. COMPARE YOUR CORE BELIEFS WITH THE

ETERNAL TRUTHS
Now we want to analyse these core beliefs to see if
they stand up to logic and if they stand up to the basic
truths which are upheld by the various religions and
spiritual philosophies. For example:
a) Does money really offer protection? Will it protect me from illness, from death, from thieves, fire, war,
earthquakes, floods, from a nervous breakdown, from
failure in relationships? So why all that emphasis on
money for security? The above-mentioned problems
are the basic ones, which plague mankind, and money
cannot offer much help in avoiding them. There is absolutely no indication that those who have more money have less problems, or better health, or happier
lives. Rather, the opposite seems often to be true. Thus
my belief that I must have money, in order to feel secure, seems to be based on a programming which does
not stand under logical analysis.
b) Does money really offer happiness and satisfac-
tion? Does whatever money can buy give lasting happiness and satisfaction? How long has your happiness
about a new dress, or a new car lasted? The satisfaction
of a tasty dinner or drink lasts a few hours, if it doesnt
turn into displeasure even more quickly. That lovely
trip we took was great fun and we broadened our
minds, but it has not become a source of lasting happiness. Our house has become more of a burden, and the
second and third house even more so. More responsibilities, more expenses, more work to keep them up,
more worries about what will happen to them.
Let us not be unrealistic. A certain amount of money is essential for survival, for basic needs and for selffulfillment. But this is a very small amount. I have personally experienced how wonderful a simple life is,
with just enough to cover basic needs, and I prefer it to
depending on money, and what it can, buy for my happiness. This does not mean that I would not be interested in having more money to direct towards the goal of
human evolution. But I do not believe that I will be
more secure, satisfied or happy if I have it. Probably I
would have more concerns on the material level.
c) Am I so incapable? Are the others around me
more intelligent, more able, more prepared for facing
life than I am? Am I inferior to them in ability to survive in this world? How do they all survive? So many
of them are alone and with less abilities than I, and
with more needs. How do they survive? How do the
birds, animals and plants survive? Am I not more intelligent and capable than they are? Then why all this fear
and insecurity about facing life alone? Have I been conditioned to believe that I am weak and incapable?
Have my parents undermined my sense of power and
ability?
We must also analyse this belief in terms of its basic
brother core beliefs, such as life is dangerous and difficult and there is no power or God which will protect me or help me. I am alone. This is, of course, a
matter of faith. But a logical look at the universe will
uncover that there is obviously some great universal
intelligence, which is creating and sustaining this
world, in which so many different beings exist in such
a delicate ecological balance (regardless of the fact that
we have destroyed this balance). All the major religious systems accept the reality of an all-powerful and
omniscient consciousness, which is in intimate contact
with all beings on the earth.
Not to believe this, is not to believe Christ, Buddha,
Krishna, Rama, Mohammed, Zoroaster, Sai Baba and
all the saints of all the religions in history. What makes
all these saints different from us is their FAITH in this
truth.
Thus I question my belief that the world is dangerous and that I must protect myself, that I am not capa-
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ble of protecting myself and that I need plenty of money and/or someone to take care of me. Perhaps I have
been brain-washed by the beliefs of my parents, teachers and society. Perhaps I have been influenced by TV,
newspapers, magazines and cinema, which focus on
violence and the negative in the world. Perhaps I am
not as insecure and as unsafe as I thought. Perhaps I
can feel secure even without money or an exclusive relationship. Perhaps I can find another inner security
base.
6. FIND THE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS WHICH WILL

LIBERATE YOU FROM THOSE FALSE BELIEFS
Remember we want to get free. Our goal is to liberate ourselves from our prison of false beliefs. These beliefs must now be replaced with new, more expansive
ones, which include the power and beauty which exist
within us and in the world around us. Paradise is already within us as a dormant state of consciousness. It
will never become manifest as long as we believe that
we are weak and unworthy. The various spiritual beliefs have been given to us, by the great spiritual beings
of history, to use as a fire to evaporate the cloud of ignorance. We must establish them in our minds and
make them the core of our new belief system. Some examples would be:
a) I am an immortal, invulnerable soul.
b) There is a divine plan which is always bringing
to me the experiences which I need for my spiritual
evolution. Those experiences may be pleasant or unpleasant. It doesnt matter. They are all exactly what I
need at that moment in my life, in order that I may
wake up a little more to the truth of my being.
c) I am a cell in the body of humanity and thus, as
long as I serve the body of humanity, that body will
provide for my needs and protect me.
d) I am a soul in the process of evolution. All powers to face all difficulties are found within me.
If I can begin to believe these truths, I will really start to feel secure and safe in all situations. No matter
what is going on around me, I will feel safe inside.
When I feel safe, I will not panic, or fear, and my actions will be more centred, more effective in really protecting me. There will be less mistakes in my life. I will
accept all experiences in life as gifts from the Divine, as
opportunities to learn another lesson and to exercise
my inner potential. How wonderful life is...I will also
have less ego, which means more love, which means
more friends and thus, more security and happiness.
7. MAKE AN AFFIRMATION OUT OF ONE OR
MORE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS AND EMPLOY IT
We must now choose one or more of the spiritual
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truths, which are most effective in neutralizing the negative effects of our false programming. We want to
make an affirmation, or a simple but potent phrase out
of this truth, so that we can reprogram our mind with
it. How is this done?
a) Whenever the mind is under the control of negative thoughts such as helplessness, fear, anxiety, worry,
insecurity, etc., bring this new belief which you want to
establish in your mind as an affirmation. An example
would be, I am an immortal soul. I can receive no
harm. Even if my body dies I will still exist unharmed. The key phrase here is that I am an immortal soul. The other thoughts are secondary thoughts
which may or may not come after. Another key phrase
would be, All is happening according to a divine
plan, or, Life gives me exactly what I need every moment.
Which concept you choose, and how you phrase it,
it is up to you. It is a personal matter. Different phrases
have differing amounts of power and effectiveness for
each individual. You may work on phrases, or concepts, which have not been presented here, or which I
have never heard of. It makes no difference. It is only
important that that phrase removes the feeling of insecurity from your mind, and hopefully opens you up to
a larger view of yourself and an awareness of your real
spiritual nature, and the spiritual nature of the world
around you.
b) An affirmation can be repeated on a daily basis in
an attempt to reprogram the mind. This may be done
while walking, driving, cleaning the house, waiting for
someone, or at any time when the mind is not consciously engaged.
c) The affirmation may also be programmed into
the mind by relaxing the mind through some technique
such as deep relaxation, mind control or meditation,
and repeating these truths mentally. At this moment
both the conscious and the subconscious mind are in
contact and the conscious mind can give messages to
the subconscious where these beliefs are stored. While
doing this, one would do well to imagine this new belief to be true by feeling it inwardly, or by creating images, on the screen of the mind, which represent this
new belief, this new reality.
d) One may also write these affirmations many
times a day trying to feel them to be actually true as he
writes.
Some combination of these various ways of reprogramming the mind, with these spiritual truths, will
help each of us to liberate ourselves from these blockages towards feeling secure, satisfied and happy in life.
Work seriously on this questionnaire and subsequent
analysis. Keep your notes concerning this questionnaire, because in the next chapter we will use your an-
swers to analyse your beliefs about your talents and abilities and inner powers.
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CHAPTER VI
ABILITIES, TALENTS AND POWERS
e all have abilities and powers which we

have not yet developed. Many of us seem
to subconsciously block the development of
these natural abilities, which are waiting within us for
a chance to express themselves. Our happiness and self
fulfillment depends on our expressing our inner potential as much as possible. Let us investigate how we can
liberate ourselves from these limitations and express
our full potential, for the sake of ourselves and the society around us.
There is one creative power in the universe and it
expresses itself through all beings. Each and every being on the earth is an instrument for the expression of
this universal creative energy, which is being expressed through all of nature unconsciously,and
through man, to a certain extent, consciously. That is,
the personality is becoming conscious of this creative
energy and identifies with it. The following example
will help us to understand the personalitys role in this
creative process.
On the right of the diagram, we see the Spirit which

is eternal and one with God. It is always perfect and
unchanging. It is divine. It expresses itself, however,
through a series of bodies or vehicles here on earth.
This Spirit, or Divine Self, is the source of all creative
expression on the earth. But the vehicles, through
which this energy flows, limit and give shape to this
energy. We might imagine that the Spirit emits an unlimited pure white light and that, as this light passes
through the vehicles or filters, its lightness is dimmed,
coloured and given a specific shape, according to what
is imprinted on those lenses or filters.
You will notice that there are five filters, or lenses,
and that they are grouped into two sections, by a separating wall with an aperture. The three lenses to the left
represent the body and personality. They are the material body, the energy body and the mental body. These
are the basic instruments of expression through which
all creative acts flow on the earth. If they are weak, ill,
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or overactive, or out of control, then we cannot create

effectively.
The two filters on the right of the aperture and to
the left of the Spirit comprise the soul, which continues
to exist after the death of the body and the mind, and
transfers the various capabilities and learned concepts
from one incarnation to the next. These two bodies are
called the higher intellect and the casual body. The
causal body is the memory store-house of the soul, in
which all of the experiences of all the incarnations are
recorded and are thus available to the soul at all times.
Whether or not they are available to the mind will depend on how connected the mind is to the soul, that is,
how much one has developed the ability to still the
mind and turn it inward to receive information and inspiration from within. For many, this occurs automatically and subconsciously during the hours of dreaming.
The higher intellect is the ability to discriminate between the real and the temporary, between what is
beneficial to the evolving soul and what is detrimental.
It is like the conscience, in Western terms. It is also responsible for clarity, wisdom and detachment from
material and emotional disturbances. This, too, is developed gradually from life to life as the soul learns
through its experiences.
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

The purpose of life is twofold. On the one hand, we
are here in order to rediscover our spiritual identity,
that we are immortal spirits, who are only temporarily
incarnated in these vehicles of flesh. And secondly, to
express that magnificent spiritual beauty which exists
within us (and is so obvious in nature) here on the
earth plane. Each will express this inner beauty in different ways according to the nature of his vehicles.
We need to withdraw consciousness out of its attachment to the vehicles of expression, i.e. body, emotions and mind and come into contact with the latent
power and beauty which are within us. Then, as we
move outwards again, our actions and movements will
be saturated with the harmony of nature.
We must understand that our true reality is that
light which is passing through all those lenses. We are,
in fact, not the lenses. They are the means of our expression on earth. Thus, our goal is to perfect the various vehicles so that they will become more effective for
us.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE VEHICLES OF

EXPRESSION
What do we mean by the evolution of the vehicles
of expression?
1. We have greater control over the vehicles. The
body does not get ill. It is able to relax when we tell it
to. It is able to perform and work when we want it to.
It is an instrument in the true sense of the word. An instrument does not refuse to relax or to work. It does
what we want it to do. Imagine a piano that wants to
play its own tune, or a flute which refuses to play what
we want to play. Thus, the first step is learning to control the body and mind through techniques such as dietary control, exercises, breathing techniques, relaxation techniques and meditation.
2. An evolved vehicle of expression has an increased influence on its environment. We do not
mean control over the environment and people, but
ones thoughts, words and actions have a greater effect
on those around one. If, at one stage of its evolution, it
could bring peace to one person, eventually it might be
able to bring peace or happiness to one hundred people. Not that the number is important; it just means
that the energy, peace and love, flowing through this
vehicle are greater and it is natural for it to affect more
people (even animals and plants) either consciously or
subconsciously. Again there is no limitation as to how
this energy may be expressed. It may be expressed
through the role of mother, doctor, engineer, dancer,
artist, musician, writer, lawyer, farmer, shoe- maker,
book-seller...there is no limit.
3. The tone and nature of expression will embody
more and more the spiritual archetypes of love, peace,
beauty, harmony, truth, and right action.Whatever is
expressed through this body and personality will bring
these feelings of harmony, peace and love to others.
This means, too, that there will be a connection with
the universal archetypes behind each action and role.
For example, a lawyer will connect himself up to the
higher universal laws and will be interested in the welfare of all mankind and not in personal gain or fame. A
doctor will recognise the universal healing energy,
which is flowing through all beings, and seek to facilitate that flow with as natural means as possible. He
will also give less attention to earning large amounts of
money and more to preventative medicine, so that all
beings may have health. A musician will be in touch
with the universal melodies, which are already formed
on higher levels of existence, and become a channel for
their expression here on earth. He will not create music
from his mind, or from his ego, or frustrated emotional
problems, but will be an open channel for the flow of
divine music through him. All those who are cooking
will come into harmony with the natural forces within
the food and prepare it in such a way that these vital

energies will not be lost. They will become aware of the
divine in the food and will prepare it with due respect.
All beings will recognise the one universal spirit,
which is residing in all beings of all forms and colour,
and feel universal love for all of them, without conditions.
4. An evolved personality learns to not identify
with the result of its creative effort. He makes his best
effort using all of his mind, heart and energy, but is
willing to accept the results as perfect for that moment
in the evolution of man. He continues to try to beautify
the world with his creative actions and his way of life,
undiscouraged and unattached to specific results. The
work is his, the results are Gods. He is responsible only for the quality of his effort and motives, not for his
results.
Thus, as we can see, the process of opening ourselves to this divine creative flow is a spiritual opening
which brings us inner satisfaction, a feeling of meaningfulness and greater spiritual awareness. It is of utmost benefit for ourselves and for the society around
us. Let us now investigate some of those beliefs which
obstruct this evolution and flow.
LIMITING BELIEFS
What are those beliefs which undermine our power,
ability, creativity, talent and expression? The answers
to this question might be found in your answers to
questions number 7, 9, 11, 16, 24, 29 and 30 in the questionnaire given in the previous chapter Do not be limited, however, to investigating these answers only. You
may find that your childhood environment may have
programmed you with some of the following limiting
beliefs:
1. I cannot dance, sing, draw, make arithmetic calculations, face difficult people, etc.
2. If I fail, they will laugh at me, they will criticise me,
they will not love me.
3. I must be perfect to be loved. (It is easy for a child
to get this impression, since he has likely heard angry voices and criticism whenever he made mistakes and kind words and approval when he was
correct.)
4. I cannot do this as well as the others. Thus I should
not try. I must do it best or better. I am not acceptable if I am not the best. (This is a common programming of our competitive culture, which gives
emphasis to who is better in grades, sports, business, etc, rather than to the effort or to the moral
quality of the person.)
5. I am not as smart as the others, and thus will not be
able tosucceed, nor will I be acceptable to them.
6. If I do that which I want to do, (i.e. change jobs, ex-
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press myself in different unusual ways) I will not

be accepted by the others.
7. If I change my life-style to something which expresses my real feelings and beliefs more, I may not
make it financially. Better to stay where I am although it does not interest me at all. At least I am economically secure.
8. What will others think of me if I am different?
(This is also a common belief, since in our school
years whoever was different was laughed at and rejected by teachers and the other children.)
9. I have nothing to offer. I have no great abilities or
talents which would be useful to others. Better not
to bother.
These, and many other such thoughts, are a function of our childhood programming and in direct contradiction with the truth of our real identity. How can
we get free from them?
GETTING FREE
Decide what you want to do, what you want to
learn, to develop or to develop further. Make a list of
such desires. Among the many possibilities, you may
decide that you want to sing, dance, draw or to meditate, or to massage or to cook better, to overcome a certain fear, to offer more love and service to others, to
have more discipline, to start a business, to study a language or some science. There is a whole world of beautiful forms of learning and expression. Nothing that we
develop or learn is ever lost. It is all recorded in our
causal body, in the soul memory. All the objects we accumulate in life will be left here, but the abilities and
awareness and knowledge we develop will be available to us in future lives, if it is useful to us then.
Thus we would do better in life to spend time on
learning and developing our abilities on all levels,material, emotional, mental and spiritual, so that we may
find real happiness and spiritual growth into higher
levels of consciousness.
Once you have made your list of desired abilities,
then start to make a program as to how, on a very
practical level, you are going to do it. Are you going to
follow a seminar, hire a teacher, procure books on the
subject? How much time are you going to spend each
day on developing that ability? Practice makes per-
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fect is the saying; and it is true. Only through practice

will that trait become yours. Even loving and feeling
peaceful can be practiced.
Get started. Do not delay. Do not put off the program for tomorrow. It never comes. Tomorrow is always tomorrow. The present is our only chance for liberation from the limiting beliefs of the past.
1. I AM AN ALL CAPABLE SOUL IN THE PROCESS

OF EVOLUTION.
As I evolve, these abilities become more and more
manifest. I am acceptable in all cases, whether I succeed or fail. These are simply two steps on the way to
self-development. How could I ever learn to do something if I do not try it for the first time? And how could
I expect myself to do it perfectly the first time? Thus, I
can learn only if I allow myself to make mistakes and
not fear what others will think of them.
2. ALL POWERS AND ABILITIES ARE WITHIN ME.

I am not really learning something new. It is like allowing the almond seed to become an almond tree. It
does not need to learn to become a tree. The knowledge is within it. All knowledge of all abilities is latent,
like a seed within me. It needs only a little water, earth,
sun and air, in the form of practice, patience, perseverance and detachment.
3. I AM AN INSTRUMENT OF THE EXPRESSION

OF THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS.
Thus I can follow my inner voice which creates in
me the desire to move in various directions in my life.
As long as I follow this voice and the golden rule, not
to do anything to anyone that I would not like them to
do to me, I will be in that divine flow. I can trust that
divine flow, that inner voice. There is no need to fear
about economic security, or social acceptance. When I
am in the flow, not resisting, not fearing, all will be harmonious. I will have everything that I need.
These thoughts can be made into affirmations
which can be introduced frequently into the mind in
the various ways described in the previous chapters.
I hope that your life will continue to blossom
with greater and greater harmony, love, peace and creative expression.
CHAPTER VII
LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES
Christ commanded us to love our neighbours as we

love ourselves . If we do not love ourselves, how
can we love our neighbours? Today, we live in a
loveless society. How can each of us liberate the reservoir of love which lies within? In this chapter, we will
discuss how we can learn to love ourselves more. In
the next, we will discuss how we can love others more.
WE ARE LOVE
Our basic nature is love. When we let go of body identification, and the personality relaxes and feels
completely secure, we will find at the centre of our being a reservoir of peace and love for all beings. That is
what we really are. That love and peace are the contents of a lake which exists in the centre of our being,
but the river, which carries the contents of our interior
towards the world around, is blocked with various debris and obstacles. Thus there is little or no flow. How
can we clean up that river so that our natural self can
express itself in this world?
Discovering what blocks us from loving ourselves
will be facilitated by the questionnaire and method of
analysing it presented to you in chapters 4 and 5 of this
book. Even if you havent worked with that questionnaire, you will understand and benefit from the following analysis, but of course you will get much more benefit if you work first, or even afterwards, with the
questionnaire. In that way, you will discover your specific obstacles to loving yourself.
CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING
Many of us have been programmed in our childhood years to understand that we are lovable and worthy of acceptance and respect from others only if we
fulfil certain prerequisites. Depending on our parents
and childhood environment, combined with the character we have brought into this life, we have learned to
believe that we are acceptable, lovable and worthy only if we fulfil certain conditions. It is absolutely essential to analyse ourselves and discover which conditions
we have allowed to be put on our self-love and feeling
of worthiness. Otherwise, we will never be able to find
lasting peace, satisfaction, happiness, harmony and, in
some cases, even health. The lack of self-love, self- acceptance and self-worth undermine all these, as well as
rob us of our ability to communicate with, or love others. This leads to many so-called complexes and an inability to feel comfortable or at ease. In such cases, we
often feel the need to do something to prove our worthiness of love or acceptability from others.
In those situations, we may think that we are doing
things for others out of love, but the truth is that we are
acting in that certain way which, we believe, will attract the acceptance, respect and love of the others. We
need affirmation of their love and acceptance in order
to feel that we are okay, so that we can relax and accept
ourselves. Such a person will never feel free to be himself. He will always need to be what others want him to
be, so that he can be acceptable to them. But what happens if he finds himself in an environment where three
different people want him to act in three different
ways? What can he do? He is bound to experience rejection from two of them. Does that mean that he is unworthy? Also, what happens when what, those around
us want us to be, is completely in conflict with what we
ourselves feel we must be? Unless we have self-love
and self-acceptance, we will definitely suffer.
We cannot live our lives based on the acceptance of
others, just in order to have their love. We must follow
our inner voice as long as we do not intentionally harm
anyone through our actions. We are not responsible for
the others emotions when we act according to our inner voice, not wishing harm to anyone, but others
around us get upset because what we do does not fit
into their expectations, addictions or programmings. If
their love is so conditional, and we have to give up
who we really are, to be loved by them, then that is not
love. It is the manipulation of our lives by the other in
order to fulfil his personal desires or expectations. We
do not help a person to mature emotionally and spiritually by allowing him to act in this way, or have his
way, because we are afraid of being rejected by him.
This has nothing to do with the sacrifice of love. It is
the result of our fear of rejection and lack of self-confidence and self-acceptance.
WHAT IS SELF - ACCEPTANCE?

We can understand what we mean by self-acceptance if we examine how we feel when we accept and
love another person. When we do not love and accept
someone, we are not interested in helping him. We do
not want him to be successful or happy. We are not interested in his emotional, mental and spiritual development. If our feelings go beyond indifference, we may
even want harm to happen to him, or want him to fail
generally in life.
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All this applies in the same way to ourselves when

we do not love ourselves. A person who does not accept or respect himself, does not help himself. He easily gets caught up in self-destructive habits such as
over-eating, drinking, smoking, drugs, tranquillisers or
other self-demeaning activities. He will not be interested in his health or success. It would be difficult for him
to find the energy and discipline to employ techniques
for self-improvement, such as healthy eating habits, exercises, relaxation, meditation or positive thinking.
He will not believe that he is worthy of love and
harmony with others and will, in subtle subconscious
ways, undermine his relationship with others. He will
not be able to believe that others can love and accept
him, and will create rejection from those around him. If
others do manage to love him in spite of his continuous
attempts to create rejection, he will test their love to its
limits, or just be blind to the fact that that love or acceptance is there, and continue to feel unloved and
lonely.
He will undermine his efforts for success in professional, social, family and relationship matters. He will
not develop his inner abilities and talents. He may
even undermine his own health, since he believes that
he is not worthy of being healthy.
But worst of all, he will never be able to love anyone
else. A cup cannot give forth what it does not contain.
A person who does not have enough love for himself
cannot give real love to others. He needs to take love
first and fill himself before he will be able to give. All
his supposed sacrifices, made until that time, are really
attempts to obtain love and acceptance from the world
around him.
SOME OF THE OBSTACLES

Lets look at some of the conditionings that we put
on our worthiness and self-love.
1. I must be like the others in order to be acceptable. I must dress like the others, act like the others. A
person who believes this will get caught in the obvious
trap which we have already mentioned, in which he
will live his life supposedly for others, but in fact, does
so only to get their approval.
2. I cannot love or accept myself if others do not.
In such a case, we are identifying with the role of the
child, who does not know if he is good or bad or
worthy or worthless. He needs his parents (now in the
form of all the people around him) to tell him if he is
okay or not. We are who we are independent of what
others think. Does who I am change because some-one
else has an addiction which conflicts with my way of
life? If I am who the other person thinks I am, then I
am as many personalities as people I know, because
each of them sees me differently through his own con-
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ditioning. Then who am I in reality?

3. I must be perfect in everything to be acceptable. As children our parents tried to help us to perfect
ourselves by criticising us when we made mistakes and
applauding us when we were correct (in their eyes).
We got the impression that they accepted and loved us
only when we were perfect (it may have been true) and
thus we got the impression that we were worthy of
love only when we were perfect. We then project this
belief on the world around us, believing that we are unacceptable to others unless we fulfil the requirement
of perfection. But think, do you have that requirement
for others? Do you expect them to be perfect? Have
you ever met a perfect person? What makes you think
that the others too expect perfection from you? Try your best, that is enough. The result does not matter. It
is the sincere effort that counts, not the results.
4. I must achieve many things in life in order to
be worthy of the acceptance and respect of others.
One who believes this will spend his life trying to
prove himself in the eyes of others. He will never be
able to do with his life that which he really feels in the
centre of his being. He will have to realise some day
that his worth is not measured by his achievements,
but by his motives, efforts and character.
5. I must offer gifts to others and in general give
them more than they give me in order to deserve their
love. For people with this programming, love is a
bazaar, where the more you give, the more you get.
They buy their love with gifts and services which leave
the other obliged; this is not love, it is currency exchange.
6. I must do what others ask me in order for them
to continue to love me. This is called love with conditions. If the love of my friends requires that I do whatever they ask, even if it contradicts my beliefs, health or
basic needs, then this is not friendship. In a real friendship, individuals have the freedom to be honest and
open with each other. They accept and love each other
independently of such conditions.
7. I am worthy of love only if Ive never created
pain or problems for anyone in the past. We perform
various actions because some motive pushes us to do
so. As long as it is not our intent to harm anyone with
that action, then we are not responsible for the hurt or
problem which the other experiences. Life, in such a
case, has used us to bring him an experience which he
needs for his spiritual growth. If we can help him, we
should do so to the best of out ability. We must definitely explain to him that we had and have no desire to
create any problem for him. Feeling guilt and worry for
accidentally, or unintentionally, harming someone is
another result of our childhood programming, in
which parents accused us of being evil, when our sim-
ple curiosity, or some innocent game, caused some

breakage or harm. We had no intention, but they still
considered us guilty. In this way, we are programmed
to believe that we are guilty based on the result rather
than on the intent. Guilt and responsibility depend only on the motive.
8. I must be better than the others in order to be
loved. Parents encourage this belief with their continuous comparison of the child with other children in
matters of grades, sports and other aspects of life. In
this way, they create in the child the belief that the love
and acceptance from others depends on his being better than those who compete with him. This will create
in such a person a need to compete and not cooperate.
He may also develop negative feelings towards those
who he feels are threats to his position of superiority.
This is a definite obstacle to love.
9. Others must trust me in order for me to feel
worthy of love and acceptance. If our parents did not
trust us and rejected our words and our personalities,
then we may have associated that condition with lack
of love. So when others, who have a basic mistrust towards the world, tell us lies or do not show us that
they trust us, we feel unloved.
There are many other possibilities of programmings
which may be obstacles to our loving ourselves.
The basic core beliefs which are underlying these
programmings are:
1. I am no good.
2. I am a sinner.
3. I must prove my worth to others.
4. My value depends on how others see me.
5. My worth depends on the results of my efforts.
6. I am this body and this personality.
7. My value depends on the appearance and ability of the body and the mind.
SPIRITUAL TRUTHS
Christ said he would introduce us to the truth that
would set us free. Spiritual truth is like a light which
shines in the darkness and thus removes the ignorance,
which is at the basis of all these wrong programmings.
Let us examine some of the spiritual truths which will
liberate us.
1. I am who I am independently of the opinion of
others. Most of us give more attention to the people
around us than the God within us. Each person sees us
in a different way. Their various opinions do not
change who I am. Each sees me through his own filters,
beliefs, fears and programmings.
2. My value or acceptability depends only on
three factors.
a) Whether my thoughts, words and actions are in
harmony with my inner conscience. I act ac-
cording to my true beliefs. I follow the golden

rule of doing to others that which I would like
them to do to me.
b) The quality of my effort: Whether I put all my
heart and mind into it. Is it the best I can do?
Then it is okay. Maybe in the future, as I evolve
more, I will be able to do better. In the past I
have done what I could with the level of evolution I had then.
c) Whether my motives are pure. Am I acting only
to seek the fulfilment of my personal desires, or
am I interested in helping the people around
me? As I evolve spiritually, I will become more
fulfilled and my motives will gradually become
more selfless.
3. I am an immortal soul in the process of evolution. I am thus equal to all beings. I am worthy of
love, respect and acceptance. All other beings too are
immortal souls in evolution and are worthy of my love
and respect regardless of their level of evolution. Our
bodies and personalities have varying degrees of capability, but as spiritual beings we are all equal. There is
no one above or below us.
4. I am a spark of the Divine Consciousness. I
am divine consciousness occupying this body temporarily. St. Paul said that the body is the temple of
God. God is the life force which is in this body and personality. We are that divine life force. We are worthy of
love always. We are love itself. God is love.Love is
God. says st. John. I am not this body, nor this personality, I am The Divine temporarily occupying this
body.
5. The imperfections in my body and personality
are quite normal and acceptable when I consider that
they are in a process of evolution. Something which is
in the process of evolution can never be perfect until
that process stops. As long as we find ourselves on this
earth in these bodies, we can assume that the process of
evolution is still going on and that we have improvements to make. Thus we can accept and love our bodies and personalities exactly as they are, while simultaneously striving steadily to improve them.
In this way we can also accept and love others exactly as they are, realising that all their negative habits
are simply the result of their lack of evolution and that
they require, most of all, love and acceptance from us
so that they can feel safe enough to continue their spiritual journey.
Each of you may now want to look deeply into
what conditions you have put on your love for yourself
and others. These are mechanical programmings which
were printed into our minds and must now be removed so that we can experience a life full of joy,
health, peace and loving contact with the world around
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us.
We encourage you to take a look at the previous

chapters in this book for help in analysing yourself
more effectively. In our next chapter we will investigate the conditions we place on our love for others.
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CHAPTER VIII
OPENING OUR HEARTS TO LOVE
he feeling of love brings healing, health, peace

and happiness. We all want to love and be
loved, and yet we find little love around us and
we ourselves find it difficult to love. Let us examine
some of the blockages towards love and some ways to
remove them.
In the previous chapter, we discussed how we
might learn to love ourselves more. In this chapter, we
will discuss how to love others more. These are very
much interdependent.
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE

In which situations do our hearts close? When do
we feel negative towards others? When do we criticise,
feel angry, fearful, jealous, bitter, separate and lonely?
It is important that we discover which situations cause
us to close our hearts in this way. Behind these reactions there lie our obstacles to love, peace and happiness.
As long as we allow ourselves to be controlled by
such feelings and emotions, we will feel separate, alone
and will need to develop various defence mechanisms
and play various ego games with the people around
us. Our egos will be continuously on guard and we
will have little, if any, deep, open, satisfying contact
with the people around us. We will be unable to cooperate or share to any significant degree. We will be
doomed to loneliness and unhappiness and perhaps
eventually illness, as the natural flow of vital energies
becomes so blocked within us.
Love is the unifying force of the universe. It is the
power which works against the forces of dissolution,
which are called entropy. It is the intelligence which
holds the universe together and sustains it. It holds the
electron near the nucleus of the atom. It unifies the cells
of the body together into organs. It harmonises the
functioning of the various systems of the body into a unified, harmonious whole.
It also expresses itself as gravity, which holds the
moon in its orbit around the earth, the earth around the
sun and the sun around the centre of the galaxy.
Love is the force which will some day unite
mankind into one harmonious body, in which all the
cells of the body (we humans, animals and plants) will
live and function only for the sake of that universal
body. That day may be far off, but each of us can speed
up its coming by unblocking the reservoir of love
which already exists within.
All religions and great spiritual teachers have

taught the path of love as the fastest, safest and most
direct way of spiritual growth. This power of love, expressed on the highest spiritual level, is called unity.
On the mental level it is wisdom and on the physical
level it is selfless service to society.
OUR BLOCKAGES TO LOVE

What conditions do we place on our love for others?
When do we close ourselves in fear or hurt or bitterness? When do we cut off our open and honest stance
with the people around us? Let us look at some possibilities.
1. When others are different from us. That could
mean that they belong to a different social class, political party, religion, race or country. They may dress differently, or be handicapped in some way physically or
mentally. Do we feel equally comfortable with these
people who are different than what we are accustomed
to? Or do we feel uneasy, insecure, confused as to how
to behave or react? How can we overcome this tendency to feel separate, unconnected to the other? Eventually we would like to be able to feel comfortable, relaxed,
open and loving with all people.
If we could understand that each is a different expression of the One Universal Spirit, of which we too
are expressions, we would probably feel comfortable
with all beings. We could realise that they too are simple people like us, with the same doubts, insecurities
and fears and that they too would like to reach out to
us, but do not know how to. We would feel more relaxed with them. If we could realise that we are immortal souls which can suffer no harm, we would feel relaxed, secure and able to open up to these beings and
be ourselves without fear of rejection or hurt. If we had
total self-acceptance and self-love, it would be easier
for us to open in such situations.
2. When others disagree with us. Why do we fear,
close up and get hurt and defensive when others disagree with us? Why do we feel the need to argue and
defend our beliefs? Why do we feel rejected and hurt
when others do not accept our position? Is it perhaps
because we doubt ourselves? Or is it because we identify with our beliefs so much, that we cannot distinguish between the beliefs, which our minds have temporarily adopted, and our immortal Self, which is
witnessing the contents of that mind. We change beliefs many times in the course of a life. Think about
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what you believed when you were five, ten, fifteen,

twenty, thirty and forty years of age. What makes us
think that we have now found the ultimate truth? Why
are we so attached to our beliefs? Perhaps they give us
security in a world of confusion.
We are entitled to our beliefs and there is no need to
change them, simply because someone else does not agree with us, but they too are entitled to their beliefs
and we need not feel offended, rejected or insecure
when they do not agree with us. Perhaps we get most
upset when we ourselves are not very sure of our beliefs. In such cases, we may have need for approval or
affirmation from others. Not getting it makes us insecure and upset, perhaps even angry. In such cases our
love doesnt flow.
When we realise that our beliefs are in a constant state of change and when we have no need for approval, or affirmation, from others concerning our beliefs, we will be able to hear the opinions of others,
think about them and decide for ourselves what conclusion we want to make, without feeling any need to
change the beliefs of others, or to become upset about
their differing views on that subject.
3. When others criticise us. This case is much like
the previous one. Do we feel hurt, rejected, upset or angry when others criticise us? Why? Do we lack selfconfidence and self-love? The other is upset and has
the need to criticise us. That means that he has some
problem. He doesnt like something about us or our behaviour. His criticisms could be based entirely on his
own programmings, attachments, expectations, and
fears in life and have nothing to do with us. In this
case, we can listen to his complaint and practice active
listening, in order to try to help him to feel better, because he has the problem. There is no need whatsoever
for us to feel hurt, offended, upset or guilty. Life is giving him this experience for his growth. We can help
him to use it for that, by continuing to love him and
help him to understand what exactly is bothering him.
On the other hand, his criticisms may contain some
truth in them, in which case it would be useful to listen
to them and make the corresponding adjustments in
our behaviour. Again there is no need for feeling hurt
or upset, but on the contrary, full of love and gratitude
towards this person who has helped us see our faults
and change them - for that is the basic purpose for
which we have incarnated. There is no need to make
apologies or excuses, or to feel embarrassed. We are
souls in the process of evolution and will be making
many mistakes on that road to perfection. We are not
now perfect, and that is logical and acceptable, since
we are in a state of evolution. If we feel we have
harmed someone, we may ask forgiveness, try to correct the wrong and continue our lives happily.
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We can listen without fear to all criticism. There is

no need to decide immediately whether the person is
correct in his criticism. We can thank him for his comments and tell him that we will be observing ourselves
in the future to see if it is true, then we will act accordingly. In this way we can, without fear, confront his egotistical attitude with assertiveness and love, without
any trace of hurt, resentment or anger. The lesson may
also be to do all this without any attachment to the result. The lesson could also be that we owe something to
this person from the past. Another possibility is that
we have come to the stage of our evolution, where we
do not need that which we desire to have any more,
but, because we do not let go of it voluntarily, the Universal Teacher places an obstacle in our way. In such a
case, we have nothing to do but learn the lesson, give
up the desire and forgive, and love, the person who
has helped us to get free from that attachment.
4. When others harm us or our loved ones. I remember confronting this situation when someone murdered my father. Our first feelings in such cases are
shock, hurt, injustice, anger and revenge.
Handling such situations requires much the same
kind of thinking, which we expressed in the above example. We must realise that all beings are functioning
under the guidance of the Divine Plan and that we, and
our loved ones, have created whatever happens to us
through our past and present thoughts, words and actions. No one can ever do anything to us which we do
not deserve. If they are at the level of evolution, where
they must steal, lie or harm in various ways, they will
not be able to do it to us unless it is our karma.
So whatever is done to us, or our loved ones, is always perfect and of our own creation. We have nothing to do except forgive and continue to love, but this
does not mean that we will not fight incorrect actions
such as stealing and harming of people in general.
We will fight these forms of behaviour with all the
correct means, through courts and law, but will not
have any hate or attachment towards the results. Thus
our goal is to protect righteousness and not to avenge
any particular person. After making our best effort, we
then accept the result as part of the divine plan. Knowing that we are divine souls, and that there is a divine
plan, which is guiding our lives, helps us to feel secure
and safe enough not to fear others who try to harm us.
We know that whatever may happen to our bodies or
minds we can never die, that we are immortal and always fulfilled and peaceful in the centre of our being.
Thus we will realise that we cannot be harmed by others and will continue to love them, despite their silly
attempts to harm us. We will understand that they are
acting out of ignorance and are controlled by their attachments and fears. We will forgive them and love
them.
5. When our energy is low. When we are sick, tired,
run-down, we have less patience, strength, tolerance,
forgiveness and love for those around us. We become
more easily annoyed, hurt, upset and angered by what
people around us do or say. It is important then, either
to live in such a way as to keep our energy always
high, or else be able, when it is low, to be unaffected by
it. The second is more difficult because the mind, at our
present level of evolution, is still very much affected by
the state of the body. For this reason, it is extremely important for us to employ the various techniques such as
physical exercises, breathing exercises, proper diet,
deep relaxation and meditation for keeping a healthy,
vital and strong body and mind. Then we will have
much more energy, patience, forgiveness and love for
others.
6. When we are disturbed by personal problems.
In such cases, we have less energy, patience and interest for others. All our energy is absorbed either in worrying about, or trying to solve our problems more effectively, or to learn not to identify so much with our
problems when we have them. Some may move down
both paths simultaneously. The second is, of course,
more difficult in that it requires the spiritual discrimination between the Self and the mind. The problems
exist in the mind and concern the temporary reality of
the body and mind. The eternal witness, which we really are, is not affected by these problems. If we can develop that awareness, then when various concerns occupy our minds, we can let them take their path
undisturbed. We do not need to get upset or afraid. We
know from experience that just as they have come, they
will also leave. In this way, they leave much more
quickly.
An effective way, of overcoming this blockage towards loving others, is to practise self-analysis with the
help of a daily diary and come to an understanding as
to which beliefs, programmings, fears or expectations
are creating this problem in our minds. Then we want
to find the various spiritual affirmations which will
help us to overcome it. We can also explain to others
that we have inner problems which are occupying our
attention and energy so that they do not think wrongly
that we do not love them.
7. When we do not love and accept ourselves. We
have discussed this point at length in the previous
chapter. It is obvious that a person who does not have
enough love for himself will not have enough for others. It is also true that the same conditions, which he
has placed on his love for himself, will obstruct his acceptance of, and love for, others.
There may be many more obstacles to loving. Think
of them and analyse them yourselves. In essence, however, they boil down to some basic core beliefs such as
the following:
a) I am this body and this mind.
b) I am vulnerable and others can harm me. I must
protect myself.
c) What is different is dangerous.
d) Maybe what I believe is not true. Then I am not secure.
e) When others disagree with me, or criticise me, it
means that I am wrong or no good.
f) Others are responsible for my happiness and unhappiness.
g) Others must earn my love.
The spiritual aspirant, who has begun to understand and believe and employ some of the spiritual
truths, will recognise these thoughts as based on ignorance of the reality of the one Universal Spirit, which is
expressing itself through all beings, regardless of their
form or behaviour. He is aware that the same universal
consciousness is functioning within himself and all
other beings around him. He is aware that he is immortal and invulnerable. He realises that he himself is the
creator of his reality; that his past and present beliefs,
thoughts, words and actions are projecting outward
and reflecting off the mirror of life to become his everyday experiences. He takes full responsibility for whatever he feels and for whatever happens to him.
He also realises that all beings want to love, that all
beings are God himself incarnated, and that God is
Love and Love is God. So every being is love, covered
by an ego. When we remove that ego we find love.
Thus he looks beyond the ego in the people around
him and concentrates on the love which is within them.
He understands that he and they are souls in the process of evolution and thus has patience and love for
himself and others. He gradually learns to love universally and unconditionally.
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CHAPTER IX
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND LIFE
ach person desires to feel safe, secure, loved and

accepted, but few do. The basic reason is that
few have an awareness of their real relationship
with God and Life itself.
We continue our analysis of our beliefs and their effect on our lives and our emotional and mental states.
Men and women have long sought to understand
the mysteries of the universe and answer questions
very basic to their existence on the earth, such as:
Who or what exactly am I?
What is this world that I live in?
What is my relationship with this world?
What is the purpose of my life here?
Who or what created all this that I see?
What is my relationship with that creator?
What role do I play in this creation?
What is my relationship with the other beings
and objects which I see around me in this world?
Without answering these basic questions, it is very
difficult for someone to live a meaningful life; one
which gives him satisfaction and happiness. Man has
an inherent need to understand. This need is very
strong during his first twelve years on earth, then gradually, due to various social factors, this need gives way
to basic needs such as safety, pleasure and self-affirmation in society. His attention is redirected towards
short-term pleasure and self-affirmation through
achievement, without asking any more whether that,
which he is doing, has any meaning beyond just obtaining a few more material objects or a bravo from
someone in his environment.
Thus he ceases to search for the meaning of life, and
why he is here, and what would be the appropriate
way for him to live his life. In the same way he loses
contact with the basis of life and lives on the surface of
things, basing his life on objects, relationships and
goals which are all temporary, vulnerable and forever
changing. It is no wonder then that he feels insecure
and confused.
The only solution for this problem is for man to realise his true relationship with God and Life itself. We
are all aspects of the Divine One; parts of God which
are manifest here on earth for the purpose of further
evolution in our ability to express our divine beauty,
peace, love and light here on the earth level. God is unlimited consciousness, the universal consciousness
which, when it manifests itself, becomes the physical u-
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niverse, which we know and perceive, and in which

we live. We are that divine, unlimited consciousness,
expressing itself through limited vehicles, which we
call our body and mind. All beings and objects are expressions of that one Universal Omnipresent Consciousness.
In nature, the animals and plants express the beauty
and harmony of that divine consciousness unconsciously. Man is conscious of himself and has the free
will to live in harmony with the laws of nature, and express that beauty and love, which is his true nature, or
live egotistically, cutting himself off from his own inner
self and thus expressing only disharmony, illness and
unhappiness in his life.
When one reconnects to that universal consciousness, and starts again to live his life in harmony with it,
then his life becomes an expression of peace, beauty,
harmony, love and happiness. So the question which
interests us is: what are the beliefs and factors, which
prevent us from believing in, and feeling that contact
with, the universal consciousness which we can call
God, or even Life.
The accompanying diagram helps us to understand

the relationship between God, or the creative source of
life, and the various beings and objects which we see in
this world around us. In the centre of the circle we
have an eternally shining light which is the creative
power of the world we see and live in. Around it there
is a band of film with various images. These images are
the various archetypes, or moulds, for the various
types of beings and objects which we perceive around
us, such as people, animals, plants and inanimate objects. The circular film which holds all these images is
called the universal causal body or the universal soul
which holds within it the images or potentials for all

the forms in this world. We might also call it the word,
according to Apostle John. The one universal light,
passing through all these images, breaks down into
various colours and forms and eventually impinges on
the screen of matter, creating the illusion that we are all
different creations. On the surface we are all different
and separate, but in our source and our basic reality,
which is light, we are all ONE. God is that one light
and we are the same God-light, after it has passed
through the film. The movie itself is also of divine
creation and is evolving and unfolding according to a
divine plan. Thus we are one and the same with God.
We are life itself. The people and objects around us
too are reflections of the divine light onto material reality, so all these bodies, beings and things are simply
manifestations of one universal power which we call
God. If I follow my own beam up to the source of my
being, then I unite with God. I am God. The same is
true of any other being or object, all are simply rays
which, when followed back to their source, come to the
same one source. Thus, when I stop looking at the superficial, external world and remember that all beings
are brother rays, flowing out from the same source, I
see one family of humans,animals and plants living as one
life energy here on earth.
Is it possible then that I could ever be separate from
God, since I am God, I am a transmutation of God, a reflection of God, a metamorphosis of divinity on the
earth? Can there ever be any separateness between the
source of life, the ray and the reflection in the material
world? It is impossible. If there is a reflection, then it
must be connected to a ray, and if there is a ray, it must
be connected to the source of light. Thus neither you,
nor I, nor any other being, can ever be separate from
God or Life, no matter what we may do. This connection is permanent and indestructible.
SINS
No number of sins can ever disconnect me from
God. They can only create within me an internal blockage, so that I may cut myself off from that feeling of unity with my source. The moment I function in disharmony with my conscience, then I myself close my door
to my inner consciousness and thus to the ray and its
source. The source is there and the ray too, but I have
closed myself off from them and thus feel myself separate and vulnerable in a world which I believe to be
dangerous, and in which I feel I must protect myself. In
such a case, I am more likely to function out of a type
of panic in which, again out of fear, I would act against
my conscience and close the door to my inner self even
tighter. The feeling of sin and guilt are not of much use
in proceeding spiritually. Christ came to give us the
potential to free ourselves from sin through confession,

repentance and Holy Communion. When we fear we
have cut off the connection to the source, we need only
admit our mistake, decide not to repeat it and let go of
guilt and fear, so as to once again feel our inherent and
never-ceasing connection with the Divine.
When Peter asked Christ how many times he must
forgive someone, Christ answered, 7 x 70 times, which
means 490 times. If Christ had the expectation that a
man could forgive so many times, how many times
does God himself forgive? God does not condemn us.
We condemn ourselves to feelings of unworthiness
and, in our unworthiness, feel fearful, alone and vulnerable. That makes us even more ego-centred in our
attempt to protect our interests and needs and, thus,
we cover up our connection to God and light even
more, with added layers of guilt and separateness.
We have the right to live our lives in the continuous
feeling of union, love, grace and presence of the divine
in our lives. We have the right to live a life of miracles
in which one coincidence after another just seems to
happen at the right time, and our lifes needs are fulfilled in some magical way, repeatedly verifying our
connection and harmony with the flow of divine life
energy. These are not coincidences or miracles, but
rather the natural flow of our own ray of life energy into, and through, our life. We deserve a beautiful life. It
is our birth right. It is the purpose for which we are living here on earth, to unblock ourselves, so as to let this
energy flow through us into this world in joyous, creative activity.
LIMITING BELIEFS
Let us look at some of the limiting ideas which create a feeling of separateness between us and God, life
and others around us.
1. There is no God. It is difficult to believe that anyone really believes this. Anyone who has ever walked
in nature, looked at the stars, studied biology, physics
or any other aspect of creation, must be struck by the
incredible complexity and interdependency of all objects. It leaves little doubt that there is a creative intelligence behind the universe that we see. If they want
to invent another name for that universal intelligence,
that is fine. This point, however, cannot really be argued, for there are so many aspects which can be
brought forth for and against.
I would like to say in addition that it would be a
mistake to judge Gods nature or existence by what is
said by those who say they believe in God, or who
claim to be his representatives. They may have good
intentions and be devoted people, but most are still in
a process of evolution and cannot understand or express the totality of the universal One. It will eventual-
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ly be comprehended through internal search and not

through analysing some specific events, or the behaviour of specific people.
2. I am no good, a sinner not worthy of Gods love.
Those who believe this cut themselves off, as we mentioned earlier, from the flow of natural divine grace in
their lives. They need to start with self-forgiveness, realising that whatever anyone does in life, he does out
of ignorance and fear, and that he is in a process of
evolution. He can see his mistakes, acknowledge them
and realise that, in spite of them, he is acceptable and
lovable in Gods eyes. In Dr. Raymond Moodys book
LIFE AFTER LIFE, people reported that they temporarily left their bodies in near- death experiences and
passed through a self-examination in which a being of
light guided them through memories of what they had
done wrong and where they had been selfish and
ego-centred. They were very surprised, however, by
the lack of condemnation in the being of lights attitude. His only purpose was to make them see what
was really in their own interests; there was no condemnation and no feeling of guilt.
3. I asked for Gods help but He did not listen so I
do not believe that He cares for me even if He does
exist. We remember God when we have a problem and
ask him to make things happen the way we want them
to. When things do not work out that way, we feel disillusioned, let-down, abandoned and even angry and,
in some cases, doubtful about God. This is not logical.
If we believe in a God to whom we pray, it means that
we believe that He has some powers to make things
happen in this world. It also means, therefore, that He
has powers to know what the best course is for our
evolution, and the evolution of those around us. If
there is really a Divine Consciousness which is the basis of our lives, and towards which we are moving to
unite, it would be only natural for it to expedite matters so that we might quickly reach that goal of union
with the source itself. If what we are praying for would
be an obstacle towards that growth process, then how
could we expect God to help us? That would mean that
he did not really love us. If your child asks you to give
him something which you believe will be detrimental
for him, and you ignore his request, because you are
unable to do something which you know will obstruct
his growth, that does not mean that you do not care for
him and are not interested in his happiness. You just
cannot respond to his desires which are based on his
ignorance of what is best for him.
You might ask, What harm could come from my
father, mother or child living a few more years on
earth? Why couldnt God have prevented their death?
We cannot know for what reason each being leaves the
earth plane at the time that he does. We can, however,
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have faith that there is a divine plan which is guiding

each and every soul through the experiences which it
needs, in order to reunite with the ONE. A loved one of
ours may have been programmed to leave the earth
earlier than us (someone has to leave first) so as to offer
us the opportunity of facing that experience of loss,
and thus stimulating us into thinking more deeply
about life, and consequently waking up to the purpose
of life which is spiritual evolution. We do not infer that
our loved one would be consciously aware that this is
the reason why he is leaving the body. These decisions
are made by the soul before birth and are recorded in
the deep subconscious. The universal, omniscient consciousness is aware of these decisions which we have
mutually made before incarnation and thus can determine, better than we, what must happen in each circumstance.
We have the right to pray for what we prefer to
happen; however, if it does not happen, we must then
be able to realise that God has answered us, and the answer is that things are better for our group evolution
happening in the way they did. We can realise that it is
not that our prayers have not been heard, but that they
have been heard and the universal intelligence knows
that, for our own good and the good of all, it is better
that what we are asking for not be granted. There is no
doubt that we all gain spiritually by facing difficult situations. Every time we face an obstacle in life, we are
forced to develop our emotional, mental and spiritual
powers so as to face and overcome it, and thus we
grow spiritually more effectively and rapidly.
Some readers may by now be put off by the presentation of God as being one who grants wishes. This is,
of course, a simplistic way of expressing a very complex matter in which we are, at one and the same time,
creations of the Universal Consciousness, instruments
through which the consciousness is expressing itself
and manifesting, as well as being that consciousness itself. Thus an individual may experience God in various
ways.
THREE RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD
There are three possible concepts which one can
have of God.
The first is that God is a separate powerful being
who has created us and is distant from us and judges
our fate. This is the relationship of a servant and master, or object and creator.
The second relationship is one of father or mother
and child. We feel that we have some close loving relationship with God and that He cares for us, as a parent
would for his child. This would also be like the relationship between the branch and the trunk of a tree.
The branch is a part of the tree made of the same mate-
rial and taking its life essence from the tree, though it
appears separate.
The third relationship is one of Unity. There is only
God. Since God is the one light which is manifesting itself as the entire objective world then, as a ray of that
light, I am also the source, I am God. God and I are
one. Referring to our original diagram, in the first case
I am identifying with the image which appears on the
screen of consciousness and feel separate from all the
other images, and also separate from the source. In the
second case, I am identifying with the ray, realising
that I have a very close relationship with the source. In
the third case, I identify with the source itself, realising
that that is my true reality.
Each of us is on a path of evolution in which we are
passing from a feeling of separateness from God, to a
feeling of relatedness, to a feeling of oneness. This is
beautifully expressed in the following poem by Khalil
Gibran:
In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came

to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto
God, saying: Master, I am Thy slave. Thy hidden will is my
law and I shall obey Thee forevermore.
But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest
passed away.
And after a thousand years I ascended the holy mountain
and again spoke unto God, saying: Creator, I am Thy creation. Out of clay Thou hast fashioned me and to Thee I owe
mine all.
And God made no answer, but like a thousand swift
wings passed away.
And after a thousand years I climbed the holy mountain
and spoke unto God again, saying: Father, I am Thy son. In
pity and love Thou hast given me birth, and through love
and worship I shall inherit Thy kingdom.
And God made no answer, and like the mist that veils the
distant hills He passed away.
And after a thousand years I climbed the sacred mountain and again spoke unto God, saying: My God, my aim
and my fulfilment; I am Thy yesterday and Thou art my tomorrow. I am Thy root in the earth and thou art my flower
in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun.
Then God leaned over me, and in my ears whispered
words of sweetness, and even as the sea that enfolds a brook
that runs down to her, He enfolded me.
And when I descended to the valleys and the plains God
was there also.
(From THE MADMAN by Khalil Gibran )
In Gibrans poem we can see that this process of un-
derstanding ones real relationship with God is something which takes thousands of years. We can also see
that mans perception of Gods answer in each case becomes more subtle and refined. In the end, the true relationship of unity is realised as being like that of a river flowing back into the sea, thus losing its separate
identity. Eventually one realises that the relationship of
unity always existed and that God was always close to,
and around us, and that there was no need to climb the
holy mountain, because Gods presence is not limited
to specific holy places, but rather is an omnipresent
presence, which envelopes our lives in the everyday
here and now.
We have everything to gain by practising the presence of God, by constantly imagining that we are in
harmony with the Universal Being and that we are living for it, in it and that it is protecting us and providing
for our needs. As Apostle Paul expressed to the Athenians almost 2,000 years ago, In Him we live and
move and have our being. We would do well to believe that we are pure children of a God who loves us
and wants us to be happy and healthy. A person who
can cultivate this faith and feeling of purity and worthiness will begin to experience the miracles of love in
his life. He will relax. He will feel safe and protected.
He will feel confident of being able to handle any crisis
or obstacle. He will be able to accept what happens in
his life and use it as a learning experience. He will be
able to continue his process of evolution without fear
and attachment. He will desire to be a useful instrument in the creation of a world of peace and love. He
will want to relieve the pain of his fellow brothers and
sisters in the one family of the Universal Spirit. He will
be happy with whatever he has, knowing that he has
whatever he needs in order to make the next step in his
evolution. He will be free from depression, jealousy,
bitterness, hurt, anger or hate. He will see all beings as
his own self reflected in another medium. He will feel
more and more unity with those around him. His creative inner potential and productivity will blossom
forth with greater flow, as the various obstacles of fear
and doubt are removed, and he becomes a joyous being shining forth his beauty into the world.
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CHAPTER X
WE SEE ONLY THE PAST
hy is it that when a group of people all see

the same object or event, they perceive it
and experience it in different ways? Why is
it that they feel differently about what they see? The
answer lies in the fact that we do not see and react to
the present, but rather to the past.
Although we are confronted with some rather objective realities, we interpret them differently, depending on our different pasts. You must have had the experience of going to a movie with someone and
discovering that they interpreted what they saw completely differently. Or, you must have had the experience of not being able to believe that someone else was
perceiving something so differently from you, when it
seemed so clear that you were seeing something very
objectively. The reason is that each one has different
past experiences which make him choose specific facts,
details and experiences out of a situation according to
his past particular needs, desires, fears, attachments,
aversions, beliefs, expectations and past experiences.
It is important in our search for harmony and selfknowledge to understand this mechanism, so that we
can get free from the hold which the past has over us.
It is essential for these basic reasons:
1. We are not seeing the objective truth. We are
seeing a distortion of reality based on our past experiences and beliefs.
2. We thus do not see ourselves objectively and so
have a distorted view of ourselves. This is a serious obstacle towards self-knowledge.
3. This subjective way of perceiving, understanding
and relating to the world around us, creates many conflicts with others, and is thus an obstacle to obtaining
peace and harmony with others.
4.This distorted perception leads us to wrong beliefs, which then lead to faulty decisions, and thus to
actions which are not in our real interests. It causes us
to make many mistakes in our lives and create illness,
conflict and unhappiness where we could easily create
the opposite if we could perceive our reality more
clearly.
HOW THE PAST DISTORTS OUR PERCEPTION
Let us examine how the past experiences distort
what we see in the present. Imagine that we are now
perceiving a particular object or person. The factors
from the past which will distort our perception are:
1. Our experiences with that particular object or
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person. If in the past they have created some pain or

suffering for us, we will see the object, or person, in the
present through that past experience of pain and will
have a negative feeling. We may feel fear or anger towards that person because of those past experiences.
We are unable in such cases to see the person or object
in the present. If, on the other hand, that object was the
source of pleasure or joy in the past, then we feel differently as we perceive it. Thus, our perception of the
present is heavily distorted by our past experiences
with a particular object, person or place. We cannot be
in the present and perceive it as it is now.
2. In addition to our past experiences with a particular object or person, we have a whole series of experiences with the species or type of object or person
with which we identify this particular one. For example, our previous experiences with dogs, cats, gas stoves, oil heaters, Americans, Russians, Hindus,
Moslems, Blacks, priests, lawyers, doctors, women,
men,people with long hair, rich people, poor people,
policemen etc. etc. strongly distort our perception of
any object or being which, according to our perception,
falls into one or more of those categories. Thus our previous experience with Turks, or Russians, does not let
us perceive clearly any particular Turk, or Russian,
who may be completely different from those with
whom we have previously interacted. The dog which
we encounter today may be completely different from
the dogs with which we had contact when we were little children.
We make many generalisations about the objects
and people around us. We wear coloured glasses
which distort our perceptions of what we see. Our past
distorts our present. This is true of many situations
which we encounter.
Obstacles which we could not overcome in the past
are seen as insurmountable now in the present, but our
energies and abilities are growing: we are in a process
of evolution. When we believe that we cannot overcome a certain obstacle because we have failed in the
past, we are distorting the truth of our present increased ability because of our memory of past weakness and failure. This is a great obstacle to our evolution.
3. The messages that we receive from others
around us, both consciously and subconsciously, affect greatly our perception of the present. We receive
messages about particular objects and beings, about
general species and types, which we mentioned earlier,

and about the nature of life itself and our relationship
with it. These messages are a great obstacle to our clear
perception of the moment. We have recorded in our
subconscious mind all the fears, anxieties, programmings, beliefs, expectations, guilt and various emotions
of our parents, teachers and society as a whole. Thus
we learned to feel insecure and to experience a world
full of dangers, a world in which we are weak and
helpless, wherein we must protect ourselves, at any
cost, with all our cleverness, even if it means ignoring
the needs of others. We perceive the world around us
through the coloured glasses which were fitted on us
by society. We do not see the present, but societys
brainwashing of what reality is. We live in fear, separateness, hurt, bitterness, doubt and anxiety, believing
that we are always in danger, and that we must continually struggle for our survival and happiness. This is a
serious misconception, placed on us by a society which
lives in ignorance of the spiritual truths, which have
been handed down by all religions and enlightened beings, that we are immortal divine souls, which have
come to earth to continue expanding our ability to express our beauty, love and inner peace in this physical
world. When we are conditioned by the fearful beliefs
of a society that does not believe these spiritual truths,
but rather believes that we are simply a group of separate and unrelated bodies, struggling for existence in a
dangerous and aggressive world, we become blinded
and function out of fear rather than clarity, logic and
love. We thus make mistakes, which create problems
and unhappiness in our lives. The results of these mistakes make us believe even more deeply that this
world is dangerous, and that we must protect ourselves from others so that we may survive. We find
ourselves in a vicious circle of negative beliefs, creating
negative realities which then reaffirm our negative beliefs. In this way, beliefs and perceptions bind themselves into a widening circle in which they build and
strengthen each other in a positive or negative way. We
can build a positive loving belief system, which will
lead towards the perception of love and goodness
wherever we look. Seeing only the good will lead us to
the actions which will attract the love and goodness
from the people around us. This may take time, as it
will be a while before the beliefs and programmings in
our subconscious mind are uprooted and changed.
Otherwise we will remain victims of the past and of the
perceptions based on the ignorance of those who have
created the various social beliefs about various objects,
beings, situations and life itself.
4. Our experiences with life in general affect our
perception of everything in the present. If we have
had various difficulties in our life, we may tend to start
seeing everything as difficult or negative. We will create an inner world view which is negative and in
which all things are suspect and potentially dangerous
to us. Thus our failures and sufferings will be projected
on each new moment, which we distort with past experiences of life. In general our perception of life is twofold, consisting of how we see life and how we see
ourselves. If we see life as threatening and ourselves as
weak, then everything and everyone becomes a threat.
If we see ourselves as strong and capable, then we can
confront each situation with clarity and peace of mind.
This helps us to perceive each situation clearly and to
act effectively.
5. We are also affected by our experiences concerning particular objects, beings and experiences in general in previous lives. Our previous life experiences in
other bodies on earth affect our perception of people
and situations in the present. One who has died by
drowning in a past life cannot see the sea objectively.
He perceives it through his previous unpleasant experience of dying in that way. The same would be said of
someone who has died by fire, or has been suffocated
in a earthquake, or suffered any other type of trauma.
That previous experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, will be distorting our present experience
without our knowing why. Thus we can understand
why children, although born into the same family, receiving many of the same messages and experiences in
their childhood years, have different ways of perceiving and relating to the same objective reality around
them. The answer lies in the many previous lives in
which they already accumulated a wide variety of different experiences, which are distorting their present
perception of reality through the subconscious mind.
Thus, when we see a person, we are not seeing him
as he is, but rather in light of our previous experiences
with that particular person, with people of that type, or
with life itself, and our previous lifetime experiences
with people, in addition to the messages concerning
people, and types of, which we have received from
others in the past.
It is important that we get free from this distortion
of reality so that we can eventually perceive the divinity in all, and experience the harmony which that vision
brings. This breaks down the experience of separateness and brings the realisation that all is God: that all is
a reflection of the One Divine Light, as mentioned in
the previous chapter. Otherwise, the result is that we
will live in a world of fear, anxiety, mistrust, and conflicts with ourselves and others, which have no real basis. We will argue and fight over various nonsensical
points simply because we have different pasts which
distort our perceptions.
Our first work is to begin to negate the way we are
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perceiving the world around us, by remembering constantly that we are perceiving the past and not the present in each object and being. We can remind ourselves
a number of times a day that we are not seeing our surroundings as they are, but rather as we have been conditioned to see them by our past experiences. We can
begin to analyse how we see the various people in our
lives, and when we discover that we tend to use the
same words like unfriendly, not trustworthy, or selfish
to describe the various people in our lives, then we
might want to check to see whether we are not creating
our own images, which we are then placing on these
persons. If we are expecting mistrust, or selfishness
from people, then we will obviously attract them from
the people around us. If we believe that people want to
manipulate us, then they will. If we believe that they
love us without conditions, then this too will happen.
When we have various re-occurring problems or emotions in our lives, it will do well to look inward to
see whether we may be creating them, with our various beliefs based on previous experiences and messages, which have been programmed into us as children and young adults.
At one time, people believed that the world was
flat; they also believed that the sun revolved around
the earth. Now we realise differently, though perceptively it still seems that the earth is flat and that the sun
revolves around the earth, our knowledge tells us that
our senses are fooling us. You believe that you are sitting still reading this text, but in reality you are moving
in an easterly direction about 1,000 miles per hour. At
the same time, you are moving around the Sun at a velocity of about 66,600 miles per hour, and around the
center of the galaxy at about 500,000 miles per hour,
yet your senses tell you that you are sitting still.
In the same way, our senses tell us that we are living in a separate world full of potential dangers. Our
senses tell us that we are these vulnerable bodies, that
we are limited and impotent in this world of great
powers. But the truth, according to those enlightened
ones who know the truth, is that our senses are deceiving us, just as they did concerning the flatness of the
earth and the movement of the sun. They tell us that
we are immortal, invulnerable souls in the process of
evolution, who have come temporarily to earth, so as
to continue the unfoldment of our true divinity. They
tell us that we are all expressions of the one universal
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spirit, that we are one family, and we must live in harmony with each other. They tell us that we have the
power, within us, to move mountains, if we have faith
in ourselves and in the power of the creator, of whom
we are a part. They say that our real protection and
safety is in loving and giving and watching over the
needs of others. We are told that if we do that, all our
needs will be cared for and we will live in harmony
and happiness. We are told that gradually we will become liberated from the veil of the past and awaken to
the light of the present, to realise that all is God and
that all is happening according to a divine plan, that
we are safe and secure in every situation, that we are
love, that we are God, that we are beauty, and that life
is a process of expressing more and more effectively
our divine inner potential.
But it is not only the spiritual teachers who understand and espouse these truths of unity. Marvel at Albert Einsteins way of expressing it.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us
the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of
prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and
to our affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our
task must be to free ourselves from this prison by
widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The
striving for such an achievement is in itself a part of the
liberation and a foundation for inner security.
Eventually we too will see in this way, but for the

time being we need to start doubting what our senses
are telling us and awaken to what we are told by those
who have transcended their senses. and have come into contact with the absolute truth, which is beyond the
distortion of the senses and our temporary beliefs,
as well as to the scientists who are discovering a
new unitive reality behind the apparently separate and
antagonistic phenomenal world.
CHAPTER XI
THERE ARE NO NEUTRAL THOUGHTS
very thought which we allow to exist in our

minds either intensifies our ignorance or leads
to our enlightenment. There are no neutral
thoughts. Thoughts are either based on ignorance or on
truth.
As we have already discussed in the previous chapters, our thoughts, feelings and perceptions of reality
are based on our beliefs, programmings and expectations, which are an outcome of our past experiences
and messages which we have received from others in
our lives. Our thoughts, feelings and perceptions are
thus actually distorted by our past experiences, which
create our present expectations and ideas of the reality
which exists around us.
Life is a process in which we incarnate into these
bodies in order to proceed towards self-improvement,
self-knowledge and enlightenment, towards the expansion of love and wisdom within us, and towards unity
and harmony with the people and world around us. If
we continue to allow our minds to be controlled by
those events and messages of the past, we are like
robots which have no control over their actions. We are
controlled by our past. We are not free to move forward. These mistaken beliefs, about the nature of our being
and the nature of reality, are the major obstacles towards evolution, happiness and harmony.
It is important for us to realise that there are no neutral thoughts. Each thought has a basic premise upon which
it stands and which it eventually supports. For example;
someone who has the belief that he is unacceptable,
and will be rejected, will act in an unnatural way, because of his fear of rejection. This unnatural behavior
will prevent him from being his natural self, and this
will create disharmony in his attitude and actions,
which will cause others to reject him. In this way, his
belief about his unacceptability will be confirmed. We
can see that a belief creates a reality which in turn confirms the belief. These thoughts of fear and rejection are
based on the basic premise of our separateness, vulnerability and unworthiness. The basic premise is that we
are this body which is weak and vulnerable in this
world. That leads to the belief that we need approval
and acceptance in order to feel secure.
Every time we allow our minds to be dominated by
such thoughts of fear, rejection, vulnerability or unworthiness, we strengthen the mistaken core belief, or principal premise, that we are these bodies and personalities. Yet the great spiritual minds which have gone
before us and have reached enlightenment tell us that

this is not true. They tell us that we are immortal souls,
with unlimited powers, who have temporarily taken
these physical bodies and personalities in order to express ourselves here on earth, by continuing with the
process of trying to express our innate and perfect divinity here in the material world. The problem is that
the soul, which enters the body, forgets that it is really
a soul, and identifies with the body and personality.
We then begin to fear and act according to that mistaken identity. We forget the reality of our immortality
and that we are not the body or the personality. Thus
the goal of life is to remember our true nature. When we allow thoughts of weakness, fear, rejection, bitterness,
hurt, jealousy, anger, resentment, hate, etc. to pass
through our minds, we verify the mistaken premise
that we are these weak, vulnerable, separate beings.
These thoughts are not neutral. Each thought either
strengthens the belief that we are these bodies, or deepens the belief that we are immortal souls in the process
of evolution.
We are confronted each moment with a choice between thoughts of separateness or unity, vulnerability
or safety, imprisonment or freedom, powerlessness or
power, rejection or love, fear or faith, darkness or light,
discontentment or contentment, bitterness or forgiveness, anxiety or peace, ignorance or enlightenment, illness or health, war or peace, evolution or stagnation.
The list is endless. Each moment we are asked to
choose, but our mind is not aware, not conscious of its
contents and of how much damage simple thoughts,
about this physical world of separateness, can do to our
attempt to create happiness and love in our lives.
When we give so much attention to this world of
material objects, to superficial temporary pleasures,
how can we expect then to liberate our minds from the
illusion of the material world.
THOUGHTS WHICH DESTROY OUR PEACE

Let us take a look at some categories of thoughts
which are especially harmful to our growth process.
1. All thoughts which have to do with the past.
When an individual tends to let his mind wonder in the
past, thinking over and over again about various
events, he lives in an illusion that no longer exists. The
only reality is the present. The past and future are illusions. Thus thoughts about the past are a waste of mental energy and an obstacle to experiencing the truth of
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the present moment.

It is true that one may learn from the past, but in
such cases one takes a look at one or two events of the
past and learns a lesson from them, without letting the
mind dwell continuously on the same events.
2. When we concentrate on the differences between people, or between ourselves and others, we increase the illusion of separateness and ignore the reality of our inherent spiritual unity. We would do better
to concentrate on what we have in common with others, such as fear of rejection, the need for security, pleasure, affirmation, love and evolution. Realising that
needs and feelings are quite common, we will be able
to understand them much more deeply. This will lead
us to the eventual perception of the truth of our unity.
3. All criticism is based on the illusion of our separateness and on the basic premise that the other is a
body and a personality. This negates the truth that the
other is an immortal soul in the process of evolution.
He is obviously not perfect, otherwise he would not be
in a process of evolution. This same truth holds for us.
There is no gain in criticising ourselves since we too
are in a process of evolution. It would be healthier to
admit that we are not perfect, and that we have many
faults, which we are in the process of correcting, otherwise we would not be here on earth where souls come
to continue perfecting themselves. Thus I can admit
that I, or someone else, is not perfect, but that we deserve love and acceptance just as we are.
Our ability to accept the faults in others will depend
on our ability to accept and love ourselves, even
though we are not perfect. Understanding, forgiveness,
love and compassion are based on the belief that we are
all one family, that we have some common factor
which binds us. These emotions eventually lead to the
experience of spiritual unity which Christ and all the
saints realised and taught.
4. All negative emotions are based on the identification with the body and personality and the resulting
feeling of separateness, vulnerability, fear and unworthiness, which come from that identification. When we
allow our minds to be dominated by anger, bitterness,
worry, anxiety, weakness, jealousy, rejection or hatred,
we are simply strengthening this illusion within ourselves.
Focusing on the opposite emotions of love, peace,
courage, strength, forgiveness, acceptance, compassion
and understanding, recreates the feeling of unity which
eventually makes us ready for the experience of blissful
unity with God, nature and the people around us. We
would do well to guard our minds more carefully.
When we observe that the mind is entertaining negative thoughts, we can then imagine what the opposite
of that thought would be, bring it to our minds and
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concentrate on it, imagining ourselves to feel differently. Thus, when we are overcome with fear, we can
imagine ourselves full of courage, strength and faith.
When we are angry we can imagine ourselves strong,
peaceful and understanding. This exercise in conditioning the mind positively, gradually prepares the mind
for the higher levels of consciousness of love, peace and
inner happiness.
5. Attachments, aversions and desires cause the
mind to get stuck in a vicious circle of attachment, disappointment, weakness and further dependency. Every
time we believe that we must have something in order
to be happy, secure or to accept ourselves, then we
deepen the belief that we are not inwardly complete.
We allow ourselves to be controlled by the mistaken belief
that something outside ourselves can give us any lasting, secure pleasure or affirmation. By believing that, and allowing ourselves to get attached to persons, objects, places
and situations, we continue to undermine our sense of
power and self-dignity and our ability to face and enjoy
life, depending on the immortal power of our soul. Every attachment weakens our belief in ourselves.
When we believe that we cannot relax without a
cigarette, or wake up without a coffee, or sleep without
a tranquilliser, or feel secure without a spouse, or a certain amount of money, we are simply strengthening
our mistaken belief in our weakness. We are ignoring
the spiritual truth of our inner fulfilment, our immortality, our invulnerability, our unique worth as specific
expressions of the one divine spiritual being; our spiritual unity with all beings, our inner bliss and strength
and ability to face and overcome every situation, which
ever may come in our lives. We ignore the truth that
there is a universal divine consciousness, which is the
centre of our being, our real self, which is constantly
watching over our lives and guiding us. We forget that
we are part of a divine plan which is channeling all
souls towards eventual enlightenment and unity with
all. We ignore the truth that whatever is outside of us is temporary, and will soon perish, and so is not a suitable foundation upon which to base our happiness, security or selfworth.
Our security can be had through the realisation of
our immortal invulnerable nature. Happiness can be
experienced through the realisation of our loving unity
with all beings and objects in this world. We are attached to, and desire whatever is separate from us,
whatever we do not have. When we have eaten, we do
not desire food. When we realise our unity with all, we
will desire much less, and feel much more happy and
fulfilled. We can experience affirmation through the realisation that we are rays flowing out from the one divine source, which we call God, that we are expressions
of the one divine being, and thus are always worthy of
love and acceptance, just as all others are always worthy of our love and acceptance, because they are our
brothers in the universal family and are travelling on
the same road with us towards unity, whether they
know it or not.
6. All thoughts of limitation deny our inherent divinity and the God-power, which can flow through us
into the material world, as we continue to unblock ourselves and increase our levels of consciousness. There
is no obstacle placed in our lives which we do not
have the inner resources to overcome (sometimes
overcoming means accepting). Our lesson in life is to
learn to pump up from within that power, intelligence
and creative thinking, which we need, in order to overcome the obstacles which life presents to us. It would
do us well to realise that these obstacles exist purposely, so as to offer us the opportunity to develop,
strengthen, and bring forth these inner abilities and
powers.
7. Even simple thoughts about this temporary, dualistic world, or its material objects, can cause our
mind to associate endlessly with a wide variety of useless details, which entangle the mind in vicious circles
of increasing identification and attachment, without
there being any real reason to do so. We gain nothing
from most thoughts which we allow to pass through
our minds.
We would do much better to mentally repeat a
phrase or word which reminds us of the spiritual
truths, or brings us inner peace. We can repeat in our
minds various words such as love, peace, harmony,
truth, I am an immortal soul, I am a part of God, I am
an instrument of God, I am love, Lord Jesus Christ
have mercy on me, or any other phrases which may
bring light, peace or harmony into our minds. Such
words or phrases can be repeated while we are walking, driving, waiting, washing, cleaning or during any
other activity which does not require our conscious attention. It is especially beneficial to concentrate on such
thoughts while we are falling asleep or waking up.
PROTECTING OUR MINDS

We can protect our minds and our personal reality
by paying attention to the following factors:
l. What we think (as we have already mentioned in
detail).
2. What we say and speak about. This includes criticism, gossip and in general, the meaningless small
talk, with which we fill the unbearable silence. This
apparently `harmless small talk fills our minds with
useless facts about an illusory, temporary world which
we are going to leave sooner or later. These facts, in
most cases, not only do not offer us help in our evolution, but fill the mind with junk, which must then be
emptied later as we try to purify and relax our minds.

Whatever is put into the mind must eventually be removed, in order for it to become a pure instrument for
the flow of spirit into matter. Many of us are creating
much work for ourselves by too much talking about
meaningless things. Let us pass our words through the
three filters of Socrates: that what we say is necessary
to say; that it can be said with love and that it is the
truth.
3. We must also carefully watch the feelings which
we allow to occupy our minds and heart. We can continually bring positive thoughts and feelings into our
minds cultivating an optimistic view of life.
4. We must also be selective about the kind of words
and vibrations we allow ourselves to accept from others. Some of us may have to begin to consider creating
a new group of friends who are more positive, more
open and more interested in spiritual growth. Of
course, we cannot leave our families, they are our opportunities of growth in this life, but we can choose
carefully our circles of contact outside the family.
5. We can also carefully select the inputs which we
have from TV, magazines, movies, newspapers and
books. These represent a great amount of mental programming about the nature of out being and life itself.
They usually concentrate on the negative and the violent and what appeals to the senses. They are not a
good source of truth for one who wants self-knowledge. They stimulate the lower centres of consciousness which focus on security, pleasure and affirmation.
Such impressions are an obstacle to our eventual liberation from these centres, so that our energy might eventually rise up into the higher centres of universal love
and unity.
In conclusion, there are no neutral thoughts. Every
thought brings us a little further along the road towards ignorance or towards enlightenment. It is in our
hands to be the guardians of our minds and not allow
our minds to house negative, separating thoughts,
which are based on ignorance. We can observe when
this is happening, and patiently teach the mind to think
positively. We can also be more careful about what we
allow into our minds from the various sources around
us, such as people and the various electronic media. At
the same time, we can regularly concentrate in and out
of meditation, on the various words, symbols and
phrases which put us in touch with the truth of our divinity and unity with all.
May you always live in light, happiness and love. You
deserve it.
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CHAPTER XII
LIFE DOES HAVE A MEANING
n July of 1970, I was ready to commit suicide because I could not see any reason for living, any
meaning in life. Today my life is full of meaningful
activities which bring me joy and satisfaction. What
happened between 1970 and today -20 years later? My
beliefs and perceptions of myself and the world
around me changed.
In 1970 I was a chemical engineer working in an office at a large chemical industrial plant. The work was
interesting when there were problems to solve, but I
could see no relationship between what I was doing
and life itself. My work had no meaning for me. My life
itself had no meaning for me. The crisis became so severe that I decided to hand in my resignation and give
myself a year to see if I could find any reason to continue living.
Watching the evening news daily, my mind became
filled with the insane senselessness of our world, lacking in any reason or logic. Everywhere there was
hypocrisy, lying, suffering, violence, war, hatred - everything that no one wanted. If life was meant for living 60, 80, 100 years of this insanity, only to die with no
future continuation, then I was not interested. I preferred to die then, at the age of 21, rather than live such
a meaningless life just for the sake of whatever small
pleasures I might be able to find, unless, of course,
there was some reason for the world being as it is, or
that there was some purpose to this life.
My first realisation was that I was not alone in my
feelings about lifes meaninglessness. This inability of
people to find a deeper purpose in life had led to all
that we see around us, alcoholism, drug addiction, the
need for tranquillisers, anxiety, worry, fear, hurt, bitterness, anger, hatred, aggression, violence, war, injustice, poverty, famine, illness, unhappiness, suffering of
all kinds and the great disillusionment of the youth
and their subsequent rejection of society, and all its
consequences.
Our vision of a meaningless world leads us to live
meaningless lives, in which we do not really live in
harmony with our best interests. Our mistaken perception of the world does not allow us to discover the inherent reasons for what we see around us, and what
our role is here on earth.
THE WORLD WE SEE
We see a world in which there is injustice. We cry in
bitterness for what injustices have been done to us. In
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reality, however, what is happening to us is the result

of the law of cause and effect, in which we are receiving the results of our previous thoughts, words and actions. The concept that human suffering is the result of
past transgressions of universal law is repeated often in
the Bible. Jesus has healed by saying your sins are
forgiven, which makes a clear connection between present human suffering and past egotistical actions.
Thus our perception of events is not accurate. The following example may help. Imagine that we own a car
with which we do some damage and are called to
court. Between the time we did that damage and the
court case, our car becomes destroyed and we appear
in court as the owners of a new car. When the accusations are made concerning the damage done, we
protest that injustice is being done, because we do not
own such a car, and do not remember having owned
such a car. It is true that we do not remember, but the
fact is that we have lived many lives, in which we have
used many bodies in the process of our evolution. In
this life we are receiving the results of those previous
actions, which were made with those previous bodies.
This does not mean that we must sit back and allow
people to do whatever they like to us. We must make
every effort to protect justice, but must always accept
the results of our efforts as just. The understanding of
the law of cause and effect gradually liberates us from
fear, suffering, hurt, bitterness, anxiety and jealousy,
for we realise that everything that is happening to us is
the result of our own actions and beliefs, and that nothing will ever happen that is not for the good of our evolution. We will then start to pay much more attention
to what we can learn from our experiences and will
want to participate more consciously in our process of
evolution.
Now we see death, when in reality there are only
souls which are temporarily entering into, and then
leaving, physical bodies, in order to learn certain
lessons and continue their growth here on earth. When
we begin to see clearly, we realise that there is no such
thing as death and that life is eternal. Sometimes it expresses itself through the physical body and at other
times it is not focused on the physical plane. We will
gradually realise that we are souls here for further
schooling, and start to play a more conscious role in
our own and others growth process.
We see separateness where there is actually oneness. We see different bodies, ignoring that there is one
spirit, which is giving life to all these different bodies

and personalities. We strive for love and unity in various material ways, failing to realise that these bodies
and personalities can never be totally united, and that
only by coming into contact with our inner self, which
is already one with the others, will we be able to experience the lasting and fulfilling unity which we desire.
We see ourselves as vulnerable and helpless in a
dangerous world full of pitfalls from which we must
protect ourselves. That causes us to close our hearts to
others, and close ourselves into a lonely existence, in
which we do not dare to reach out to others. We live in
fear of whatever dangerous situations may be around
the bend of the river of life. We lack the faith that we
have the power to overcome them. As our vision becomes more clear, we will realise that the river of life
loves us and wants to carry us to the sea of union with
the divine. We need only have faith in the river, the
flow of events, and our own ability to face and overcome any obstacles. We will have faith in the divine
plan, which brings to us only the experiences which
we need for growth at every stage of our evolution,
and never gives us experiences that we do not have the
power to face and use effectively as learning situations.
We have the free will to see things that way or not. We
can become afraid and complain about our fate, or take
our lives in our hands and use the methods, which are
available, for developing greater inner strength and
clarity of mind.
PLATOS CAVE
We are like the people in Platos cave who see the
various shadows on the wall of the cave created by a
fire behind them. The objects, passing between the
light of the fire and their backs, create on the wall in
front of them a series of moving shadows. Not having
seen any other reality, they consider these shadows to
be the totality of reality and develop a whole science of
shadows, in which they analyse the hows and the whys
of the comings and goings of these shadows. They base
their whole lives on the phenomena of shadows, which
are simply the random movement of workers, coming

and going to work, with their tools over their shoulders. They know no other reality. Eventually, one of
the men chained in the cave gets free and starts to
climb up to the opening of the cave. At first he is
painfully blinded by the light of the sun, but gradually
his eyes recover and he begins to perceive the reality of
the sun and all the beauty of nature, which he has never witnessed before. Out of enthusiasm and joy he
rushes back into the cave to announce to all his friends
that, what they have been seeing all these years, is an
illusion and a very limited and unpleasant reality, in
comparison to the real one, but they not only do not
want to hear these `blasphemies, but persecute him as
well. This is what we have done with most of the spiritual beings, who have come to explain to us that we are
not seeing things as they really are, and that life is
much grander, yet more simple, than we perceive it to
be; that we are much more powerful and safe than we
ever imagined. They tell us that we are immortal beings; that there is a Divine Universal Consciousness,
which watches over us and protects us; that our real security is found in love and unity and not in hoarding
and competition.
We cannot believe them because we have not yet
experienced the truth that they describe to us. But we
will never experience it, if we do not start gradually
changing our belief systems and liberating our minds
from their mechanical thought patterns, through selfanalysis, prayer, meditation and the study of spiritual
truths.
THE EXPERIENCE OF UNITY

What might that experience of the truth be like at
the various levels of our being? For each it will be different, but perhaps there are some general common
factors.
On the physical level, we will begin to feel a connection with those around us. We will be interested in
how they are, and will desire for them to be well and
happy, wanting to be of use to them if we can. We may
get involved in various selfless service projects, in an
attempt to better the quality of the lives of those
around us. We will feel a need to share what we have,
so that all may benefit from what life has blessed us
with. We will find meaning in playing our role in
which we may bring greater harmony to ourselves and
to the society around us.
On the energy level, we will feel greater energy and
vitality, harmony and health. We will not be in conflict
with our surroundings, and thus our vital energies will
be saved and will protect our bodies from any dangerous substances, or microbes, in our environment. Every
small event will be a source of pleasure, as small things
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suddenly seem to be miracles. The miracle of life begins to reveal itself to us and we become like little children enjoying each experience as new and unique.
On the emotional level, we start to feel more and
more compassion and love towards those around us.
We seldom have negative emotions, and are filled with
the joy of being with so many brothers and sisters, as
our sense of family starts to expand to include all beings everywhere. We feel very safe, because we are always with
`our own, and therefore, not in danger. A sense of
gratitude for all that we have and for the beauty of life
starts to fill our hearts, and we frequently whisper to
ourselves, thank you, thank you for all this.
On the mental level we experience peace, contentment, harmony and creativity. The mind now becomes
an instrument for creation, and the expression of the
divine potential which is within us. There is a peaceful
creative flow which brings joy to our environment and
to ourselves. Life becomes a game; a game of growth
and creation. We take ourselves less seriously. We definitely have a goal in life and are very productive, but
we realise that we are in a process of evolution and that
life on earth is temporary. We do the best we can, without anxiety and worry about the results. We no longer
get caught up in senseless arguments about who is
right or what system is the best. We realise that there is
a great variety of systems and experiences for the various souls to pass through. We gain tolerance and understanding, and can accept people even though they
have completely different beliefs from our own. We are
at peace and feel a oneness with all beings.
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There is not much we can say about the spiritual

level, for this level is beyond time and space. Our
minds and language work in the limited sphere of time
and space. We are told, by those who have progressed
to this level, that we will experience a type of blissful unity with all and everything. We might imagine the blissful orgasm of sexual union magnified a million
times through union with all beings and things. Christ
spoke from this level of consciousness when he stated
that He is in us and that we are in Him. He was then identifying with the universal consciousness which is in
and around all beings. This state might be called heaven, paradise, samadhi, nirvana, or enlightenment,
whatever you like. It is the eventual goal, desire, or we
might say, destination of every soul, regardless of
whether he knows it at this point in his evolution or
not. We are like rivers destined to return to and merge
with the sea.
We can accelerate the process of unification, inwardly and outwardly, through various techniques
mentioned over and over in this book, such as proper
diet, physical exercise, breathing techniques, deep relation, self-analysis, positive thought projection, meditation, prayer, chanting, selfless service to others and the
study of spiritual truths.
May you have a pleasant journey.
May you realise your True Self.
May you live in love and peace.
CHAPTER XIII
OUR EMOTIONS ARE BASED ON OUR FALSE

PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY
he emotional reality which we experience on a

daily basis, is a product of our limited and distorted perception of the world and events
around us. We create a personal drama based on our
attachments, aversions, fears, expectations and beliefs.
Two people experiencing the same objective external
reality feel differently because of their programming
and previous life experiences.
In the previous chapter we discussed how we see a
meaningless world, although every event in life has a
purpose and our lives do have a definite meaning in
this universe. When we do not see this meaning, then
we create a great number of emotional experiences
(most of them negative) based on our false perception
of the events around us.
I remember in l976 when my father was assassinated in his office by a student, who had gone crazy. Although I had been on the spiritual path for a few years,
I felt a crisis in belief. This seemingly meaningless and
crazy act in which an innocent person, who had only
the good of that student in mind, was killed by the
very person whom he had been trying to help, confused me. Was there chaos in the world? Could someone die by accident, by mistake or by a crazy act? Or
was there a Divine Plan which was governing every
movement in the universe, in such a way, that all beings would reunite with the one Universal Spirit? Did
my Father, as an immortal soul, temporarily visiting
the planet earth, decide to leave that day in that way,
or was it a mistake? Are there mistakes, or only the unmistaken flow of Divine Law, cause and effect, and the
evolutionary process?
Through much thinking and meditation, I decided
that my father had decided, as a soul, to leave his body
on that day, in exactly that way. This message came
through clearly in a meditation, and was then confirmed about a year later, when my Mother remembered that, three days prior to the assassination, he was
shouting in his sleep to the other professor who was
shot and killed with him, Watch out, he has a gun.
This event was known to my father on a subconscious
level, although consciously he had no idea of what was
going to happen.
At the same time in Beirut, during the war, my attention was drawn to the fact that when a bomb fell among a group of people, some were killed, some seriously injured, others only slightly injured, while others
were untouched, although they were all at an equal

distance from the bomb. This reminded me of the passage in the Bible (Matthew 24:40) in which Christ explains that at the second coming, two men will be
working in a field: one will be taken away, the other
will be left behind. Two women will be at a mill grinding meal: one will be taken away, the other will be left
behind.
This statement helps me understand that, although events such as wars, earthquakes, floods, fires
and plagues occur on a mass level, what happens to
each individual is not accidental or by chance. There is
a divine law of cause and effect. Christ expressed this
often by saying, your sins are forgiven, when He
healed. In this way, He helped us to understand that
our illness, handicaps, and problems are not chance
events, but are the product of our past and present
ways of thinking and acting.
One who understands the purpose of life and the
laws of the universe, the immortality of the soul, and
the omnipresence of the one universal spirit, experiences a completely different reality from one who does
not understand or believe the above. Suppose there are
two persons - one who believes the above and one who
does not. Suppose that both suddenly experience the
death of a close loved one, or the loss of a job, or a divorce, or some serious illness or harm to the body. The
one, who does not believe, will feel that a great injustice has been done to him. He will feel hurt, insecurity,
fear, resentment, anger and even the need for revenge
against some person, or even God. He may hold on to
these negative emotions for years and years, perhaps
for the remainder of his life, and even into his next life.
He will likely become closed and afraid inside (even if
he shows the opposite) and interpret every experience
of life, from that day on, in terms of that traumatic experience. He may expect more of the same from life,
and thus create the same problems over and over again, through his negative beliefs, attitudes and reactions. This negative circle of events will continue, until
the individual is forced to investigate the reality of life
more deeply and discover the purpose and meaning of
his life, and of the events which are occurring to him.
The one who believes in his immortal nature, the
process of evolution and the Divine Plan, will feel momentarily the sadness of the loss in an unpleasant
event, but soon the Truth will restore the balance, clar-
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ity and harmony of his mind and he will remember

that there is a reason for the event which has occurred.
He will do whatever he can to help himself, or others
involved, to avoid any unpleasant events, such as separation, illness, loss or death, but he will not have anxiety about the results. He will not fear, or feel anger or
injustice, resentment or hatred or revenge, for he will
realise that nothing can happen which is outside of the
Divine Plan. Not knowing what the Divine Plan for the
future is, he will make every effort to change things for
what he believes to be the better. But he will be relaxed
and at peace with whatever has already happened, for
he realises that there is a reason for its happening. He
will realise that these events are lessons and opportunities, designed to exercise his inner physical, emotional,
mental and spiritual strength, so that he might grow
more and more into the divine being which he really is.
In this way he does not fear the death of a loved one, or
the loss of a job, or fire, or flood, or earthquake, or separation from anyone, because he realises that all of this,
which is going on in his life, is a temporary drama
which will end, and that nothing can really belong to
him, or be his forever, because everything is in a constant process of change. Thus the emotions, which he
will experience, will be completely different from those
experienced by the first one, the unbeliever.
OUR PERCEPTIONS CREATE OUR EMOTIONS

Our emotions then are a function of our perception
of ourselves and the world around us. Our perceptions, however, are based on our beliefs, and thus our
emotional reality is subjective and dependent on our
beliefs about life. These beliefs are the function of our
childhood, and previous life, programming, and thus
we are caught in the cage of our past experiences. One
who believes he is a mortal body and nothing else, sees
a world without meaning, without justice or safety, or
protection, or hope. He sees a world in which he is
alone, separate, in danger, in which he must protect his
needs, desires, interests, self-image, and various attachments, often, unfortunately, at the expense of the others.
Such a person sees the waves only and does not realise that they are only temporary manifestations of the
one sea. He does not realise that all beings, including
himself, are temporary manifestations of the one Divine Being. He sees the various images appearing on
the screen at the movie theatre, forgetting that they are
all projections of the one white light which, when passing through the film, appears to take on form and
colour. He feels various emotions based on the illusion
of these changing light patterns on the screen, thus he
does not realise that the one universal being is projecting itself as all these beings, objects and events, which
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we see around us, and that nothing could possibly happen which is not a projection and a part of that being.
Such a person sees the surface of life, the reflections
and not the source, the bodies and not the spirit, the
dream and not the reality.
When we have a dream that we are in danger, we
experience various negative emotions in our sleep. We
realise that we had feared and worried in vain, that
there was no danger, that our dream self was not our
real self and that our real self was not in danger, although our dream self appeared to be in danger. In the
same way, we will wake up some day and realise that
this physical and mental self is not our real self, and although we believe often that we are in danger, our real
self which exists even after the harm and destruction of
the temporary body, is never in danger. When we really begin to accept and believe this, we feel completely
different in situations which in the past used to create
hurt, fear, anger and other unpleasant emotions.
THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY

Life is like a river in a continuous process of flow
and change.
Consider the diagram accompanying this text.
The ego of each person, who does not realise his

eternal nature, seeks to find a feeling of security in the
flow of time and changing events of his life. In order
not to be `swept away by the flow of the river (which
he does not trust), he seeks to attach himself to various
`sources of security, which he believes are outside the
flow of the river, so as to experience some stability and
security. Thus he attaches himself to possessions, money, status symbols, friends, family members and professional positions, as well as a wide variety of other
supposed sources of security. He does not realise, however, that all these other objects, beings and situations
are also within the wider banks of the river, and that
with a good strong rain they could be washed away.
Thus, his supposed sources of security, contentment
and happiness are very temporary and vulnerable. Yet
he sees no other alternative. He is conditioned to attach
himself to these external sources, until one day he
awakens to the reality of his real immortal and invul-
nerable inner nature and his real relationship with God

and life. Until then, his emotional world is a function of
his ignorance of his true nature and of his fearful attempt to find security, affirmation and contentment in
life. This leads to the creation of the personal will, in
which the individual seeks the development of personal power for the protection of his own interests. He cuts
himself off from nature, people and God. He learns to
compete rather than co-operate in school, in work, in
relationships, in business, in politics and this leads to
conflict between nations and religions, and thus war
and further suffering and unhappiness. It is all a great
misunderstanding. We are all one being, expressing itself in different ways. When we realise this, we will experience peace, love, joy and unity.
The ego of a person who does not realise this is in
constant conflict with his inner nature and his conscience. He is in conflict with others and with life. He
does not function in his own real best interests. He acts
out of fear, ego- centeredness, and creates problems for
himself and others. He experiences a wide variety of
negative emotions, which are entirely based on his misunderstanding, misperception and misinterpretation of
the events occurring around him.
We are all affected to some degree by these misperceptions of reality until we become entirely enlightened. Meditation, philosophical enquiry and prayer
gradually remove this veil of ignorance, which hides
the divinity and holiness of every moment and every
situation from our eyes. The following technique will
also help us to get free from the vicious circle of negative emotions.
TECHNIQUE FOR GETTING FREE

Sit comfortably with the eyes closed at first. One
usually has greater concentration when the spine is straight. Now begin to repeat the phrase, ALL NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE BASED ON MY FALSE PERCEPTION OF REALITY. Repeat this for about one
minute over and over in your mind. Now open your
eyes and look around at your environment. Continue
to repeat the phrase as you let your eyes fall, without
discrimination, on all objects which come into your vision. As you look, do not avoid any object and do not
concentrate specifically on any object. Be detached and
impartial. Do this with your eyes open for about two
minutes. That is a total of three minutes. You can do
this four to five times a day, or any time you are overcome with negative emotions. You may also use it as
an introduction to, or at the end of your time of meditation. I would suggest that you do this exercise 5 times
a day for a week before going on to the next chapter.
Use it especially when you are caught up in negative emotions. Remind yourself that you are feeling this way
because you have not yet realised the truth about yourself and the world around you.
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CHAPTER XIV
ALL NEGATIVITY RESULTS FROM IDENTIFICATION

WITH THE BODY AND MIND
hen we are experiencing negative emotions,

or pain or other negative states, we can be
sure that we are identifying with some aspect of our body or mind. When we manage to realise
that we are immortal beings beyond the body and
mind, we will be free from all negative feelings, which
we experience today.
In the previous chapter, we discussed how all our emotions were the result of our mistaken perception
and understanding of ourselves and the world around
us. Here we will continue the analysis and will see how
our basic mistake is our identification with the vehicles
of expression, that is, the body and the mind, or personality.
Because, as immortal spirits, we are as yet inexperienced in expressing ourselves through the medium of
matter, we tend to lose awareness of our true spiritual
nature when incarnated in physical form. In our amnesia and ignorance of our true nature, we are forced to identify with that part of our being which is most obvious to us - our body. Our identification with our body
makes us believe that we are the body, rather than that
we have a body, which is a completely different situation. When something belongs to us, we understand
that it is something independent from us, that it is
there for our use, and that we can exist without it. This
is true of our car, our TV, our house and even our children, parents or spouse. We may suffer when we lose
any one of these, but we do not believe that we will
cease to exist if we lose them. Even if we mistakenly
believe so, life teaches us differently. We do lose them
in some cases and eventually we realise that we have
continued to exist, and that we can even smile and enjoy life again, if we allow ourselves to.
Our basic mistake is believing that we are the body
rather than understanding that our body is simply a
vehicle, which is given to us for the purpose of living a
temporary life on earth, so that we may continue with
our process of evolution. Thus we should not speak
about our soul. We are not bodies which have souls. We are
souls which have bodies. We can speak of our bodies and
minds because they belong to us.
The same is true of the mind and personality. We
are not minds, or personalities, nor are we personalities
which have souls. We are immortal souls which have
the temporary use of these personalities, for the pur-
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pose of development and expression on earth of the latent spiritual powers and abilities, which lie within our
soul nature. We are not personalities. We have personalities, we own personalities. When we make this distinction, our lives will be happier, freer and more full of
creativity and contentment. Thus we may call the
body, mind and personality, vehicles or instruments of
the soul. All our problems in life are the result of our identification with, and our mistaken belief that we are
these vehicles.
We have used the following diagram in previous
chapters, but let us use it again to facilitate our understanding of our relationship with our vehicles.
The spirit is one with God. It is pure, immortal consciousness without any modifications whatsoever. For
`some reason it projects itself into the spiritual, astral,
mental and physical worlds, through the various vehicles or bodies. We have already discussed the nature
of, and purpose and function of, each of these bodies in
the earlier chapters. The consciousness of the Spirit, as
it passes through each of these vehicles (which themselves are manifestations of this one consciousness)
grows more and more material. Let us take a moment
here, for it is not easy to imagine.
Imagine that this consciousness is like a pure white
light. As it projects itself towards the earth, imagine
that at each level, as it descends, the light itself manifests as a filter of slightly greater density. The light cre-
ates a filter through which it itself continues to flow,

now somewhat less pure and bright. As it approaches
an even more earthly level, it creates still another filter,
this one even more dense, and in passing through it towards the next level, the vibration and purity of the
light is even lower. In this way, this pure unlimited
consciousness projects itself as the five vehicles
through which it expresses itself, and in passing
through them, becomes more and more limited in its
perception and expression. Thus, as the pure consciousness, which we really are, passes through the
causal body, the higher intellect, and eventually
through the mind, energy body and physical body, it
gets more and more lost in the identification with the
vehicles, losing the awareness of its true, unlimited and
blissful reality.
The purpose of life is to free ourselves from the identification with these vehicles and to experience
once again our real immortal, free, blissful nature. The
vehicles themselves have no power, no source of security or happiness of their own. They learn to depend on
the external world for their security, affirmation and
contentment. Can a car drive by itself? Can a car protect itself? Is the driver of the car the same as the car?
The car is a vehicle which is a temporary possession for
the use of the owner. The body is a temporary vehicle
for the souls use.
ELECTRICITY
Another good example is electricity. The same electricity flows through many light bulbs. Some have the
ability to express a great amount of light and others
less (200 w, l00 w, 75 w, 40 w, 25 w etc.) Some express
colored light. Many bulbs have different shapes. Some
bulbs last for many years and others for a few days. All
these bulbs are various vehicles of expression for the
one electricity which is flowing in all the houses. The
electricity is the one universal spirit, and the various
bulbs are the various types of bodies and minds,
through which that one universal spirit is expressing itself. The limitation of expression is not in the electricity or the spirit, but in the bulbs. We, as `evolving
bulbs, have the ability to increase our ability to express
ever greater quantities of our spiritual energy through
our bodies and minds.
Take the example of the cassette recorder. There are
many qualities of cassette recorders. Their recording
and playing power and quality can vary greatly. They
exist in a wide variety of appearances. There are expensive and inexpensive ones, and they come in various
colours and shapes, yet there is one and the same electricity flowing through all of them. Each cassette player
is like the body and personality of each person. The
cassette which is in each player is his mind, and what is
written on the tape is his belief conditioning. Whatever

was recorded on that tape, when he was a young child,
continues to play all his life, unless he starts to take a
look at it, and erase his old beliefs and living habits,
and starts to record new concepts about himself and
his relationship with the world.
We are the electricity. We are not the many vehicles
through which it is flowing. It is, however, as if the
electricity is identifying with the type of tape player it
is expressing itself through. Imagine electricity feeling
self-conscious about flowing through an inexpensive
tape recorder, or through a black one rather than a
white or blue one. Imagine the electricity getting upset
about what someone else thinks about the tape
recorder through which its flowing. Imagine the electricity being disturbed by the type of cassette which is
being used, or the contents of the cassettes. Imagine the
electricity fearing for its life, because the tape recorder
is about to, or has already broken down and does not
work any more. Imagine the electricity feeling limited
by what is being expressed on one particular cassette
player, rather than realising its universal nature, and
the fact that it can express itself through any other cassette player, and that it actually is the one universal
electricity, which is expressing itself through all tape
recorders everywhere, and not only tape recorders, but
refrigerators, heaters, fans, stoves, vacuum cleaners, radios, TVs and a wide variety of other `species of beings also.
Gradually as we evolve spiritually, we will identify
more and more with the spirit, and less and less with
the body, mind and the contents of our minds as we do
today. It is our responsibility to cultivate, develop and
harmonise all these vehicles of expression, so that they
may express all the more clearly, and without personal
distortion, the beauty and purity and love of our true
spiritual nature. Believing, however, that we are the
vehicles is an obstacle to their proper development. It
leads to fear, defensiveness, negative thoughts and
negative behaviour. Identification leads to attachment,
competition, pride, hurt and in general, a concentration
on the superficial and external aspects of life. We tend
to live according to what we believe we must do, in order to have the approval of others, and also become
slaves to every momentary need of the body and mind.
We, in such cases, are not free human beings, but
rather slaves to the programming of our vehicles.
Identifying with our true universal nature liberates
us from all sense of separateness. There are no
Japanese, American, German or Greek electrons. All
electrons all over the world are one and the same. In
the same way there are no German, Greek or Japanese
spirits. Neither are there Christian, Buddhist or
Moslem spirits. Neither are there male or female spir-
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its. There is one Universal Omnipresent Spirit which is

expressing itself as all the beings, objects and events
which we are experiencing.
GETTING FREE
Our goal is to free ourselves from our identification
with our vehicles so as to experience our universal self.
There are various steps to this process.
1. We will need to reprogram the contents of our
cassette. We will have to erase the old programmings
and beliefs, which are the function of our early childhood years and past lives, and record the new spiritual
truths, which we are learning and experiencing into
our mind through affirmations, meditation, prayer,
reading, reflection and contact with those who have
spiritual tendencies or knowledge.
2. We will have to realise that the ego is a non-entity which can be programmed in any way we choose.
There are, of course, tendencies from past experiences
which must be respected and worked with and occasionally circumvent, but that we are not limited by
what our ego appears to be at present.
3. We will need to realise that our true self is beyond the body and the mind and that we existed, exist
now, and will always exist independent of the existence of the body or mind.
4. Our true self is unaffected by the various events
which occur to the body and the mind. One who is
well established in this belief does not fear about his security or appearance to others. He is beyond worry
about the criticism of others. He follows his own inner
voice and conscience. He does not suffer when the
body is harmed or the personality is hurt or depressed.
He observes objectively the various states through
which they pass. He acts in order to protect them, without worry of getting involved in the melodrama of it
all, as most of us do.
5.Gradually we must realise that our true self is
God, that we are the one universal consciousness
which is expressing itself through all that we see. This
is the highest realisation which will come through our
spiritual effort and Divine Grace.
All negative emotions which we have are based on
our identification with the vehicles through which we
are expressing ourselves. This identification eventually
disturbs and ruins our relationship with ourselves and
with others, and is a great obstacle to our spiritual
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growth, not to mention our health.
TECHNIQUE
The following technique will be useful in getting
free from this vicious circle of identification and suffering.
Sit with your eyes closed (spine straight if you can)
and search in your mind for the various negative emotions which you have been feeling recently or in the
past. Look at all of them, large, medium and small. If
positive emotions also come to mind, do not reject
them. Acknowledge them and continue letting the various emotions pass through your awareness. After becoming conscious of each emotion, repeat the phrase;
I FEEL THIS EMOTION OF________ WHEN MY
CONSCIOUSNESS IS IDENTIFYING WITH ITS VEHICLES. As each emotion appears in your mind, repeat
this phrase and try to understand it. Do not avoid using it on positive emotions if they come to mind. Do
not concentrate on specific emotions more than others.
Apply it to weak as well as strong emotions. Do this for
about three minutes, four or five times a day.
Do it extra times when you are feeling strong negative emotions. When you are aware of what the specific
emotion is, you can express the phrase directly for that
emotion, such as, I FEEL HURT WHEN I AM IDENTIFYING WITH MY VEHICLES. I FEEL FEAR WHEN
I AM IDENTIFYING WITH MY VEHICLES.
If expressing this in some other way is more suitable, then feel free to create your own phrase which
helps you free yourself from the control which these
negative emotions have on you.
One word about the emotion of love; it cannot really be considered as an emotion when in its highest
form. The various less-than-universal forms of love are
naturally emotions based on the identification with vehicles which have a certain attraction between them. Universal love, however, is the absence of identification
with our specific vehicle and the identification with all
vehicles and thus the feeling of unity with all.
I suggest that you perform this technique four or
five times a day (extra times when having problems)
for about a week before going on to the next chapter.
CHAPTER XV
WE ARE NOT ALONE IN EXPERIENCING

THE EFFECTS OF OUR THOUGHTS
ur thoughts are like waves, which flow out into our environment and create a physical, emotional, mental and psychic atmosphere,
which affects all who are near us, especially those who
are emotionally connected to us. For this reason, it is especially important to exercise discrimination in the
types of thoughts which we allow to flow through our
minds.
Our thoughts create our reality. Our thoughts are
like the film through which the creative spiritual power of our soul flows, impinging on the screen of life,
creating the situations which we encounter on a daily
basis. Positive thoughts create a positive reality, and
negative thoughts create a negative reality. Those who
live and work with us, or belong to the same social circle, are affected by our thoughts, (unless they have evolved enough spiritually, to have developed contact
with their inner self, and are unaffected by the
thoughts and vibrations around them).
Thus we must consider two basic questions. How
do our thoughts affect those around us, and how can
we purify our thoughts so as to be a positive influence
on our environment?. And secondly, how do other
peoples thoughts affect us and how can we develop
immunity from their negative thoughts?
HOW WE AFFECT OTHERS

We affect others through our actions, words, emotions, thoughts, beliefs and our general attitude. When
our actions are based on competition, aggressiveness,
or are ego-centered, then we create an environment in
which others are forced to resort to the same type of
behaviour. These types of actions mirror back to us and
we wonder why people treat us without love or compassion. When we act out of real love, co-operation and
sincere desire to be of service to others, this loving vibration comes back to us and we feel unity and love.
Our actions are the manifestations of our thoughts. We
must check that they are in harmony with our desire
for unity and love. The more we give, the more we will
receive.
Our words have a great effect on those around us,
even when they do not hear them. Most of us do not
examine what we say carefully enough. Our words
should be like flowers, like a pleasant-smelling aroma
which fills the air with peace, optimism, love, happi-
ness and goodness. Our words should help others to

feel good about themselves, to have faith in themselves. We should be sure that whatever we say about
any person, we would also readily say it in their presence. When we gossip, complain or express negative
thoughts about ourselves or others, we are polluting
the atmosphere with emotional toxins. This is a point
which many people need to work on. Our words must
be positive, useful and helpful and full of the joy of life.
Otherwise, silence would be better. If we have some
problem we would like help in solving, it would be
better to visit an expert in this field, and discuss it with
him, rather than continually burdening our family and
friends with our melodramas.
Our thoughts have an extremely powerful effect on
all those who are sensitive to the power of thought.
Our thoughts, words and actions are like vibrations
which impinge on the physical, emotional, mental and
psychic receivers of others, and stimulate the corresponding mental states within them. This is a process
which is called sympathetic vibration. If the other has
any tendency towards fear, our fear (whether expressed or not) will stimulate and increase his fear.
This is obvious in mob panic scenes at soccer games or
fires. In the same way, if an individual has any tendency towards feeling peaceful or happy, his inner peace
and happiness will stimulate and increase the peace
and happiness of others; his greed will stimulate their
greed; his anger, their anger; his competitiveness, their
competitiveness; his selfishness, their selfishness; his
love, their love.
This might also be called the mirror effect in which
life mirrors back to us our thoughts, words and actions.
We may also find that we are mirroring back to others
their thoughts and feelings. If this is true concerning
negative thoughts or attitudes, we will need to learn to
transform these negativities both for our sake and for
the sake of the others.
There are some cases in which there is no mirroring
or sympathetic vibration. One case would be when that
particular tendency is extremely dormant in the other
or in us. For example, if one has progressed considerably on the spiritual path and has enough self-confidence, self- affirmation and self- love, it would be difficult for him to get caught up and respond to others
ego games, aggressiveness, anger, fear or pessimism.
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He may, however, have not yet transcended an attachment to the pleasure of sex or food and may be affected by others vibrations in relationship to these tendencies. We each have our specific weak point, or
vulnerability, which we have come to work on.
Another case in which a certain tendency or vibration may not find response in us, or another, is when it
has not yet been cultivated. For example, the feeling of
love and devotion for God may find little sympathetic
vibration in those who have not yet developed it to
some extent. The same may be true for peace or universal love. This does not mean that we are wasting our
time in expressing these qualities to such people. Seeds
which are planted today may sprout in some years. It is
worth planting them and leaving the results to God.
ATTRACTION OF LIKE AND OPPOSITE

There are two basic laws of attraction in the universe which most people are familiar with. One is the
law of attraction of likes, such as gravity, in which two
objects are attracted to each other depending on their
mass. The other is the attraction of opposites, such as
between the electron and the proton, or the male and
female. We attract in our life people and situations
based on both of these laws. Life brings to us exactly
what we need to continue our evolutionary process,
thus we attract people who have the same vibrations
and tendencies. With them we tend to form relationships and groups for sharing common interests. We also attract those who have opposite tendencies. These
often take the form of a sibling, spouse, or other family
member or co-worker. We attract those with similar
tendencies, so that together we may support each other in the development of those qualities or interests.
We attract those with opposite tendencies sometimes
because we have something to learn from them. Often
we need to develop a little of what they manifest. I
have seen many couples who manifest opposite tendencies, each needing to learn to be a little more like
the other. Often,however, each in his or her insecurity
refuses to learn from the other, and becomes even more
entrenched in his or her unbalanced way of living and
thinking. Both would do well in such situations to realise that the question is not who is right and who is
wrong, but what can each learn from the other so as to
be more balanced and harmonious.
We attract in life both those who manifest qualities
which we have incarnated to develop and those who
manifest qualities which we have come to transcend.
When we see that we do not like some particular trait
that another person has, we would do well not to criticise them, but to ask ourselves why that particular trait
is so unacceptable to us. We may find that it is something which exists within us (independent of whether
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we allow ourselves to express it or not), and which we

do not accept in ourselves. It may also be because we
are jealous of that quality in the person. We might envy the freedom or self-confidence that they have and
reject it as egotistical or as lack of seriousness, in order
to justify our own lack of inner freedom or self-confidence. We may find unacceptable in others exactly that
which we came to learn to incorporate into our own
personality in this life. For example, we may be annoyed by the others tendency to speak continually. In
fact his tendency may be exaggerated, but we may
have attracted this person so as to open up and communicate a little more ourselves. At the same time, he
may be attracted to us so as to learn to speak less. Thus,
life gives us at each moment the players which we
need to create the drama which will teach us the next
lesson. This reminds me of a situation which I saw created at a monastery in India, where we had gone as a
group for more intense spiritual practices. `By chance,
three completely different characters found themselves
in the same room which theyd been allotted. One was
very disciplined and intent on carrying out all the rules
of the monastery in detail, concerning the hours of
waking, attendance at functions and hours for sleeping. The second was completely undisciplined and unable to abide by the hours regulated by the monastery.
The third was disciplined but had a great fear of conflict and a tendency to resist authority and support the
oppressed. You can imagine the drama which ensued.
The disciplined one started to get upset and complain to the undisciplined one that her life rhythm was
not allowing her to get to sleep and function in the way
for which she had come to the monastery to live. The
undisciplined one started to get apologetic but also defensive. The third one was upset by the conflict which
was taking place in her room and was unable to concentrate. At the same time her feelings of suppression
were causing her to identify with the undisciplined
one, who was being accused and asked to change her
ways of functioning.
Through this melodrama each learned perhaps
even more than they did through the various meditations and lectures. The disciplined one had the opportunity to learn that undisciplined people are not inherently bad. She also had the opportunity to learn
patience and understanding. At the same time she may
have learned that the same need for a different type of
co-habitation could be expressed as a complaint, as an
accusation, or as a simple message stating calmly and
firmly ones needs and wishes.
The undisciplined one had the opportunity to learn
that she could overcome her usual life style and adapt
to a new one if that was required by the environment,
and especially if her way of functioning was creating a
problem for the others. She had the opportunity to

recognise a weakness in her character and correct it
without feeling upset or guilty about the problem
which was created.
The third woman had the opportunity to face her
fear of conflict and express her feelings. She also had
the chance to recognise her tendency to identify with
the accused and the rejected, and to analyse her own
experiences which caused her to do so. She may even
have discovered that her identification may have
caused her to do injustice to another who is simply trying to fulfil needs.
Life is constantly putting us into such situations, especially at home, work and in social circles. Nothing is
by chance. We would do well to let go of all feelings of
injustice, hurt, fear, jealousy, anger etc., and look at
why we are attracting and creating this situation and
what we can learn from it. We are all co-creators of the
realities which we experience together. When we are
able to get free from our previous mechanical programming and way of thinking, feeling and functioning and see the situation from a different, more spiritual point of view, we will be able to help all involved to
see it differently. We can affect those around us very
positively in this way. They may fear, resist and reject
at first, because we refuse to play the same emotional
games which we have played together with them for so
many years. Even though these games are often unpleasant to all involved, they are familiar and many
people prefer them to remain rather than change, even
if change means more love and happiness. It may take
time for others to trust this new way of seeing things
and reacting to them. Eventually (that could mean
from a few weeks to a number of years) they will see
and realise that this is a much more harmonious way
of living and interacting. This time period will also depend on our own ability to free ourselves completely
from old ways of thinking and interacting. We may superficially change some ideas, but our subconscious
may still be programmed with old negative thought
patterns. In this case, we will need the others negative
attitude until we have rooted out every remainder of
our own negative tendencies. Until then, their negative
attitude is exactly what we need as a stimulus, which
will show us whether or not we have actually gotten
free. When we can receive anger, fear, rejection, or accusation from others, and not be affected by these emotions, then we know that we have purified our emotional body. If we were to live permanently in a
monastery or on a mountain top without such stimuli,
then we would not have the same opportunity to test
our inner strength, love and wisdom.
FREEING OURSELVES FROM
OTHERS NEGATIVITY
Not all people experience all the vibrations and emotional games which are going on in a room or home.
At this moment there are hundreds of radio and TV
waves vibrating in the room where you are sitting. You
are not experiencing them however, because you are
not tuned in to them (unless the radio or TV are turned
on). In the same way, we can tune in, or not, to the various melodramas which are going on around us. We
can get lost in them and become seriously disturbed by
them, or we can recognise them as opportunities for
evolution for all involved and offer whatever help we
can without getting lost emotionally in them. If someone is drowning, we cannot offer much help if we
jump in and are unable to swim and thus drown with
them. We can offer more help by standing on the shore
and throwing a lifesaver. If we are sure that we are capable swimmers in the sea of emotions, then we may
jump in and keep our head above water while helping
the other to shore.
We will be able to do this when we have transcended the particular emotions which are polluting the atmosphere, such as hurt, fear, anger etc. There is a great
difference, however, between transcendence and suppression. Some people simply suppress their emotions
and believe that they have transcended them. Suppression means that we are still susceptible to the emotion,
and do feel it on a subconscious level, but we do not allow ourselves to feel it consciously.Transcendence is a
process in which, through love and wisdom, we develop enough inner peace and security so as not to be affected by the events around us.
When we are free internally of various emotions,
these same emotions, when expressed by others, do not
affect our minds and emotions. Thus, the greatest protection is purity and love. When we are pure and loving enough, we will be safe from the negative thoughts
of others.
It is also important not to give any thought whatsoever to concepts like the evil eye or black magic. When
we fear or discuss such subjects, we open ourselves
even more to the influence of the negative energies
around us. We would do well not to read books on
such subjects, not to visit mediums, not to discuss or
think about such subjects. There is no power greater
than God. We are the power of God, living in these
physical bodies. We are not vulnerable to any such
harm, unless we ourselves create such a situation with
our belief in such things.
I have met people on the spiritual path who think
more about the devil, and avoiding him, than about
God, and uniting with Him. This is a great mistake.
Our thoughts create their own reality. If we constantly
fear the influence of demons or the devil, we will create
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our own drama based on this belief. There is no devil;

there is no evil. There is only God everywhere and in
everything. Is it possible to exist a being, object or
event which is not a creation of the one God who is
omnipresent and the one source of all things? Nothing
exists which is not a creation of God. Thus we have
nothing to fear and nothing to protect ourselves from,
except our own ignorance and negative thinking. All
would do well to avoid people who associate with
such subjects as magic or the evil eye and various other
shadowy aspects of the spiritual world.
AN AURA OF WHITE LIGHT

Our greatest security and assurance of health, happiness and harmony is our own love, purity and faith
in ourselves and God. We can start each day by relaxing our minds with our eyes closed, imagining ourselves surrounded by a white light, a protective aura
which surrounds us wherever we may go. Imagine this
protective white shield to be a permanent force field,
which exists around your body and mind, protecting
you from any form of physical, or mental negativity.
Bless your negative thoughts, rather than fight or
reject them. Send them light and let them realise that
they are born out of ignorance. Let them accept the
light of your spiritual nature, and they will have little
need to maintain their existence. Bless all beings who
come into your surroundings. Bless equally those who
help you and those who hinder or hurt you. Bless all
beings, those who give you pleasure and those who annoy you. Bless yourself, your food and all objects and
beings which come in your path.
GROUP EVOLUTION
We are evolving both as individuals and as a group.
Our evolution depends to a great extent on the evolution of those around us. Few souls have arrived at the
stage of development where their surroundings do not
affect them. You are affecting the evolution of the whole. When you transcend a certain weakness or negativity, you make it a little easier for those around you
to do the same. When you choose to remain stagnant in
your growth process, you hold the others back also.
When you are happy, you add to the happiness of the
world. When you are sad, discontent, pessimistic, you
add to the negativity of the world around you.
You have a great responsibility as a human being in
the process of evolution. You are not only creating negative situations for yourself by your refusal to proceed,
but you are adding to the unhappiness and discontent
of humanity. In this way you are voting, through your thoughts, words and actions, without knowing it,
for antagonism, conflict, war and even various natural
catastrophes such as floods, fire, and earthquakes. Y-
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our every action is a vote for unity or separateness,

evolution or stagnation, weakness or strength, fear or
love, peace or war, poverty or affluence, for all of us.
There are no neutral thoughts, there are no neutral
words. There are no neutral actions. Every word,
thought and action is based on either the truth of our
spiritual unity and immortal nature, or on the ignorance which leads to feelings of separateness and vulnerability.
WE ARE NOT ALONE IN EXPERIENCING THE

EFFECTS OF OUR THOUGHTS
They affect all those around us. We have a responsibility to our family, friends, co-workers, society, nation
and the whole of humanity to move forward, out of ignorance and negativity, into the light of love and joy.
Otherwise we are adding a little more sorrow to the
world.
We would do well to seek out the company of those
who have similar positive thoughts and desires for
self-improvement, love and unity. In such groups we
will find emotional support, as well as techniques,
which will aid us in progressing more rapidly and safely. We will take energy from the positive group consciousness, which will help us to confront positively
those who are still negative and with whom we still
must have contact, such as family members or coworkers. In most cases, it would be wiser not to change
family situations but rather to heal them with love,
learning whatever we can from conflicts which exist.
Social contacts and, in some cases, work situations can
be changed. We have the right to choose the social and
work situations which are conducive to the new positive life style which we want to adopt. Many would do
well to allow their social contacts to gradually change,
as they socialise more and more with those who have
the same positive beliefs and desires for love and unity. This is a gradual process which should not be
forced. Neither should it be hindered by fears of
change, or of being alone for a period of time during
the transition from one way of life to another.
TECHNIQUE
Meditation, prayer, reflection on spiritual truths,
caring for the body and mind through exercise, breathing, relaxation and pure food will all help us move
steadily along this evolutionary path. The following
technique will also help you manifest the truth of the
above in your daily life.
Sit with the spine straight and with your eyes open.
Look around at the various beings and objects which
meet your eyes. Do not give any special importance to
any particular person or object. Do not avoid looking at
anything in particular. As you look around, letting y-
our eyes randomly fall on whatever is before you, repeat in your mind over and over, I AM NOT ALONE
IN EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF MY
THOUGHTS ABOUT _______________ .
Then close your eyes and bring various emotional
and mental matters which have been occupying your
mind into focus. Concentrate on them while repeating,
I AM NOT ALONE IN EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS MATTER.
This can be done for one minute with the eyes open
and two minutes with the eyes closed about 4 or 5
times a day.
I would suggest that you do this for about one week
before going on to the next chapter.
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CHAPTER XVI
WE DO NOT PERCEIVE WHAT IS FOR

OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS
e often function without discrimination at

our own expense. Because of our lack of
clarity about our real nature and our real
purpose on earth, we make decisions based on our
short- term and superficial benefit, and consequently,
in the long run, undermine our health, happiness and
inner development.
We make decisions based on the facts which we
have available to us. These decisions also depend on
our beliefs about what we are and what is in our best
interest. Both of these factors (facts and beliefs) depend
on our perception of reality and on situations. As we
have explained many times in previous chapters, our
perceptions of the world around us are not true and
clear. They are distorted by our beliefs and our conditioning and expectations concerning ourselves and the
nature of the people and the world around us.
INTERESTS OF BODY AND MIND
Our decisions about what is in our best interest will
depend on what, or who, we believe we are, and what
we believe about the world. If we believe that we are
these bodies and nothing else, then we will believe that
whatever makes the body appear nice to others, or
makes the body feel pleasure for a period of time, is in
our best interest. It is logical for people who believe only in their body to waste tremendous amounts of time,
money and energy chasing after superficial beauty or
sensual pleasures, often at the expense of their health
and inner spiritual development. Thus many people
live a whole life making short-term decisions, based on
this mistaken understanding of what is in their real interests, following blindly the desires, needs, fears,
weaknesses and attachments of the body.
A similar phenomenon exists among those who identify with their energy body. They think, act and decide on the basis of what will serve the temporary
needs or weaknesses of the energy body. Thus, if they
are tired they may decide to drink coffee, or eat sugar,
so as to get a quick lift,without realising that they are,
in the long run, undermining the stamina and vitality
of this energy body. Others become addicted to a nonharmonic flow of energy and live nervous, continuously active lives, unable to relax and harmonise the energy flow so as to have a more peaceful and creative flow
of energy.
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Our greatest attachment, however, is to our personality. Those who believe they are the personality are
very intent on having that personality recognised and
approved by all whom they meet. They are capable of
sacrificing their health, their happiness and their real
inner needs simply to have the approval of those
around them. They are willing to spend large quantities of time, thought, energy and money in order to get
social affirmation. Others, who have a negative image
of their personalities, will do whatever they can to create rejection and failure for themselves. They often develop self-destructive habits such as drinking, over-eating, taking tranquilizers, narcotics, cigarettes or
indulging in other forms of self-defacement, which undermine their health, happiness and success in life.
Those who are identified with their mental bodies
become obsessed with dogmas, systems, knowledge,
beliefs and "who is right" and "who is wrong". They often evaluate themselves, and others around them, on
the basis of how much a person knows and not at all in
terms of the person's sincerity, love or abilities in other
areas of life. Such people will make decisions concerning the direction of their lives based on these halftruths which they have learned. They will make every
effort to become recognized for their mental abilities,
and will sacrifice many other more essential emotional,
physical and spiritual needs just to get recognition for
their mental abilities from others.
THE OWNER AND THE VEHICLE

We have already explained in previous chapters the
difference between these bodies (physical, energy, emotional and mental) and the owner of the vehicles
(the immortal soul). What is in the short-run interest of
the vehicles is not always in the long-run interest of the
soul. Many of us suffer from the web of identifications,
mentioned above, and make our decisions based on
their temporary needs. This is natural, for this is our
habitual way of functioning, which we have learned
throughout the centuries. Also these vehicles must be
kept alive and functioning and balanced, which means
that we have to attend to their needs. We cannot let our
body go without food, or water for air for a long time.
It would not be beneficial. On the other hand we cannot waste a whole life thinking of what we are going to
eat. Many lives are eaten away by food or by thinking
about what one will eat, or by what one is going to

wear, or how one is going to satisfy one's various sensual desires. A whole life should not be wasted on such
superficial activities, which are common even in animals. We must put those needs of the body and personality in their proper perspective and learn to satisfy
our needs more and more from within so that we can
go on to what is really in our best interest i.e. our spiritual unfoldment. Are the needs of the driver the same
as the needs of the car? Are the needs of the owner the
same as the needs of the machine? The car needs gas,
oil and occasional service. It needs the proper type of
gasoline which it has been created to function on. Neither can we fill it up with more than it can hold, nor do
we spend all day long thinking about what type of
gasoline we are going to put into our car. The body
needs food, water, air, exercise, rest and relaxation. It
needs a very special type of food, which it was created
to function on - basically natural substances from nature, pure water and clean air. When we fill our body
with a wide variety of unnatural and toxic substances,
simply because we want to satisfy the momentary
pleasure of the tongue, we are neither acting in the interests of the body, nor of the soul. (Only the tongue is
pleased, and that for a short time).
The driver needs the vehicle to function well, so
that he can arrive at his destination spiritual
enlightenment, and the expression of his latent abilities
on earth through creative activity. The needs of the
soul are growth, development, evolution, love, unity,
wisdom, peace and creative expression. The soul does
not need an over-full stomach, the over-stimulation of
the bodys senses, closets full of clothing, boxes full of
jewellry, plenty of money in the bank. Nor does it need
to depend on, or get security from without. It needs to
give, to love, to offer and to depend on its own internal
power and share its inner beauty with the world
around it. It needs to transcend the identification with
the vehicles and once again experience its freedom
from them and its blissful oneness with God and all of
nature and all beings in all situations. The soul seeks
growth and love and unity. The vehicles seek to take,
protect themselves, and absorb energy and affirmation
from their environment.
Until the vehicles are placed in their proper relationship with the soul, the desires and needs of each
are in conflict. When the vehicles are seen as divine instruments for the divine life of the soul, then the needs
of all are in harmony. We eat to live, not live to eat. We
attend to the needs of the body and mind through various techniques, which keep them in tune, so that we
may think and function effectively.
Until that harmony is reached, however, their needs
seem to be in conflict. We are constantly called upon to
make choices. Shall we take tranquillisers and relax our

body by chemical means, simultaneously increasing
our feelings of weakness and inability to face life? Or
should we let go of the tranquillisers and start to stand
on our own feet, even if it means a short period of increased suffering. We tend frequently to choose the
easy, short-term solution rather than the real `soul-ution, which is the development of our inner strength,
love and wisdom.
THE QUESTION OF SUPPRESSION

There is a fad today to speak about the negative
repercussions of suppressing feelings and desires. I agree that suppression is not the solution to our conflict
of needs. I believe in transcendence as the real solution,
but until we are able to transcend and grow out of certain needs, what can we do? In either case we will be
suppressing; the personality wants the easy way out
through pleasures and external affirmation. The
soul,however,realises that these are traps and wants
freedom from them. It wants to proceed on and experience the freedom of expression, the joy which it knows
is inherent within it. Thus we either suppress the personality or we suppress the soul. We have liberation
organisations for a wide variety of groups of oppressed
people, but I have yet to hear of the SLO, the Soul Liberation Organisation. Everyone is talking about not
suppressing the needs of the body and personality, but
who is talking about freeing the soul from their oppressive behaviour, in which they monopolise all the time,
thoughts, energy and money for their own selfish
needs, leaving no time or energy for the development
of the souls real interests. So let us dispense with all
this talk about suppression, and realise that, in fact, we
are continuously suppressing the needs of our real self
and that we will never be happy, until we start listening to what those needs are and start catering to them.
This process of starting to tune into our spiritual
needs and acting on their behalf is a gradual one. It
would, in fact, be unwise to make drastic and large
changes in our life style. We also would do well not to
come into heavy conflict with our present needs and
habits. Let us make whatever changes we can in our
lifestyle without great conflict or pressure. The remaining negative habits, or attitudes, will gradually fall
away as we start to experience greater fulfilment from
within. They will ripen like the fruit on the trees and
drop off by themselves. Thus I am truly not for heavy
suppression of the personality, but neither of the soul.
Without conflicting with our personalities we can see
what time we can start spending on certain activities
which will enhance our spiritual growth, such as exercises, breathing, relaxation, meditation, prayer, philosophical reflection, chanting, self-analysis etc. In this
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way, we will begin to experience that inner strength

and fulfilment, which will lessen our need for superficial and temporary sources of peace or stimulation.
This process of metamorphosis is like a delicate
dance in which, at times, we have to push ourselves
and make efforts, while at other times we have to be
more relaxed and passive and flow with things. After a
number of years of this dance, each will have learned
the steps and all will flow harmoniously. This will develop into a sensitive combination of discipline and
steadiness on the path, along with the freedom to flow
in the moment without losing ones center.
EVERYTHING EXISTS FOR THE

EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL
The clarity required to make the right decisions,
about what is in our real interests, depends on our remembering that we are souls in the process of evolution, that we are temporarily on earth, that nothing belongs to us, that nothing outside of ourselves
(including our family members) can give us the lasting
peace and happiness that we are seeking, that all the
objects and beings we see before us exist for only one
reason -the evolution of all souls. No object or situation
has any real value except for its use in realising this
purpose. With this in mind, we will make the right decisions and will act in our own best interests which, by
the way, will never be in conflict with the best interests
of the souls evolving around us. What is in their best
interests as souls may conflict with the interests of their
personality needs, but never with their spiritual needs.
Until we realise the true purpose of whatever exists,
we will relate to the objects and situations, and even to
the people around us, in a mistaken way, at our eventual expense. We are like children who do not yet
know the purpose of each object and thus put everything into their mouths. Everything is to be experienced through their oral contact; in this way they abuse
many things. We smoke leaves rather than eat them;
we eat animals rather than care for them and love
them; we use alcohol to lower ourselves rather than try
to raise our spiritual nature; we work to hoard money
and objects rather than to better the quality of life on
earth; we use our money for the benefit of our sensual
pleasures and our affirmation needs, rather than for
the eradication of hunger and suffering. We use our
time, our most precious possession, for the satisfaction
of momentary pleasures rather than for our spiritual
evolution. Our wasted time can never be recovered.
We become slaves to our possessions rather than their
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owners. We believe that we cannot live, or be happy,

without them. We become slaves to our relationships
rather than use them for the process of our mutual
growth and freedom from ignorance. We misuse everything because we do not yet understand the purpose of our lives and the purpose of the existence of all
that we see around us.
Our purpose in life is to realise who and what we
really are, and then to express that inner beauty here
on earth, each in his own unique way. The many techniques we have often listed will help us to do exactly
this. Let us be regular in our practice of meditation,
prayer and self- analysis, and at the same time, let us
see what we can do each day to offer a little more
peace, happiness and love to the people around us.
TECHNIQUE
The following technique will help us to realise the
above-mentioned truths in our daily situations. Sit
with your eyes closed. Let various situations, desires,
questions, decisions and problems flow through your
mind. In each case try to understand what it is that you
have been wanting to happen in relationship with this
problem or situation or decision. Say to yourself, IN
THIS SITUATION INVOLVING ______________, I
WOULD LIKE _____________ TO HAPPEN AND
_________ NOT TO HAPPEN.
With each answer that I would like __________ to

happen and ___________ not to happen, ask the question, AM I PERCEIVING MY OWN BEST INTERESTS
IN THIS SITUATION? IS THIS THE BEST DECISION
FOR MY REAL PURPOSE OF LIFE?
Do this for about three minutes, four or five times a
day and more frequently when you have some important decision to make. You will gradually develop true
spiritual discrimination, and will act always in accordance with your real interests as a soul in the process
of evolution.
Perform this technique for about one week before
going on to the next chapter. Also use it at any time in
the future when you have an important or difficult decision to make.
CHAPTER XVII
EVERYTHING I SEE EXISTS FOR THE LIBERATION OF

SPIRIT FROM MATTER
ook around you. Whatever you see is there for

your use to awaken you to the experience of your real self, and having done that, for your use
in expressing in your everyday life the beauty and harmony which are abundant in your inner being.
The spirit is immortal and perfect. At some point in
the history of the physical world, as we know it, a decision was made by the spirit to express itself, and all its
beauty and power, through the dense medium of matter. This lead to the evolutionary process, which we
have witnessed over the millions of years of existence
of the earth. In the beginning there were no beings
whatsoever. Spirit was capable then, in its early stages
of this experiment, to express itself only as the basic elements, minerals and gases, which formed the earth
environment. Eventually one-celled organisms were
formed, then plants, fish, birds, animals and eventually, man. All this took hundreds of millions of years for
the spirit to gain enough experience in the material
world so as to be able to create a human body and
mind, which is capable of so much more than its predecessors.
This process of evolution has not come to an end
with the type of man which exists today on earth. We
have a long way ahead of us, and much inner development to attend to, before we arrive at our goal of being
able to express ourselves in this material world without becoming identified with, attached to and limited
by it. Many people today do not function very differently from the animals on this earth. Few people have
transcended their preoccupation with security, pleasure and power which are all needs which we have in
common with animals. In fact, in many cases, animals
have even more dignity than the human beings who
are caught up solely in these pursuits. Animals generally do not kill except in order to eat. As a whole they
live according to their nature. Man has wandered in
some cases far from his real nature.
Man has the free will to live according to the laws of
the universe or not. When he does not, he pays the consequences in the form of illness, pain and suffering.
Man makes these mistakes because he does not realise
his real inner strength and beauty. Man is potentially a
God-like being. Man is divine but, in his ignorance of
this fact, he wastes his life in the vain pursuit of external and superficial sources of happiness and content-
ment. What a shame. He could be so much happier, so

much more alive, so much more creative, so much
more beautiful. Man could live in dignity, without fear,
without attachment, without pain or suffering. Man
could stand straight, not only physically, but also emotionally and mentally. Man could become the Lord of
the universe, living in harmony with all, tending with
love for all the creatures which inhabit the earth. Yes,
you, who are reading this, are a part of the Universal
Spirit,God,the power which creates and sustains this
whole universe. You could grow every day into a more
peaceful and loving being spreading peace and joy
wherever you go. This is the truth.
REMEMBERING THE TRUTH

The key to our blossoming is to realise our true divine nature and to remember at each moment our purpose in incarnating and living on earth. If we can remember at each moment that we are eternal souls in
the process of evolution, and that we are here only
temporarily, we will not attach ourselves to various objects, persons and situations. We will not create various
melodramas, living in fear and anxiety. We will not get
confused, hurt or angry. We will realise that everything, which exists around us, is there simply to aid us
in our evolutionary process and we will use everything
for that purpose.
The seed uses the various elements in its environment, such as water, earth, light and air, to develop into a huge tree which gives birth to millions of other
seeds. The small child uses all the resources in his environment to grow in his understanding of the world
around him. He is curious. He wants to grow into
adulthood, and if we do not destroy his desire to learn
and evolve, he will continue to use all the resources
available in his environment for his development on all
levels. Within the seed there is the blueprint of the tree
which it is to become. Within the child there is the
blueprint of the adult which it is to become. Of course
the resources available also played their part in the
type of tree or adult which will result.
Each of us has the blueprint within us, which is
guiding us toward becoming the divine being, which
we are already, in truth. That blueprint is waiting to be
manifested here in the material world. Our job is to use
everything, which exists around us, for the purpose of
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unfolding and strengthening that spiritual self. We will

be able to do this when we continuously remember
that everything that happens is another opportunity
for growing stronger and more spiritually centered.
When we say everything, we mean everything
without exception. That means when we gain something, it is to be used for our evolution. When we lose
something, that experience has the same purpose. Our
relationships with family, co-workers and friends have
this and only this purpose - to offer us opportunities to
grow more loving and wise. Marriage, children, school,
university, illness, success, pain, pleasure, happiness,
unhappiness, fear, anger and even death are events
and situations which exist only for our liberation from
ignorance. They are all temporary situations, which
have no meaning or importance in themselves, but for
the purpose of awakening the soul to its true nature.
This truth also applies to all material objects which
surround us, such as buildings, rugs, cars, clothing,
money, food, paper, knives, tables, pens, etc. They are
here to be used by us with discrimination for our evolution, and eventually for our creative expression of
our spirituality through thoughts, words and actions
which elevate the quality of life for all beings. When
we get attached to these, feeling my car, my house, my
money, or my stereo, and using them only for our personal satisfaction and not for general betterment of the
quality of life on earth, then we are forgetting their real
purpose for existing. We become slaves to them, and,
as spirits, we are temporarily dominated by, and imprisoned in, matter.
This truth also applies to richness, poverty, sex,
movies, TV, court cases, conflicts, divorce, wars, competition, co-operation, masculinity, femininity, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, time, space,
memory, and everything else which exists in our lives.
They are all experiences for the soul to use in its process of waking itself up to its true identity. When we
get caught in any of these situations, and do not recognise it as a temporary experience, through which we
can learn more, our growth stops and we stagnate, often causing others to stagnate too.
ONE EXPERIENCE: MANY LESSONS

There are many different lessons which different
souls can learn from the same experience. It is not necessary for all souls to learn the same lesson from the
same experience in the same way. Each of us has different lessons which we have come to learn. Let us look at
some examples:
Many lessons are learned through our contact with
money. For one, the lesson may be how to develop our
self-confidence and other abilities so as to earn it. Another may have come to learn discrimination concern-
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ing how to manage it wisely; still another, to learn how

to use his money for the benefit of the whole and not
for his personal pleasures. Yet another may have incarnated to feel secure and happy without it.
Many lessons are learned through sex. For one, it
may be a way to overcome feelings of separateness or
loneliness; for another it may be a way to gain self-affirmation of his worthiness or acceptability. A common
use of sex is to create children and family. Another
may use it for emotional release, whereas another soul
may have incarnated in order to learn moderation in
sex and to find other forms of self-fulfilment. Another
may have to transcend the need for sex by tuning into
his inner self, which is neither male nor female, and
thus complete, harmonious and without need. Still another may have to come to work with the sexual energy so as to elevate it into his higher energy centers for
experiencing higher states of consciousness. The same
act, the same experience and yet, for each, it offers a different type of growth.
The whole game is not to get attached to it and to let
it be what it is - a stepping stone to higher states of consciousness where we get beyond dependency and
need.
Conflict with others is also an area in which we
learn many lessons. We may learn from it to communicate more honestly and more lovingly in future so as to
avoid such situations. We may use this stimulus for
deeper self-analysis and investigation of our motives,
desires, needs and beliefs which have brought us into
conflict. We may have come to learn to feel inner peace
and self-acceptance in spite of the turbulence. We may
need to learn to accept and love the other in spite of his
attitude towards us. This conflict may be exactly what
we need in order to have the initiative to get free from
various ego-attachments. On the other hand, it may be
just the opportunity we need to realise that we can live
alone and feel secure and fulfilled without the other.
Some may need to have conflict in order to learn not to
fear conflict, but to use it also as an opportunity for
growth and discovery of what is preventing love from
reigning.
Some day love will win in our lives. We will be able
to love without conditions when we realise that there are no
conditions on our security or our worthiness. We will realise that we are eternally worthy and eternally secure,
we will be able to love all beings at all times, including
ourselves.
We can accelerate this process of growth by remembering each moment that everything, that we see and
experience, exists only for the liberation of spirit from
matter, and for the expression of the spirit through the
medium of matter.
TECHNIQUE
Sit and look around you with your eyes open. As your eyes fall on each object, person or being, repeat inwardly the phrase, THIS ____ EXISTS FOR THE LIBERATION OF SPIRIT FROM MATTER. Do this with
each and every object which comes to your attention.
Do not avoid any object or being whatsoever, and do
not concentrate specifically on anything in particular.
Include everything impartially with the same emphasis. Do this for about one minute, then close your eyes
and bring to mind various life situations both pleasant
and unpleasant, such as relationships, ambitions, efforts, plans, problems, joys, activities etc. After each situation which goes into your mind, repeat the phrase,
THIS ____ EXISTS FOR THE LIBERATION OF SPIRIT FROM MATTER. Do this with everything which
comes into your mind for about two minutes.

This technique requires a total of three minutes and
can be done four or five times a day and more often
when you are having problems. Do this about one
week before going on to the next chapter.
Remember, a problem could also exist for your liberation from matter only as a lesson to let go of it and
continue on. Because something exists for our liberation, it does not mean that we must continue to have
contact with it. Once we learn a lesson, we do not keep
taking the same lesson, we go on to the next ones.
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CHAPTER XVIII
I AM DETERMINED TO SEE
We are told by the various mystics and saints, of a

heavenly reality, and yet we see only limitation, injustice and suffering. When will we see, with our own
eyes, the spiritual truths which we have been hearing
about for thousands of years?
We are told that there is One Universal Spirit which
is the basis of every reality, and yet we see only a wide
variety of separate and different creatures, many of
which seem to have no relationship with each other.
We are told that we have many subtle bodies beyond
these physical ones, yet few of us see them, even if we
can sense their presence. We are told that there is an
omnipresent God, angels and spirits, and yet we see
only matter. We are told that there is a divine plan and
purpose for everything, and yet we see only injustice
and chaos. We are told that we are immortal, invulnerable spirits, and yet we see only bodies that age, suffer
and die. When will we see these truths with our own
eyes? Perhaps when we die and leave these physical
bodies. We have heard that those who have died, and
come back to life, did see things differently during that
out-of-the-body experience.
But there are mystics, saints and yogis who have
seen these realities while living, and have first-hand experience that they are true. Can we too have this experience? Their answer is yes, we can, if we want to badly
enough and if we are willing to make the effort which is required. We will have to stop looking outwards at the
temporary world of appearances and forms so much.
We will have to work on getting free from our conditioned way of looking at things. We will have to break
through our programming, preconceptions, and beliefs
which distort our present vision. We do not, at this moment, see what we are looking at, but rather we see our
preconceptions and beliefs about what we are looking
at. We have been hypnotised by the social programming to see what everyone else sees, and it is very difficult to break down so many thousands of years of
conditioning.
The first step is to want to badly enough. We must
really want to get free from the veils of ignorance. We
must strongly desire to see the truth, the one God existing in all beings, including ourselves. We will have to
have suffered long enough with the feeling of separation from our real self, which is omnipresent and immortal. We must desire it, as much as a man who is
drowning desires air.
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ENLIGHTENMENT LIBERATION
SELF-REALISATION
Let us examine three words which we use to describe this process. The words themselves hold clues as
to the process. Enlightenment hints at the bringing of
light to a situation which is lacking in light. In this case
we are talking about our minds and our ability to see
and perceive the truth of our reality. We are living in
darkness. We do not see the truth because there is not
enough light in our minds. The mind is covered by a
veil of ignorance which does not allow the divine light
of the soul to shine through. This veil is basically made
up of our thoughts, desires, beliefs and habitual forms
of feeling and functioning, in which we act, pretty
much unconsciously and mechanically, like robots. We
can bring light to our minds with techniques such as
prayer, meditation, advanced breathing exercises and
reflection on spiritual truths. Silence of the tongue and
mind are essential for this process. One who wants to
arrive at this state of clarity will have to learn to speak
and think much less, and to empty his mind of its usually mundane contents, in order to experience the divinity of each situation.
Liberation implies the process of getting free from
some type of limitation. From this word we can understand that man is imprisoned in his own mind, and its
limited and distorted thoughts about himself and the
world. These beliefs limit his perception, understanding, decisions, expression and movements. He limits
himself and then cries out that his rights have been
limited. Most of us are our own greatest suppressors.
We feel that others are suppressing us, when the key to
our prison lies in our own hands. We, either are not
aware that only we are able to set ourselves free, or
know it and are afraid to do it. Freedom is often scary.
There is responsibility. There is self-dependency. There
is no one to blame any more for our problems. The key
to our freedom is the transformation of our beliefs, and
our breaking free from our habitual ways of thinking
and functioning.
The word self-realisation implies that we have another self which we have not yet realised. It implies
that we have within us abilities, powers and talents
which we have not yet realised. It also means that we
have not manifested them here on the earth level in our
daily lives. It hints at the fact that we are not yet complete in our perception of ourselves, nor in expressing our full potential. This underestimation of our be-
ing and its abilities is a major obstacle in our seeing the

truth. If we cannot see the truth about ourselves, how
can we see the truth about the world around us? Again
our main impediment is our belief system and our habitual way of perceiving and acting. Self-realisation
means letting go of our identification with our lower,
limited, personality self and starting to communicate
with and identify with our higher, limitless Self.
REMOVING THE BARS, VEILS AND OBSTACLES

The first step in overcoming these impediments to
real seeing is to keep alive the continuous desire to be
free, to see and to actualise our real Self. This desire is
often stimulated by meetings with other people who
have the same desire, or through lectures, books and
magazines on this subject. We may also feel an intense
desire for that unity during prayer, reflection or meditation. Spiritual retreats are of great benefit in helping
us make quantum leaps in our perception. The problem is that these stimuli are often spaced far apart in
our lives and make up a small fraction of our weekly
experiences. The rest of the time we are preoccupied
with various problems and mundane concerns, or with
satisfying momentary desires for various pleasures, or
simply functioning in a mechanical way, without even
wondering if, what we are doing, is useful, pleasant or
what we would really like to be doing.
For this reason one would do well to become involved with some spiritual group, which is collectively
seeking to discover the truth of life, not mentally but
experientially. Such contact should be at least twice a
week to be really effective. At such meetings, groups
may discuss spiritual teachings of the great masters.
They may pray, chant or meditate together. They
might also perform various energy-liberating techniques, such as exercises and breathing techniques.
They may eventually decide to offer selfless service to
the community at large.
Most of us will need further help in order to be able
to remember that desire to see, even when we are involved with problems at our work, or discussing with
friends, or caring for family responsibilities. All of the
above techniques will be very helpful in raising the
general level of energy and perception. Simultaneously
however, we will need to examine our belief system
with the help of the questionnaire in the first chapters

of this book. We will need to recognise the specific beliefs which do not let us remember the truth in specific
situations. I would recommend to all to work seriously
with that questionnaire, and discover which specific
beliefs are preventing them from experiencing full satisfaction in each of the five categories mentioned: security and contentment; self-love and self-acceptance;
love and acceptance of others; the development of abilities, talents and powers; and our relationship with
God. Discovering the specific limiting beliefs in each
category and replacing them with spiritual affirmations will be an important step in getting free.
TECHNIQUE
The following exercise will help us to be even more
conscious of our desire to break the veils of ignorance.
Remember every half hour to stop and silently repeat this phrase 3 times: I WANT TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. Do this regardless of what you are doing. Make signs to remind yourself. If you have an
alarm on your watch, set it. If your watch beeps on the
hour, remember at least on the hour to look around
you and mentally repeat the phrase, I WANT TO SEE
THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
Independently of this, 5 times a day stop for a
longer period of 2 minutes (only two minutes), and
look around you randomly letting your eyes fall impartially on whatever is before you. Start with the
phrases: I SEE ONLY THE PERISHABLE. NOTHING
I SEE WILL LAST. NOTHING I SEE IS REAL. I AM
DETERMINED TO SEE DIFFERENTLY.
Then as your eyes fall on various objects and beings
repeat silently to yourself, I AM DETERMINED TO
SEE THIS PERSON, SITUATION, EVENT, ATTRIBUTE DIFFERENTLY. Repeat this every time your eyes focus on a particular thing. Do not avoid repeating it for certain objects or beings. Be impartial.
Desire to see everything differently.
Do this for about one week before going on to the
next chapter. Continue all your other spiritual practices
as usual. This does not replace your other spiritual efforts. It helps bring their results into your daily life.
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CHAPTER XIX
ABOVE ALL I WANT TO SEE THE TRUTH
If I could see the truth, I would experience a continual sense of bliss, love and unity. I want that more
than anything else in the world. Why then do I keep
forgetting that that is my strongest desire?, Habit.
In the previous chapter we were given the technique of repeating every half hour the phrase, I AM
DETERMINED TO SEE DIFFERENTLY. I hope that
most of you managed to remember to do this so frequently. Perhaps some of you forgot for hours at a
time, and perhaps even for a whole day. Is it that you
do not want enlightenment, that you do not want selfknowledge or self-realisation? For some, of course, this
desire has not yet become strong. In others, however, it
has become an important part of their lives. And yet
they forget. Why?
The answer again is habit. It is our greatest enemy,
our greatest obstacle. Habitual thinking and acting patterns occur when we get lost in a mechanical way of
functioning.We may not be actually conscious of what
we are doing or whether we really want to be doing it
or thinking that. In what situations do you tend to lose
your awareness?. While talking with friends or family?
While reading or at work, at social events, while eating,
driving the car, working, shopping, while making love,
washing the dishes, paying bills, sleeping or while
dreaming? Im sure that you can add to this many other times in which you tend to lose your awareness of
the spiritual truths which you believe in. At these moments you forget your desire to see the truth.
Our goal is, however, precisely to see all these mundane activities in a different light. To see them all as
what they really are, and not what we have been programmed to believe they are. Do not be discouraged if
you have not been able to remember. Until now it is
natural. It is our present state of evolution. Make a new
effort now adding the words, ABOVE ALL, and replace the wordsTHINGS DIFFERENTLY with the
words THE TRUTH to our phrase. ABOVE ALL I
WANT TO SEE THE TRUTH. Remember to repeat
this as many times a day as you can. Every half hour if
possible. Ask inwardly to be able to see the truth of
each situation. Make signs with these phrases written,
and place them in your bedroom, kitchen, bathroom,
car, office and any other place which you find yourself
frequently. Keep trying, without becoming upset when
you forget. Simply analyse why you forgot, what situations make you forget, and try to become more conscious the next time in that situation.
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WHAT WE SEE
Let us examine again our present means of perception. We presently perceive what we ourselves project
onto objects, beings and situations in our lives. We project what we are programmed to believe about reality.
This programming is based on the false conclusions
which we made as children and in previous lives, as
well as the erroneous beliefs of the society as a whole,
which were imprinted upon our young and impressionable minds. This false perception of reality is a
function of our collective lack of evolution, the lack of
development of our higher intelligence.In this way we
project our mistaken beliefs and expectation, which are
based on erroneous personal and collective perceptions
of the past, onto our perception of the present. Thus
our view of the present is filtered by our past experiences and programmings. In addition to this, we create
what we believe. We also become what we believe. If
we believe that life is difficult, we create a difficult life.
If we believe that we are safe and in the divine flow,
we experience just that.
We can continue creating illusions if we like, but at
some point we will get tired of living in the darkness,
or our illusion will become so negative, that we will be
forced, by the sheer pain of it, to look for ways out.
Then we will desire to wake up, to seethe truth.
Many may fear this change. They may fear that they
may lose what they have. Even if what they have is unpleasant, it is at least familiar. Many people feel safer
with their negative, but familiar, reality (like illness or
conflict, or failure) than with a positive, but unfamiliar,
reality. They are afraid of letting go of the roles or the
games they have been playing for so many years, and
perhaps lifetimes. Many are locked into certain roles
such as the sick one, the weak one who needs help, the
victim, the martyr who always sacrifices for others, the
strong one who has no problems, or the saviour who
will solve everyone elses problems. These roles limit
our perception of reality and are not easily let go of.
SEEING THE TRUTH BLESSES OUR LIVES

What we must realise is that seeing the truth can
only enhance the quality of our lives. It will take nothing from us. It will only add to us.In some cases seeing
may inspire us to let go of certain attachments, and to
proceed onto other sources of happiness. This,however, is a continuous process in our lives. There was a
time when we were strongly attached emotionally to

our toys, dolls, or miniature cars. If they were lost or
broken, it was the end of the world for us. But gradually they lost their significance for us. In this way, as we
have matured, we have gone through a long list of
such toys which, at each stage, were a matter of life
or death for us. You may remember some of them:
pets, games, certain types of clothing which were in
style, a bicycle, a motorcycle, a car, going to parties,
dancing, making love, getting a job, sports, politics,
creating a family, making money for the later years,

travelling, and now what? When you have done it all
and you still are not satisfied, what do you do then?
You start to realise that happiness will not be found in
this outward seeking, but through inner seeking.
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CHAPTER XX
I AM LOVE
ear is our greatest obstacle in every aspect of our

lives. Love is our greatest asset in overcoming
this obstacle. Affirming that I AM LOVE is the
key to getting free from the cycle of fear and aggression.
Few of us realise how much we fear. We live fairly
protected lives and have managed to shelter ourselves
into a daily life-style in which we have little or no contact with that which we fear. We surround ourselves
with the familiar and avoid the unfamiliar, so as not to
be confronted by that which we fear - which, to a great
degree, is the unknown itself. If we knew what was in
the unknown, we would not fear it, whether it were an
unknown person, place or type of animal, darkness or
that which happens after death.
No one who is not enlightened is free from fear. Only completely self-realised beings are totally free from
fear. As long as there is the slightest identification with
the body and personality, which are vulnerable and
mortal, there will be fear towards whatever might endanger their safety. We all have different fears based
on our past experiences with various objects, beings
and situations. We project those fears into the future. In
our process of evolution our consciousness has lived
lives in the jungle, both in animal and human forms.
We have been programmed, in those incarnations, to
the laws of the jungle and the need for fear with the resulting tendency to attack. We have learned attack
thoughts as a way of life. These are thoughts in which
we assume we are about to be attacked, and follow up
in our mind with thoughts of fear, or our own type of
attack, in order to protect ourselves.
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
This law-of-the-jungle way of thinking has simply
been transferred to a new type of jungle - the business
jungle, the sexual jungle, the social jungle, the sports
jungle, the money jungle, the political jungle and others, in which we assume that the law of the jungle still
exists. We assume that others are ready and willing to
take advantage of us and abuse us, and thus we are either living in fear, or calculating, in our minds, how to
protect our interests or get the upper hand on the other, before he gets a chance to harm us. These are called
attack thoughts. We do not have them only in the
world of competition, we also have them in relation to
various events of the future. When our child, our
spouse is late coming home, we start out with a series
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of thoughts, imagining the worst type of harm that

may have come to them, in order for them not to have
arrived at the expected time. In this way, we program a
reality of danger and injustice, in which it is difficult
for one to survive. We project and collectively create a
reality in which only the fittest survives and, in our society that unfortunately means the slyest, the one with
the least scruples. This type of reality is not the creation
of the few who succeed in it, it is our collective creation, which we project onto our children, programming them not to trust strangers. We encourage them
to try to be better than the others and compete with
them rather than co-operate with them. We teach them
that some lies are necessary in order to protect their
interests in society, in which no one else will protect
them. We teach them the law of the jungle. We create
exactly the type of society in which we will never be
able to realise our true selves or manifest our inner
beauty and power.
We have learned worrying as a way of thinking. We
worry about the future, about the weather, about the
motives of others, about our financial situation, about
our children, our parents, friends; about what might go
wrong; about how we are going to protect ourselves in
this difficult world, and how we are going to cope
with the various problems in life, and how we are going to answer those who criticise us. We pollute the air
with all these negative thoughts, which, in general, degrade the quality of our subjective reality. These
thoughts keep our energy and consciousness continually locked into the three lower centers of our consciousness concerning security, pleasure and power affirmation. They keep us locked in feelings of separateness. They perpetuate our feelings of vulnerability,
hurt, worry, anxiety, depression, anger, bitterness and,
in some cases, revenge. We create needless suffering
for ourselves and others.
LOVE IS THE KEY

We can get free from this world, which we are creating, by giving up these negative thoughts. This
means giving up all thoughts of how we are going to
protect or avenge ourselves. We can free ourselves
from this world of imagined, and consequently created
danger. We can stop fearing what may happen to us
and realise that we are divine beings, and that all the
beings that we see are manifestations of the one God.
We can stop fearing them and realise that they too live
in fear and that if they feel our love, their negative tendencies will be disarmed. On the other hand, if they
sense our fear or our aggressive tendencies, they will
act accordingly. We affect others with our attack
thoughts and our fears . Herein lies the great power of
forgiveness. It is essential to forgive everyone (including ourselves) for anything they may have done. Our
refusal to forget the past and forgive is actually doing
much more harm to us than to the other. Our consciousness is burdened with those negative feelings;
we suffer inwardly. Let us bring to mind each and every person towards whom we have negative feelings.
Let us remember exactly why we feel hurt or abused.
Let us realise that life is giving us a lesson. Let us forgive and get free.
Love is the soul-ution. It is our way out of this
unpleasant situation. Let us remember from now on
that we are not the victims of the world that we see;
that we are immortal, invulnerable beings. Let us remember that we are the pure eternal consciousness,
which can never be harmed and can never die. Let us
remember that we are good and deserving; that we are
living out a divine plan and that we are protected by
that plan, so that nothing can ever happen to us without it being for the benefit of our evolution. Some unpleasant events may occur, but they will be unpleasant
only because we interpret them in that way through ignorance and lack of faith and understanding. Let us realise that the one who we really are cannot be attacked.
We are divine consciousness. All this harm, danger,
hurt and protecting goes on at the level of the body and
the personality.
Christ taught us that if we live according to the laws
of our Father, then all our needs will be looked after,
just as He cares for the birds and the lilies of the field.
Few believe this enough to act accordingly. What is the
law of our Father? To love Him with all our heart, soul,
mind and strength, and to love others as we love ourselves. This means to live a life of helping and serving
others in whatever way we are able. If we do this, our
needs will be cared for, and we will have no fears.
St.John writes in his first epistle (4.8), perfect love
drives out all fear. One who has the innocent love of a
little child walks fearlessly in the world, feeling at ease
with everyone, feeling unity with all. Imagine yourself
walking down the street feeling that you love everyone
who passes by. Could you fear someone you truly
loved? Could you have attack thoughts concerning that
person? St.John also said God is love. When we love
we are becoming one with God, one with the creative
power of the universe. Is there any greater form of protection?
Ken Keys, author of THE HANDBOOK TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS, says that the law to higher
consciousness is to love everyone unconditionally including yourself. We have already spoken much
about loving ourselves and others unconditionally, but
perhaps this chapter can be a stimulus to look, even
more deeply, into what prevents us from being able to
love ourselves and others unconditionally. Look especially at those factors which involve fear or negative
programming about the others intentions. Look too for
feelings of guilt or unworthiness, which may have been
programmed into you, causing you subconsciously to
expect and fear punishment, suffering, harm or failure.
Such guilty programming will definitely cause us to
get lost in various types of negative thoughts concerning ourselves and others. When we recognise such programmings, we can free ourselves from them by realising that we are good and worthy,that we deserve
respect,health, happiness and success in life. We can also realise the same and wish the same for others. We
can live in love - in fearlessness.
TECHNIQUE
The following technique, in conjunction with your
daily spiritual practices, will aid you in bringing this
type of love and fearlessness into your daily life.
Every half hour stop to look around you and mentally repeat this phrase, I AM NOT THE VICTIM OF
THE WORLD I SEE. I AM LOVE. Repeat this only a
few times and continue what you are doing with a feeling of love.
In addition to doing this twice an hour, stop for
about five minutes and close your eyes and begin to
think about the various unresolved aspects of your life.
Focus on whatever might be causing you tension, worry, bitterness, hurt, anger, fear etc. After each such
thought, repeat the phrase, THE MIND IS CONCERNED ABOUT_____ , or if some fear is involved,
THE MIND IS AFRAID THAT___ WILL HAPPEN
/ NOT HAPPEN. Then after having expressed objectively what the mind is preoccupied with, repeat silently the phrase, I AM NOT THE VICTIM OF THIS SITUATION, I AM LOVE. Keep affirming, I AM LOVE.
This will lead you to the most effective and harmonious reaction and solution to every situation.
Do this for at least one week before going on to the
next chapter.
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CHAPTER XXI
GOD IS IN EVERYTHING I SEE
ook around you. What you see is creation.

There is a cause for this creation. There is a Creator. The Divine Creator however, is continually creating, sustaining and expressing Himself through
his creation.
The existence of God is the only ultimate, unchanging truth. Everything else which exists is a temporary
modification, expression, projection or aspect of that
one Being which we call God. God, in the ultimate reality, is neither male nor female, nor a being in the way
we are used to perceiving beings. God is pure consciousness, which is the basic reality in every object, being and situation. God is the creating power, which is
continually creating everything we see. I use the word
creating rather than creative power because it is important to get free of the belief that God is a being who
created the world and then left it to continue on by itself as He watches on. God is the power which is continually creating the world we see. If this creative
power stopped, the world would simply cease to exist,
just as in the case of the movie projector when the light
goes out and the movie stops. The light doesnt start
the movie and then sit back and rest, it must continually shine in order for the movie to continue to be projected. In the same way, everything that we see is the
projection of the One Divine Consciousness which we
call God.
THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE

Understanding this truth is the key to real and lasting peace and happiness. It is the key to real seeing. Remembering this one fact will enable us to love ourselves and others unconditionally, for we, and all
others, are simply manifestations of the same God. We
are all united in that same divine consciousness which
is expressing itself through each of us. We are in fact
one being. This truth is the key to human unity, peace
and cooperation between nations and religions. This
truth is the key which will release us from ignorance,
suffering, pain and the cycle of birth and death. It is the
key to enlightenment. It is the only thing which we
have to know. Everything else is superfluous and an
obstacle to our seeing the divinity of every situation.
We tend to believe that spiritual truths are secret and
complicated. We want to learn about formulas and hierarchies and complicated relationships between aspects of the physical and spiritual worlds. The more
complicated a system is, the more we are duped into
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believing it must really be something special. We are

wasting our time learning about special techniques, astral worlds, and complicated semi-truths.
The truth is simple - everything is God. Everything
we see is God. This is all that we need to know in order
to become enlightened, to become free, happy and truly creative beings. The great spiritual beings did not
teach complicated systems or half-truths. They taught
love for God and all beings, including ourselves. It is
just so simple.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THE WORD GOD

What are some ways in which we can describe what
we mean by God? Of course no description can succeed in defining that which is beyond time, space and
creation itself, which means that it is also beyond the
comprehension of the mind, and thus beyond description. But let us try to use some metaphors which might
help us feel something which we cannot comprehend
intellectually.
We use the word God to describe the prime cause
of everything. We are referring to the cause which has
no other cause. It is the cause for everything, and everything is a result of it. That means it is impossible for
there to exist an object, being, event or situation in all
this creation which is not created by the One Creating
Power which we call God.
As mentioned earlier, we also use the word God to
refer to the sustaining power behind all things and
events. It is that power which is holding everything together and preventing it from falling apart. There is a
law of nature which is called entropy. This law states
that the tendency of this physical universe is to continually move towards a condition of greater and greater
dispersion, towards greater chaos. God is the power
which holds the electrons, protons and neutrons together. It is the power which holds all atoms and
molecules, crystals, cells, tissues, organs and beings intact. When that divine power leaves a being of any
type, it starts to decompose. We are able to live in these
physical bodies, and function as we do, because we are
that power of God living in these bodies. When we,
as that power, leave the bodies, they will decompose.
When St. Paul was in Athens, he spoke of God (Acts
17.24). God who made the world and everything in it,
is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in man
made temples. Nor does He need anything that we can
supply by working for Him, since it is He Himself who
gives life and breath and everything else to everyone.

From one man He created all the races of mankind
and made them live throughout the whole earth. He
Himself fixed beforehand the exact times and the limits
of places they would live. He did this so that they
would look for Him and perhaps find Him as they felt
about for Him. Yet God is actually not far from any
one of us; as someone said, In Him we live and move
and have our being. It is as some of your poets have
said, We too are His children.
Thus we live and move and evolve in God. God is
like space itself. We live in space. We live in God. Space
is within us. God is within us. The concept of space,
which is omnipresent and undisturbed by whatever
happens within it, may be a useful metaphor for some.
Everything which happens, happens in space, in God.
Space is not in any way affected by what happens in it.
It remains as neutral space. God too is unaffected by
what we do. God is Love. Whatever we do, that Love
remains unchanged. There is nothing we can ever do to
stop God from being Love and thus from loving us.
God is the power of love which unites us and some
day we will let this power manifest more and more until we experience universal love, and there will be universal love and peace. The more we love, the more we
accelerate this process of peace and harmony among all
beings, including animals and plants.
GOD AS CONSCIOUSNESS
Consciousness is an excellent metaphor for God.
Take for example our own consciousness. We function
consciously, subconsciously and unconsciously. Unconsciously all our bodily needs are taken care of.
Without thinking, we care for all the needs of the cells
of our bodies, and our cells in turn perform all the
functions so that we may live, think, speak, feel and
act. Our unconscious mind regulates our breathing,
blood flow, digestion and absorption of food elements,
the growth of cells, their destruction, decomposition
and removal from the body, and protects us from foreign bodies. Literally millions of functions take place
without our thinking about them consciously at all. We
are like cells in the body of God. As cells exist within
our bodies, we exist in God. As we care without effort
for our cells, the divine consciousness cares without
any effort whatsoever for its trillions of cells. In the
event of some problem in some part of our body, the
body informs us through a message such as pain or
discomfort, and we attend to it. In the same way, when
a cell in the body of God is having a serious problem
and sends a message in the form of a prayer, the divine
consciousness attends to the situation in the form of Divine Grace. Just as cells are born and die in our body
without our being disturbed, this being essential for
the maintenance of a healthy body, in the same way

God is not disturbed by the birth and death of billions
of beings in His body, for the one consciousness, which
is supporting all this life, goes on undisturbed. In this
way, those who are upset with God, because He did
not prevent the death of one of their loved ones, should
ask themselves why they are not preventing the death
of thousands of cells in their own bodies everyday. Our
consciousness continues independent of this process of
birth and death. We are immortal consciousness and
can never die.
Another good metaphor for God, or consciousness,
is the light of the movie projector. God is the pure
white light of the projector lamp. This pure white light
passes through the film and projects form and colour.
If the image on that section of the film has thousands of
people and animals on it, then the white light which is
God appears like thousands of people and animals on
the screen which we see. Are there really all these beings, or is there only the illusion of all these beings
which is created by the one pure light passing through
the film? In the same way, God is the divine light or
consciousness which, when it passes through the
causal body, or the morphogenetic field of the universal soul, becomes expressed as the world that we
know. As that consciousness flows through the causal
body of each individual being, it creates the mental, energy and physical body of that being as a projection on
earth. In this sense, as it is said in the Bhagavad Gita,
all hands, all feet are His. Thus God is both unmanifest
and manifest. In this example, God is light. The pure
white light, before passing through the film, is His unmanifest nature, and after it passes through the film
(the causal-mental aspect), the rays are now coloured
and broken. This is our astral and energy nature. When
the light falls upon the screen it creates specific images.
Thus God is pure consciousness, thought, energy and
matter. All these are various aspects of the one consciousness expressing itself in varying densities and vibrations.
If we interfere with the screen or the light flowing
towards the screen, there may seem to be a catastrophe
on the screen (the material world) but this divine consciousness, which is the only permanent reality here, is
unaffected. If there is no light, there are no images. If
there are images, there must be light. Thus there can be
no image that is not a projection of the one light. There
can be no object, being or situation which is not a projection of the one divine consciousness.
STEAM - WATER - ICE

Another metaphor which might be helpful to some
is that of the three states of water: gas, liquid and solid.
Steam is without form or limitation. It is like the un-
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manifest. As it is cooled, it starts to become more dense

and forms a liquid which has less degree of freedom,
but is still a flowing medium. We have the same substance in two different forms. The state of steam may
be related to the state of consciousness. Thus consciousness becomes more concrete taking the form of
thought, feelings and energy. If we cool it even more
in various molds, each having a different shape, we
then will get different looking forms of ice which have
no fluidity or freedom of movement. That one invisible
gas has now become separate, different-looking blocks
of ice. In the same way the one divine consciousness
manifests itself as what seem to be trillions of separate,
different and unrelated objects and beings, which occupy our world. All those blocks of ice are in reality simply H2O, the same essence which was previously expressing itself as a liquid and gas, in which all blocks of
ice were existent and united. Thus, all material objects,
including our bodies, are Divine Essence in solid
form. All thoughts, feelings and energies are Divine
Essence in liquid form. This does not mean that God
is limited to any particular object. We must avoid the
tendency to limit God to forms, which we have been
conditioned to consider more holy than others, such as
icons, statues, churches, temples, or holy men. All of
these can serve as focal points which help us emotionally and mentally to tune in to the omnipresent essence
of God, but God is equally everywhere, and we limit
Him by seeing Him only in the icon or holy man. This
reminds me of the story of the wondering monk who
stopped near a temple and sat under a tree to eat an orange and rest. Soon he saw a priest running towards
him from the temple, shouting at him, shame on you
for sitting with your legs outstretched towards the temple and your feet towards God. The monk looked at
him sincerely in the eyes and answered, yes my brother, I agree, but please help me and show me where
God is not, so that I can stretch my legs in that direction.
Let us try the phrase heading this chapter, to start
seeing God everywhere, including within ourselves.
THE SEA AND THE WAVE

This is an ancient Eastern metaphor for relating
man to God. Man is like the wave. God, the universal
consciousness, is the sea. The wave is simply a temporary manifestation of the sea. It is the sea itself which
has taken a separate form for a short period of time.
That form then dissolves and again becomes a part of
the sea. Both the sea and the wave are water. Man is a
temporary manifested part of God. We tend to identify
with the wave aspect, the body and personality, and
feel separate from God (the sea) and other beings
(waves). In our feelings of separateness, we feel inse-
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cure and vulnerable. We then create various defence

mechanisms which cause us to feel even more separate
and alone in the world. Realising that we are simply
temporary manifestations of a part of the one universal
consciousness will help us to feel greater unity with all
beings and God.
THE SUN AND ITS MANY REFLECTIONS

Another example is that of the sun whose light is reflected in thousands of different containers of water,
appearing to be separate in each one. The reflection in
each body of water appears to differ, depending on the
depth, the colour, the quantity of various particles, the
movement and various other aspects of the water, but
the real sun, which is being reflected, is one and the
same. There are not a thousand different suns as there
appear to be in the thousand reflections. There is only
one sun that appears to be reflecting differently in each
container. In the same way, the one divine consciousness appears to reflect differently through each causal
body and creates the impression of there being many
separate and unrelated beings, whereas one light is the
reality in all those different reflections.
THE CENTER AND THE SPOKES

Imagine a center from which many spokes are radiating outward. The further outward these spokes or
rays move, the more the distance between them. As we
move towards the center, the rays converge. The center
is God, the universal consciousness. We are each a ray
flowing outward from that center. As we move towards the superficial aspects of our being, which is our
body, and are at the point furthest from the center,
there is a greater distance between us and the other
rays. As we move towards the center of our
being,which is the same center for all spokes, we come
to our more subtle bodies such as our energy body,
mental body, higher intellect and causal body. As we
move inwards, the distance between our ray and the
other rays decreases. When we arrive at the center of
our being from which we originated, we arrive simultaneously at the center of all rays. The center of our being is the center of all beings, God. Thus God is in every being we see. We can see Him better if we look
beyond the body, appearance, personality, to that
which lies beyond them. In order to do this we will
have to practise looking into the center of our own being. This means that we will have to learn to meditate
and transcend the identification with the body and
mind and experience that which we are, when we are
not a body or a personality. Then we will be able to
perceive the same essence in others.
There are many other such examples which we
could give. Perhaps these suffice for now. Others have
been given and will be given in other chapters. The following technique will help us to bring this truth of
Gods omnipresence into our daily experience.
Many times each hour (at least twice), remember to
look around you and mentally repeat as you perceive
each object, GOD IS IN THIS______. Every time your
eyes fall on any object or being, repeat impartially that
GOD IS IN THIS________.Do not avoid repeating it
for any particular thing, no matter how negative it may
appear to you, and do not focus more on any particular
object either, unless you have difficulty in seeing the
divinity in that.
In addition to that, stop for two minutes 5 or 6 times
a day and close your eyes and observe your various
thoughts. With each thought, repeat the phrase:GOD IS
IN THIS THOUGHT ABOUT______. GOD IS IN MY
MIND. Do this for all thoughts independently of
whether they seem positive or negative to you. Do not
be the judge as to where God is. He is everywhere.
Do not forget to include yourself in repeating this
phrase. Try it now.
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CHAPTER XXII
MY MIND IS A PART OF GOD S I AM DIVINE
here is one universal consciousness which is the

consciousness in all beings. Thus every mind is
a part of this Divine Consciousness and, in this
way, every mind is a part of Gods universal mind.
When any mind is in its pure state, it is divine.
In previous chapters, we discussed how each and
every being is a projection of the one universal consciousness. We have also given a diagram and explanation in chapter nine, which is a useful model for understanding this somewhat inconceivable truth. Let us
assume that this is true. In this case, every mind is simply a somewhat deformed lens, through which the consciousness of God is being somewhat limited, and
transformed or projected as specific thoughts, emotions, energies and eventually, as the physical body.
The body is a creation of divine consciousness which is
passing through the mind and taking on a specific
form.
Because God is divine and pure, the mind is, in its
pure state, an instrument of the divine. That is the true
condition of the mind. The problem is that we have confused the contents of the mind with the mind itself. There
is a great difference. It is like a glass jar in which we
can put strawberries, beer, water, urine, mud, gold,
pure air or even nothing (a vacuum). The jar is one and
the same; it is not defined or changed by these various
contents. We have been confusing the mind, which is a
pure and holy instrument of the divine, with the various thoughts, emotions, concepts and states which constantly flow through it. Because many of these contents
are based on our social conditioning and our ignorance
of our true nature, they tend to be pessimistic and negative. For this reason, it may be difficult for many to
believe that their mind is an instrument of the Divine
Mind.
We therefore have to exercise discrimination between our mind and the contents of our minds. The
practice of meditation is a tremendous help in this effort. In meditation, we are able to get free of the identification with our body and experience our true mind,
which is free of thoughts, limitations and the sense of
self. This is truly a wonderful and blissful experience,
which every soul has the right to enjoy, but one must
work for it, either through meditation or prayer. These
are the main ways in which it can be achieved. No matter how much we read, or how much knowledge we
have stored up in that tiny brain of ours, we will not
experience that bliss and peace, that we are looking for,
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until we learn to empty our minds in meditation, or attract divine grace through constant prayer.
In these two ways, we can unite our personal mind
to the universal mind and experience its divinity. Until
then, it will be useful to repeat this phrase, MY MIND
IS A PART OF GODS. I AM DIVINE. This will help
us to realise this truth at least mentally and emotionally until some day we can experience it as a reality.
This may seem like blasphemy to some who have
been taught that we are sinners and that we do not
have any right to identify with God, that we are not
worthy of contact with God. I believe that this may
have been a useful concept at some point in mans collective evolution, but it cannot be the truth. There are
so many statements in all spiritual texts, including the
Bible, in which mans divinity and unity with God are
verified. The kingdom of heaven is within you, The
body is the temple of the living God. When we identify with this pure part of ourselves, we are much more
likely to act according to those feelings of purity. If we
create sinner-consciousness within ourselves by repeating over and over, I am a sinner, (consciously or
subconsciously), our actions will reflect that state of being identified with sin. This is the reason why Christ
incarnated, to give us the good news that God is ready
to forget and erase any mistakes (sins) which anyone
has made, if he sincerely sees his mistake, asks for forgiveness and tries sincerely not to repeat it. Even if he
repeats it, God is willing to give him another chance.
When Peter asked Christ, How many times must we
forgive someone who transgresses against us, 7 times?
Christ answered, No, seven times seventy times.
That means that Christ expected Peter, a man, to forgive 7 x 70 = 490 times. How many times then is God,
the divine consciousness who is all love, ready to forgive?
Let us let go of all these mistaken ideas of sinfulness
and unworthiness. God is living within us. God is the
universal consciousness which is living through us and
all other beings.
We may think, I am weak, or I am strong, I am depressed, or happy, or peaceful, tired or full of energy,
evil or virtuous. All these describe only the temporary
states which are flowing through the divine vessel of
the mind, just as many types of fluids, pleasant and unpleasant, can flow through a pipe. They are not a part
of the pipe. If there are negative thoughts, or selfish
thoughts, passing through our minds, that is because
our minds have learned from youth to function in this

way. It does not mean that we are evil. It means that
we have not evolved yet to the level of wisdom, love
and self-control, which is necessary, in order to be able
to control the contents of our minds. There are no evil
minds; there are negative thoughts based on ignorance
and lack of spiritual development. It is a matter of time
and effort, not a matter of our inner worth. There is absolutely no reason to reject ourselves, or anyone else,
because of their, or our, occasional inability to have
pure and loving thoughts. We simply need to realise
that these thoughts do not help us, do not protect us
and are not in our real interests. We need to make a
greater effort to find the inner security and self-acceptance, which are required in order to be more loving in
all situations. When we reject ourselves as sinners, then
we feel neither secure nor worthy enough for self-acceptance or self-affirmation; we are unable to love ourselves and unable to love and accept others or feel unity with them. Thus the belief that we are sinners, or
that our minds are not pure, creates exactly the opposite effect of that which we want. Affirming our purity
and our connection to God on the other hand, helps us
to feel good, clean, loving and united to all those
around us.
This is the psychology behind the ritual of confession, repentance and holy communion. Through these
sacraments, we bring to our conscious mind anything
which we may feel guilty about, anything which may
be causing us to feel separate from God or others, or
anything which may make us feel unworthy of Gods
grace and the wonderful life which that brings. We express whatever may be burdening our soul. Thus we
make a firm resolve to avoid this kind of behaviour, or
such thoughts in the future. Some prayers, or selfless
activity, may be given us to be performed as a means of
purification, to connect us again to God and give us the
feeling that, in some way, we have paid for these mistakes. Then we are ready to receive the Holy Communion, which means that we are re-entering the state of
grace. This is a wonderful opportunity for all men and
women to regain that state of feeling at one with God.
This is the whole purpose of life, returning to God. It is
the meaning of the word religion. Re means again
and ligion comes from the Latin word ligere which
means to link, or unite. Thus religion is that which
helps man to relink or reunite himself with his real Self
- God.
As man evolves, his understanding of himself and
his relationship with the universal being also evolves.
Now we are being asked to realise that the being,
which we really are, is continually in a state of grace.
That we are, in truth, at this moment linked to God and
that we can never be separated, for there is no other
source of existence. Since we exist, we are connected to

the source of existence, the Universal Being - God.
Thus our thoughts may be negative and based on the
world of opposites and duality, but our real self and
our mind, which is the container of those thoughts, is
pure, just as the pipe through which various fluids
flow maintains its separateness from, and is unaffected
by, the various fluids which pass through it.
CLEANING OUT THE PIPE

Although it is true that, independently of whatever
we have in our minds, our consciousness remains pure
and united with God, it is much easier to realise this
and to become much more effective instruments for the
flow of Divine Energy when we purify the contents of
our minds. This can be done by purifying everything
which we take into our being and all that flows out of
our being. Eating pure natural foods will help purify
our thoughts and feelings. This has been proved by
millions of people who have changed their diets and
experienced the different type of consciousness which
was created. Meat, fish and poultry should be avoided
by those who want to experience the purity of their
minds. It is no coincidence that even religions, which
allow meat consumption, forbid its use for a considerable period of time before major religious feasts. This
was done because the fathers of all religions were well
aware that animal meat lowers the quality of thought,
emotion and vibration of an individual. Purifying the
body before religious events allows the participants to
experience their oneness with God more intensely.
The body can also be purified through physical exercise and breathing techniques. These have a powerful
effect on the contents of the mind. The mind is made
much more positive and clear. Deep relaxation techniques, performed on a daily basis, help to remove the
accumulating tensions, which cause the mind to get
locked into negative thinking patterns. Prayer and
meditation, as mentioned earlier, are essential for anyone who wants to experience the full potential of his
mind.
Self-analysis is also a useful tool in recognising the
various destructive patterns of the mind and their origins. Then through the application of affirmations, and
the study of spiritual truths, one can free oneself from
these selfundermining thought patterns.
All this, performed together with the simple techniques presented in this book, will guide one swiftly
and smoothly upward in his search for love, peace,
wisdom, unity and God. We must make every attempt
to be regular in the practice of these techniques and in
the remembrance of these truths. When, however, we
forget or fail, let us not reject ourselves or feel that we
are unable to succeed. This is natural in any effort, and
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especially true in spiritual effort. Progress will not always be steady; there will be difficulties which will
throw us back into negative ways of thinking and acting. A common mistake on the part of many spiritual
aspirants is that they lose faith in themselves and believe that they havent made any progress. This is not
true at all. We are always making progress. These temporary setbacks are there to show us where we need to
work a little more, where our weaknesses are. We cannot expect in a few months or years to completely transcend a tendency, which we have been developing for
30, 40 or even hundreds of years, in our series of incarnations.
Let us make the best effort that we can, all the while
accepting and loving ourselves and remembering that
we are a part of God, that we are good and worthy. Let
us remember simultaneously that we are in a state of
evolution, which means that no matter how good we
are, there is room for improvement until we become totally enlightened. Let us work steadily at this process
of purifying our minds, emotions and body so that we
may manifest every day more and more peace, love
and wisdom for those around us. Let us open up our
creative flow and become springs in the spiritual
desert, where thirsty people can come and drink in
comfort, understanding, acceptance, clarity, happiness,
peace and love. Let us realise that we are instruments
of God and pray to become more and more pure instruments every day. This will happen.
When you pray or meditate, start off with this small
communication with God, as you feel or imagine God.
God, I place myself in Your hands. Change me in any
way which is suitable to Your plan. Remove from my
character anything which is not in line with Your will.
Add to me whatever is missing so that I may more fully express Your love, wisdom and peace through my
thoughts, words and deeds.
TECHNIQUE
The technique for this week is to repeat mentally
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many times a day, MY MIND IS A PART OF GODS. I

AM DIVINE. This can be done a few times with the
eyes open, every half hour.
In addition to this, stop another 4 or 5 times a day
for the following technique. Close your eyes and repeat
three times the phrase, MY MIND IS A PART OF
GODS. I AM DIVINE. Then open your eyes and look
around you. Every time your eyes focus on a particular
object or being, then repeat, MY LOVE ESSENCE ENVELOPES AND BLESSES THAT rug, wall, person,
dog, plant, car, tree, etc. Do not choose specific things
to bless, bless everything impartially. Do not avoid blessing anything.
Then close your eyes again and bring various people and situations to your mind, focusing on each as
you repeat the phrase, MY LOVE ESSENCE ENVELOPES AND BLESSES this person or that situation. Bless whoever or whatever comes into your
mind, without discrimination.
Do this extra times for specific persons or situations
which annoy you. Bless them and surround them with
light and love. You will be astounded by the miracles,
which will start to take place before your eyes. Whenever you are in danger, bless the source of danger, bless yourself and all others involved.
Each may imagine this process of blessing in a different way. It is totally up to you. Some imagine a light
surrounding that which they bless. Others may make
the sign of the cross mentally. Others may imagine a
circle or oval of light enveloping that which is being blessed. Another may prefer to imagine some spiritual
ideal such as Christ, or Mary, or some Prophet or Saint
blessing the person. It doesnt matter, it is the thought
and motive and love which release the divine power
which flows into that situation.
Dont forget to bless your own body frequently. It likes
being blessed.
CHAPTER XXIII
THERE IS NOTHING MY DIVINITY CANNOT DO
an is Gods instrument on earth. There is

nothing he cannot do if he aligns himself
with his Divine Source. Our power is divine
energy and there is nothing it cannot do when it is in
harmony with the Divine Plan.
My mind is an instrument of the Divine; this was
the phrase used in the previous chapter. Also, My
mind is a part of Gods. These two truths lead us now
to the basic secret of the MIRACLES OF LOVE AND
WISDOM. We are all capable of miracles, because we
are instruments of the Divine Consciousness on the
material level. A miracle is something that happens
which is beyond our understanding. A miracle transcends the laws of physics as we now know them.
When we are eventually familiar with all the laws of
nature, and realise that all is created and destroyed,
formed and transformed by the one Universal Consciousness, it will be very easy for us to understand
how the mind, which is an instrument of that consciousness, is able to make any changes it likes in the
material world around it. For now, we will call those
changes, which we cannot understand, miracles. However, they are not really miracles, but rather the natural
functioning of the law that consciousness creates,
forms and transforms energy and matter. Consciousness is the power behind the universe which it is sustaining. Our minds are small channels, through which
that universal consciousness is flowing. When these
channels are cleared of their misconceptions, attachments, fears and other limiting beliefs, they are able to
direct enough of this all-powerful energy so as to create such changes which we call miracles.
Many God-men and saints have manifested this
power and have used this energy to help people and
show the power of God, so that people would believe.
Christ used his miraculous abilities to help people believe in God and change their ways. His disciples, and
various saints who followed, did the same. Sathya Sai
Baba, who lives in India today, performs many such
miracles every day before thousands of people. Their
faith is increased so that they too can, one day, raise
themselves to the level of being more pure channels of
divine energy on earth and thus improve the general
quality of life for all beings.
A MATTER OF CONSISTENCY
In order for one to get in touch with his Divine Nature, one must clean out and align ones connection to
the Divine within. It is like being a well which has a

connection to the Divine Lake within, but the level of
the lake has dropped and the well has become blocked
up with various debris. The process is one of simultaneously raising the level of the lake water within the
well through exercise, breathing, pure food, prayer and
meditation, and on the other hand, cleaning up the debris through self-analysis and life-style changes.
It is basically a matter of consistency between our
higher intellect (our conscience) and our thoughts,
words and actions. When all our thoughts and movements are in harmony with our conscience and the
highest spiritual ideas within us, then we will have
aligned all the connecting links in the pipeline of our
being so that this divine energy can flow. When there is
conflict between what we believe and our way of
thinking and acting, then it is difficult for this energy to
flow freely. At some conscious or subconscious level it
will get blocked. The basic principle, which must be
followed in all cases, in order to be in harmony with
the law, is, Do unto others only what you would like
others to do to you. We have heard this so many times
that we are not aware of the great power which exists
in this one simple principle. Because we are the other,
whatever we are doing to him, we are actually doing to
ourselves. In this way, how can we be in harmony with
ourselves when we are harming ourselves through the
forms of others.
Let us attend to this process of cleaning out the various sections of our pipeline to the Divine Source
through all the techniques mentioned above and, most
importantly, by being very careful that all our
thoughts, words and actions are in harmony with our
conscience.
MY HOLINESS IS MY SALVATION
What do we mean by the word holiness? What is
holy? We usually use this word to describe something
which serves as a connecting link, or a channel, for
communication between the physical and spiritual. We
infer something, which is somehow beyond the physical plane, but is still in contact with it and serves as a
channel for the flow of divine energies into our physical reality. We talk about holy places such as churches,
temples and places in nature where there is evidence of
greater spiritual energy flowing. This evidence may be
in the form of healings, or visions, moving icons, or
other miraculous phenomena which take place there.
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Or this greater spiritual essence may be felt as a greater

clarity in prayer and meditation. In these places we
generally feel a stronger contact with God and the
higher energies within us.
We also speak about holy words, or phrases, such as

mantras or specific prayers which, when repeated, put
us in contact with specific spiritual powers. We consider the name of Christ or Mary or Krishna or Rama to be
holy names which, when used, call forth the power of
those beings into the situation at hand. We speak too of
holy people, such as priests, saints, gurus or spiritual
teachers, or, in some cases, simple pure people, in the
presence of whom we feel greater peace, clarity and
contact with the good and spiritual within ourselves.
Their presence and lives are examples for us, which
give us the encouragement needed to discover our own
holiness.
Thus, that which is holy is that which is connected
to both its spiritual source and the gross material
world. That is exactly what we all are. We are all immortal souls, ever connected to our divine source, God,
and simultaneously connected to these bodies, which
are our temporary instruments for expression here on
earth. Each of us then is a channel between the spiritual and material world; each of us is divine and holy. If
our thoughts, words and actions are not in line with
our principles, that simply means that the pipeline is
clogged up, not that it does not exist. Our divinity is always there, even if it is hidden under layers of fears
and habits. A white light bulb remains white even if
covered with layer after layer of coloured cellophane.
We may change the colour of the light coming through
to red, green, yellow or blue, and if we put enough layers we may block out the light altogether, but the light
is there, as powerful and as pure white as ever. The
same is true of the light of our inner consciousness. It is
always shining and waiting for expression. When we
remove the various layers which have obscured it,
through applying the techniques mentioned, it will
shine forth brightly as pure divinity. This is the goal of
our lives. To come in contact with the Divine within
ourselves and to let it flow into the world in the form of
love, peace, wisdom and service. This is something like
the wells we mentioned earlier. Once we have raised
the level of divine water and have cleaned out the debris, the next step is to pump the water up onto the
fields around us so that a paradise can be formed in
our vicinity. We are all co-creators of the world in
which we live and it is our purpose in life to make it
peaceful, harmonious and productive.
CO-CREATORS OF THIS WORLD
Man is a truly wonderful being. It is incredible what
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he has done with his mind and his power. From the
pyramids of Egypt and South America to the satellites
and computers of today, from the paintings of Michaelangelo to the music of Beethoven (not to limit that
which is wonderful only to these few things mentioned; the list is endless). Man has created civilisations, which we are not even aware of, as well as arts,
sciences, philosophies, religions, political systems, cities, transportation systems and everything else on
this earth which is not a pure product of nature. But
man is part of nature. Just as a bridge created by
beavers is considered natural, so is a bridge created by
man. Just as the songs of the birds are products of nature, so are the songs of man. Man is an instrument of
nature just as all other beings are. He is, however, a
self-conscious aspect of nature, who can look at himself, observe himself and correct himself. He is also, to
some extent, more free, than the other beings in nature,
to flow with the general laws of nature or to ignore
them. Many times men all over the world ignore the
simple laws of nature and act egotistically and at the
expense of the whole, creating great imbalances in the
forces of nature. These actions all have their reaction
and man is paying for them today in the forms of fires,
earthquakes, polluted air, water and food - all of which
are destroying his health and happiness.
This freedom to live and work in harmony with nature, or not, was necessary in order for man to make
these mistakes and learn from them, so that he could
then become a conscious and willing abider of the divine law. All the other species are following the law
because they have no conscious choice. Men and women all over the world today, who have learned from
their mistakes, are choosing to consciously and willingly become instruments of the divine plan here on earth.
They are giving up their needs for personal riches and
accumulation of material objects. They are letting go of
the need for affirmation, through fame and social success, and they are dedicating their lives to getting in
touch with the divinity within themselves and expressing it in their own unique way. Each is finding the way
in which he, or she, will offer a little more healing energy to the world. Each is caring more for others who
need help. Each is seeking to become a transformer of
spiritual energy into useful actions, which better the
quality of life in the ambient society. Just as the planets
absorb the energy of the sun and transform it into useful sugars and starches, amino acids, proteins and oils
in the fruits, vegetables and grains which we eat, these
beings absorb spiritual energy through their prayer
and meditation and loving connection with God and
all beings, and then transform this energy into actions
which raise the level of consciousness of the beings
around them.
You who are reading this book are one such person.
If you have not yet realised this, you soon will. You
will begin to desire it. If you havent already, you will
soon begin to desire to be a useful instrument in the divine plan here on earth. You will begin to realise that
the greatest happiness is to fulfill this role, however it
may manifest for you, for each will serve and help in
his own way. When you feel this desire, pray to be
used, to be a pure instrument, which is always attuned
to the guiding voice of the Master who is using this instrument. Pray to be free of ego and ignorance and to
be a source of light and love to all who come in contact
with you. You are capable of this. You are divine. You
are the universal consciousness in all beings.
Together we are creating the reality which we are
experiencing. Together we must transform it into
something more harmonious, more joyful. For this reason, it is useful for us to join with others who have the
same goals and beliefs. Our own personal transformation will be much facilitated. There will be less chance
of getting caught up in some of the traps on the spiritual path, especially the trap of spiritual ego, which occurs more often when we work alone. Also, our efforts
on the practical, social level will be much more productive if we are many and united.
We are divine essence temporarily manifesting itself in these bodies; let us remember that when we feel
tired, weak, unable, fearful, incapable, hurt, bitter or
upset. Nothing can stop us. There is nothing our divinity cannot do, if we do not block it with doubt and
limiting beliefs. We are each a hole in the curtain of the
material world through which divine light is flowing.
Let that light flow. Do not get caught up in thoughts of
weakness or hopelessness. There is nothing your divinity cannot do. Start to repeat this frequently in relation
to various situations, which you would like to change
for the better. Remember, however, that divinity, or
holiness, can never function towards the harm of any
being. Holiness by its very definition is that which affects the whole in such a way that all benefit. Thus, the
divine consciousness within us will not make miracles
which are only for our personal satisfaction or for control over others. Our higher mind will decide, in each
case or problem, what is best for the whole, for there is
only One Being which is expressing itself through all
these forms. We are one collective consciousness. It is
impossible for that divine power to harm any aspect of
its own being, thus we can have faith that all we need
to do is let our love consciousness envelop any situation to do its work, without our programmed mind intervening and deciding on what results this blessing
should bring about. It is best not to specifically imagine
what we would like to happen, but simply to bless
each situation and let our divine consciousness mani-
fest the results, which are best for us and all beings
concerned. In some cases, and especially until our spiritual sight is restored, it may seem that our divinity is
not manifesting itself, or that it is making mistakes.
This is not the case; it is simply that we have a specific
idea in our mind as to what the best solution for this
situation would be, but that idea is the result of our
limited and distorted view of things. Trust in your spiritual power. Bless every situation and, sooner or later,
you will see that everything is perfect. There are no
mistakes.
The power of God is flowing through all, independently of how much it shows. The same current of electricity is flowing through all wires, independently of
whether one bulb can transform it into 200 watts of
light or only 25 watts. The power available to each bulb
is the same. Each person has the same potential connection to this God power. It is our job to increase the
amount of flow that we can manifest. This will be done
through our regular employment of the various spiritual practices. The following technique, in conjunction
with your spiritual practices, will expedite this process.
TECHNIQUE
Here we have four sessions of five minutes each to
practice daily. Sit with spine straight and eyes closed
and repeat this phrase silently a number of times,
THERE IS NOTHING MY DIVINITY CANNOT DO.
Then bring to your mind various problems or situations which concern you. Focus on each one separately
and for each, repeat, IN THE SITUATION INVOLVING_______ IN WHICH I SEE MYSELF, THERE IS
NOTHING MY DIVINITY CANNOT DO, BECAUSE
THE POWER OF GOD LIES WITHIN IT.
You may choose to use the third person in expressing this, for example, IN THE SITUATION INVOLVING (here you place the theme) IN WHICH (here you
place your name) SEES HIMSELF/ HERSELF, THERE
IS NOTHING WHICH HIS/HER DIVINITY CANNOT
DO, BECAUSE THE POWER OF GOD LIES WITHIN
HIM/HER.
Or you may prefer the first person plural, since
there is only one universal consciousness which is
flowing through all beings. IN THE SITUATION INVOLVING _______ IN WHICH WE SEE OURSELVES,
THERE IS NOTHING WHICH OUR DIVINITY CANNOT DO BECAUSE THE POWER OF GOD LIES
WITHIN US.
Use the phrase which suits you four times a day for
about five minutes, focusing on the situations which
are concerning you. Use your own wording if you find
it more effective. Do not dictate what your blessing
must do. Do not make any distinction between your
problems, or the problems of others, or of the society,
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or of all humanity. There is one being and one problem

and one divine consciousness. Let your light and love
flow into all situations and affirm that there is no power greater than your blessing, for it is an expression of
the creative power of the universe.
Apart from these four periods of more intense concentration, remember frequently, throughout the day,
to bless the various beings with whom you come into
contact. Let this be a mental process without external
manifestation. No one should be aware of what you are
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doing. Bless your friends, family, your food, strangers

and even people who create problems for you or hurt
you.
Do not forget to bless your mind and your body frequently. Do this for at least one week before going on
to the next chapter.
CHAPTER XXIV
I AM A BLESSED CHILD OF GOD
The parents whom we know in this life are simply

the physical vehicles, through which we were able to
take this temporary form and who sustained it during
the first years of our lives. Our real creator, our real
parent - Mother and Father, is God.
These bodies and personalities, which we observe
and identify with, are manifestations of the One Universal Consciousness, which we call God. In this sense,
we are creations of God. We are offspring of God. We
are children of God. This metaphor of God, the Father,
was used many times by Christ in his parables. In all
religions of the world, God is looked to as Father, or
Mother, or both. This is natural since a parent creates a
child and God creates us. Or, if you like, the God within us creates that which we think we are. Or, even better, the Divine Consciousness which we are creates
these bodies and personalities with which we identify.
As long as we identify with the bodies, however, it is
useful to think of God as a loving and caring parent.
When we completely stop identifying with these bodies, then we will not need to relate to God in this way.
What do we mean by not identifying with the
body? We mean that we are no longer affected by any
of the desires of the body. We do not know what discomfort means, or fear. We are not focused on the sex
of an individual. We are not attracted or repulsed by
anything. We need only a minimum of food, air and
water - nothing else. Few of us have arrived at this state for we are still identified with our body. It limits us
and thus we still have much to gain by relating to God
as a parent, who is caring for our needs and is protecting us. We are blessed by His love and powers.
A child is sustained by his parents. We are sustained by the universal omnipresent consciousness. A
child is an expression of the parents; we are expressions of God. A child will become like the parents and
will inherit whatever they have; we too will become divine and will inherit all those divine qualities.
Whatever is divine is within us. All divine
powers and qualities, such as unconditional universal
love, deep unwavering peace, invincible strength, spiritual power to perform miracles, immortality, divine
wisdom and every other quality which we associate
with the divine, are waiting within us to be developed
as we mature into the spiritual beings which we really
are. The adult already exists in the child just waiting to
become manifest. The divine already exists within us
just waiting to express itself.
Let us remember often that our real parent is the universal being and that we are blessed and divine. This
will help us to act in accordance with our true high nature. Let us repeat many times each day in all situations, I AM A BLESSED CHILD OF GOD. I AM HAPPY, PEACEFUL, LOVING AND CONTENT. I AM
CALM, QUIET, ASSURED AND CONFIDENT. I
SPREAD LIGHT AND LOVE TO THOSE AROUND
ME. I DESERVE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. I LOVE
ALL BEINGS REGARDLESS OF THEIR APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOUR. I AM IN HARMONY
WITH THE UNIVERSE.
Make up your own phrases, which express the specific qualities which you want to cultivate each day.
You may prefer to express the phrase in the first person
plural, WE ARE ALL BLESSED CHILDREN OF GOD.
WE ARE LOVING, PEACEFUL, HAPPY, HEALTHY
AND IN HARMONY WITH THE UNIVERSE. Repeat
these phrases silently many times each hour of every
day.
Be creative in your use of these affirmations and be
regular. Make signs and notes for yourself and place
them around the house, in the car and at your place of
work. Make a cassette with these truths recorded on it
and play it to yourself in deep relaxation, or just before
you wake up in the morning (with the help of a time
switch which will start the cassette player). Be creative
and resourceful in your attempt to liberate your mind
from its false and limited programming.
We are all children of God. We are brothers and sisters. We are one family. Let us try to feel that and act in
that way. Let us care for the problems of our brothers
and sisters, no matter what their colour, religion, nationality or political affiliation. Let us overcome all
these superficial factors which separate us and realise
that, beneath the various clothings and appearances,
we are all the same. We are all afraid; we all lack security and self-affirmation. We all want to be loved and
to love. We want to belong; we want to feel that we are
recognised, respected and cared for. We want to be on
friendly terms with everyone. We want harmony; we
want peace; we want to be creative and useful. We
want to help; we want to be part of the universal family of humanity. We want to be close to God and we
want knowledge of our true self. We want to be liberated from this sense of limitation and vulnerability. We
want to grow into our real Divine Self.
Let us take brave steps forward. Let us break free
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from fear and social conditioning. Let us be the first

who give up fear of rejection and willingly offer our
hands and hearts in love to others. Let us let go of our
economic insecurity and dedicate our lives, in our own
unique way, to the service of those who have need. We
will be cared for, we will not go without food or shelter. We will be happy and fulfilled.
Let us see ourselves and others as BLESSED CHILDREN OF GOD, all of whom deserve to live harmoniously together in love, peace and happiness. YOU
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ARE A BLESSED CHILD OF GOD. Nothing can harm

you. Nothing can stop you. Love is your vehicle. Wisdom is your guide. Proceed! And if anyone asks where
you are going, invite him along.
Focus on and mentally repeat this truth many times
a day for about a week before you proceed to the next
chapter.
CHAPTER XXV
GOD IS WHEREVER I AM
an you go somewhere where God is not? Can

you step out of the universe? Can you step out
of the omnipresent universal consciousness? Since you are that universal consciousness, it would be
impossible. Hence, wherever you are, God is there.
All human problems exist because of the ignorance
of one basic truth - that everything is God and that God
is everywhere. Nothing that exists on the physical, emotional, mental, astral or spiritual planes can have
any other origin but the One Universal Consciousness.
No matter where you go in this universe, you cannot
find a place which is not permeated by the One Universal Consciousness. This includes your own body
and mind. You are carrying God around with you;
wherever you go, He is there within you. Wherever
you go, He is there because He is everywhere and thus,
already there.
So why all this fear, worry, suffering and creation of
problems. It is all a waste of time. Why worry about
our children, can they go somewhere where God is
not? Is God not the real self of their being which is
guiding them through life? They may need occasional
help of some kind, or advice, or even some type of restraint on rare occasions, but worry never solved any
problem and never helped anyone. Action helps and
effort solves problems, but fear and worry are ineffective and destructive human habits, which undermine
the happiness of all concerned.
What about loneliness? How can we be lonely when
God is always there with us wherever we go, unless we
ignore His existence and ability to fulfil our every
need. Loneliness is a result of ignorance and fear,
which makes us close into ourselves and be over-selective in our contact with people for various reasons.
There are millions of other beings who are thirsty for
real human contact. Reach out your hand in real love,
and loneliness will disappear.
What about resentment, anger, revenge, jealousy
and other negative feelings? Towards whom should
we have these feelings? Towards those who have
harmed us? Who are they? Manifestations of the One
Universal Consciousness - God. Thus my anger, jealousy and revenge is directed towards God. Where can
I direct it where God is not? If I hold it in, God is also
within me and again I am directing it towards God. Since wherever we express these emotions God will be
the recipient, it is best simply to consciously offer these
emotions directly to God as a sacrifice. In this way,
they will be absorbed by the universal consciousness

and will not affect the various vehicles - ours or others.
After offering up such emotions a few times, we will
begin to realise that there is no other who is doing anything to us, but rather, everything that happens to us is
part of a divine plan to wake us up. Thus we are freed
from such emotions. We have exactly what we need, at
each and every moment, to be happy and proceed in
our spiritual development. That does not mean that we
must allow people to do whatever they like to us or
others. We definitely have the right, and the duty, to
protect the law of justice and correct human behaviour,
but without anger, jealousy, bitterness or revenge.
IF GOD IS EVERYWHERE,
WHY DONT I FEEL HIM ?
The atmosphere in which you are now sitting, as
you read this book, is full of radio and TV waves from
all over the world. If you had a radio and turned it on,
you would be amazed at how many different vibrational realities there are in that one space in which
you are sitting. If you have shortwave bands, then you
can pick up realities which are coming from New York, London, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Sydney. Yet at
this moment, without the radio, you do not perceive
anything whatsoever of these realities. The universal
consciousness is much more subtle than these subtle
radio waves; these are very gross in comparison to this
consciousness, which is more subtle than any form of
energy known to man.
At this moment you are travelling in an easterly direction at about 1000 miles an hour as the earth spins
on its axis. At the same time, you are travelling around
the sun at a velocity of about 66,000 miles, as the earth
revolves around the sun (even though it seems that the
sun is moving around us). You are also moving around
the centre of the galaxy at a speed of 500,000 miles an
hour, as the whole solar system revolves around the
centre of the galaxy. This galaxy is, at the same time,
speeding, through space, away from other galaxies at
velocities approaching, and in some cases exceeding,
the speed of light. In other words, you are speeding
through space at incredible velocities. Are you aware
of this? Or does it seem as though you are sitting still
as you read this book? Obviously our senses are not
very sharp. How could such dull senses perceive such
a subtle reality as God?
Until we evolve to a state of inner enlightenment, in
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which we transcend these limited external senses, we

will not be able to perceive directly the presence of
God within us and around us. But there are many
manifestations of this universal consciousness, which
help us to feel its presence. One obvious manifestation
is the whole material and energy universe which we
observe. It must have some creative and sustaining
source. Anyone who studies science cannot but be astonished by the intricate relationships, which exist between the various forces, objects and beings in this universe, which create the delicate balance of forces
enabling life to exist on this planet. There is obviously
some type of super-consciousness behind all this.
There is some organising energy, which is plainly obvious in every flower petal, pine cone, seed, tree, animal
and other being. The miracle of the human body,
which functions on its own, performing literally millions of functions each day, is for me a clear indication
of the presence of that universal, organising and sustaining intelligence in my body. If you look and want
to see, an ocean of evidence will appear before you,
pulsating with the proof of the omnipresent existence
of one unifying divine consciousness.
We cannot see the wind, but we can see the evidence of its presence through the movement of dust,
leaves, branches, the sound in our ears and the feeling
on our skin. The wind cannot be seen but we can see its
manifestations. There are also specific events called
coincidences or sychronicities, which appear to
unbelievers as chance events, which just seem to be related. Those who begin to see the truth realise that Einsteins theory of general relativity does not apply only
to objects, but also to beings and events. Everything in
the universe is related and connected through the
medium of universal consciousness and cosmic energy
which is a manifestation of that consciousness. Nothing is happening by chance. Nothing is unrelated to the
whole. The whole is God; everything is related to everything else through God.
WE CAN PURIFY OUR VISION

In order to see more clearly, we need to align the
various vehicles of seeing first. We need to clean out
the channel of perception, which means purifying and
aligning our actions, words, thoughts and beliefs with
our conscience. When we live in harmony with the basic laws of the universe, the presence of this universal
consciousness will become more and more apparent
wherever we are.
The second step is to make our mind and body
more harmonious. When the body and mind are at
peace, they perceive more clearly the reality around
them. When they are tired, nervous or upset, they distort the perception of reality. We can develop such har-
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mony and purity by regular practice of proper diet, exercises for the body and breath, deep relaxation, positive thought projection, prayer and meditation.
The third step is to reprogram our minds from our
old limited belief systems, in which we identify with
our bodies and personalities, so that we may eventually identify with our own true divine self. The various
questionnaires, which were presented in the beginning
of this book, will help you to realise which specific limiting thoughts must be overcome. The various spiritual
truths and phrases presented in the later chapters, if repeated as instructed, will then replace those limiting
beliefs with these new truths, which will open your
eyes to the truth of your divine nature and the divinity
of all things.
As we begin to see the truth, we will realise that all
things and beings are equally divine in their essence.
We will not limit God to churches or icons or special
holy places, but will begin to feel His presence in all
people and places. We will begin to radiate that purity
and peace which small children do. This vibration of
purity and non- violence will help others to let go of
defence mechanisms and egotistical tendencies. They
will approach us wanting contact and to open their
hearts. They too will want to liberate the child within
them. They too will want to feel God within themselves and everywhere they go. Its catching like a disease, this sense of ease. A sense of ease is just as contagious as disease.
Let us remember frequently every day, GOD IS
WHEREVER I GO, or, GOD IS WHEREVER I AM.
In this way, we remember that we have a friend. who
has the whole universe in His hands; a friend who is
all-powerful and all-loving; a friend who cannot stop
loving us, no matter how many sins, or, in other
words, mistakes we may make. He is always ready to
forgive and give us another chance. If we do not feel
His presence it is because we have cut ourselves off,
because we do not feel worthy or are simply not interested and not paying any attention to His presence. We
are probably too focused on the various sources of
pleasure and pain which surround us.
You can start your daily meditation with this
phrase, GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME, or, GOD IS
WITH ME, IN ME NOW. Imagine yourself performing your various activities, which you need to perform
that day, and doing them with a continual sense of the
presence of God within you, guiding you. Imagine
both simple and difficult activities, new ones and old
ones, pleasant ones and unpleasant ones. We want to
bring this awareness of the presence of God into every
moment. After imagining yourself functioning in life
with this continual awareness of God within and
around you, let your mind be empty and concentrate
on feeling the God essence within you. Do this for as

long as you like and let it lead you into your regular
meditation.
When a mothers child is ill in bed, she continues to
perform her various duties, but while she is working
the thought of her child never leaves her mind. In the
same way, we can function in life constantly having the
awareness of the presence of God in the back of our
minds. As we do this, we will radiate the presence of
the Divine wherever we go. People will relax; they will
feel better, think more clearly and the truth of their na-
ture will start to become apparent to them.

This is all a slow process which takes much patience, practice and perseverance, but there is no other
effort which we can make in life which is more worthwhile. It is the purpose for which we have incarnated;
it is the purpose for which we exist.
May that, which you really are, blossom forth, illuminating your life, and the lives of those around
you, with Miracles of Love and Wisdom.
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EPILOGUE
here do you go from here? Each individual

is unique and has a different way of proceeding on his spiritual path. On the other
hand, there are various techniques and systems, which
are generally useful to all, or at least to most. Some of
these are mentioned only in reference in this book
without explanation as to how they are actually performed. Among these are physical exercises (preferably yoga), breathing techniques, deep relaxation, positive projection techniques, prayer and meditation. If
you have not already tried these ancient and well-tested methods of establishing health and harmony, as
well as spiritual growth, you owe it to yourself not to
leave these ways untested. They will certainly help you
in all aspects of your life. You would do well to learn
these from an experienced teacher.
The self-analysis, which you started in the first
chapters of this book, has by no means been completed. It is not completed until we are totally enlightened,
totally free from illusion. The process of self-discovery
is like peeling an almost infinite large onion. Removing
one layer simply reveals the next which too must be removed. We would do well to spend a weekend alone
at least once a year (more would be better) to work again in depth on the questions presented in the first
nine chapters of this book. Otherwise you may prefer
the method of analysis presented in my book THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS in which you analyse
each emotional mechanism separately. Some may like
to combine the two systems. The essential goal is to
discover the beliefs, fears, aversions and attachments
which are preventing us from realising the happiness,
peace, health and love, which we could be experiencing, if we werent programmed by these false beliefs.
Once we find them, then we must decide which of all
the spiritual truths help us to free ourselves from those
mistaken programmings.
There are various ways in which we can continue
this reprogramming process:
1. We can choose those spiritual truths which suit

us most and remember them constantly.
2. We can change phrases each week, or day or
month, running through them all again and again, experiencing them in at a deeper level each time. It must
be understood that it takes many years of reprogramming for us to really experience what we are saying. As
time passes, we will have deeper and deeper realisations of the implications of these truths. Our work with
them has certainly not been completed.
3. We can make cards with these various truths
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written on them. Then we can choose at random one

each day or week for concentration. When we are having a problem or need to make a decision, we can sit
and pray to be guided to the most appropriate phrase.
Then reach and take a card at random; that card will
not be a chance answer. Our selection will have been
guided by the forces of the universe.
4. We can place these cards around our home, car
and place of work so that we will constantly be reminded of the truth of our real nature.
5. We can make larger, decorated signs to beautify
the walls of our rooms.
6. We can do deep relaxation and repeat these
truths to ourselves in the alpha state of consciousness
so that they penetrate more deeply into the subconscious mind. If we have difficulty in relaxing or, on the
other hand, in being conscious enough to repeat these
phrases when so relaxed, we can then make a cassette
in which we guide ourselves into a state of relaxation
and then repeat these phrases, so that we are able to remain relaxed and hear them from the cassette.
7. Such a cassette could also be made with our
favourite phrases to be played while we are sleeping. It
has been found that the conscious mind tends to filter
out that which does not agree with its often mistaken
view of reality. Thus, if we get an electric time switch
and set it to turn on the cassette player an hour after
we have fallen asleep, or an hour before we usually
wake up, these messages will pass directly into the
subconscious. Many people learn languages in this
way. (Many spiritual centres sell or lend out such cassettes so you can check with such centres in your area).
8. We can make songs of our favourite phrases and
sing them as we walk, drive, wait for someone, clean
the house, or do any other routine activity which does
not require specific concentration. Even if we do not
make them into a song, these phrases can be repeated
over and over again mentally in the above-mentioned
situations.
9. Im sure that you can think of other creative ways
of helping yourself remember these spiritual truths.
I would like to emphasise the extreme importance
of uniting yourself with some spiritual group which
suits you. The work is much easier and progress will
be quicker and safer in a group setting, especially if
there is an instructor who has had more experience and
can offer wise advice in moments of difficulty or
doubt. There is less danger of ego arising in a group
setting.
Where do you go from here? If you were ready for
this book and worked with it as suggested, your next
step is giving. You are probably ready to start serving
society in some way which is natural to you. You are

ready to start radiating more peace and love; ready to
help those who have need. If you have not already started to serve, to become a selfless instrument of social
healing, then begin to consider where you can start. Investigate various possibilities. Start out in a small way
and let the scope of your offering grow, along with your energies, abilities and self-confidence. Here again,
it is best to join with others in this effort. Ten people
working together can do a hundred times more than
ten working separately.
This does not mean that you have finished with your personal work of transforming your body and
mind through the techniques mentioned earlier. It
means that you are adding selfless service to those

techniques; you are using service simultaneously for your own growth and for the betterment of society.
These go hand in hand. We take in energy, peace and
insight through our meditation and prayer and other
techniques, and then offer all of this through our
thoughts, words and deeds towards others. We have become transformers of spiritual energy into life-bettering action. We are finding our real role in life, the reason for
which we have incarnated. You are a much greater being than you have ever imagined. May your life be one
continuous flow of the Miracles of Love and Wisdom.
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Miracles of Love and Wisdom

A Handbook For Experiencing

Miracles of Love and Wisdom

Robert Elias Najemy

I offer this book to us, Gods children,

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as this book written for you? Are you

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CHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS, CONTEMPORARY

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ences, which we are subjected to, are the lessons in that

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

WE CREATE OUR REALITY

The Spirit is the universal consciousness, which is one

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rectification until it is able to express this unlimited

THE FIVE BODIES

THE ENERGY BODY AND THE MIND

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Thus when the bioenergy is low, then the mind and

dencies through the vehicle of the personality - body.

THE HIGHER INTELLECT

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thinks he is the car (body).

THE INNER SELF AND THE OUTER SELF

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outer self is the vehicle of expression for the spirit.

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

gether we can create heaven.

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HOW THE MIND GETS PROGRAMMED

e offer you this book with the confidence

THE FILTERS OF THE MIND

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Thus a personal value system is established,

THE EFFECT OF CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING

are radiating out from his subconscious like radar, and

THE MIND PROJECTS ITS REALITY

loizos dagram here

give a limited form to the pure, unchanging, white

IS OUR PERCEPTION TRUE ?

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WHY ARE WE PROGRAMMED DIFFERENTLY?

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through all these levels of experience, and have created

WE ARE PROGRAMMED BEFORE BIRTH

To start with, at the top of the circle we have the

reactions and relationships which are the reflections of

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THE RESULTS OF CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING

he mind is like a video cassette recorder. It

EXPERIENCES AND MESSAGES

1. Childhood experiences Such as illnesses, shocks,

2. Direct Messages from the parents such as you

These internal images are then projected out onto

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the outside world throughout the rest of his life, unless

3) Indirect Messages, which the child receives, are

worrying about something, he will get the message

It must be remembered that the soul has decided on

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which do not allow us to experience the health, peace,

We have already mentioned how these and many