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Namah Vol. 30, Issue 4, 15th January 2023

my life. Very rarely, now not so rarely, one Flowering of purity, inner and outer beauty
wakes up and sees that following the dictates and harmony
of these disturbing elements is making life
miserable, and that these elements come We see that with being conscious, being sincere
from outside, and are not a part of my and being vigilant, we can maintain an inner
true inherent nature. Because if they were sanctity, and uproot all that is unhealthy,
true to my nature, they will not make me weed-like and not beneficial. So, sincerity
this uneasy, the way they make me now. So, and vigilance go together, and gradually
beginning to question is a very good baby-step. with our conscious efforts we feel a purity,
beauty and harmony in the being.

“You must have surely noticed (perhaps very
vaguely) that those who live in an inner peace,
in an inner beauty, a light, and perfect goodwill,
have an expression which is not quite the same
as of people who live in bad thoughts, in the
lower part of their nature. When the human
being is at his best, above his base animality,
he reflects something which is not there when
he lives in a state of bestiality.

If one tried to change one’s form out of egoism or
that famous thing, vanity, naturally, one would
not succeed, for it is something deeper which
has the power to act; but if one could refrain
from having at all times bad will, wicked
thoughts, one would see a kind of harmony
beginning to express itself gradually in the
form and features, for it is a fact that the body
expresses the inner states.

But you forget one thing. If you have in the whole
day five or six hours of higher consciousness,
“It is an invaluable possession for every living you feel that it is already much, and the rest
being to have learnt to know himself and to of the time you live more or less like a little
master himself. To know oneself means to know animal, you let yourself go, you are driven by
the motives of one’s actions and reactions, the circumstances. And you forget completely to
why and the how of all that happens in oneself. approach the Thing which is above, which can
To master oneself means to do what one has prevent you from descending into the lower
decided to do, to do nothing but that, not to regions of your nature.
listen to or follow impulses, desires or fancies
(6).” You could get much more from your body if

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