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MAGNETISM
sons while they live on a plane above the material plane, that is, while they think. But when they cease thinking and go to work on the physical plane they must feel hunger just as any one else does. The best course would be to impart right knowledge of laws of nature telling the patient that his desease does exist, but that his soul ought not to be influenced by this. We generate the force of magnetism by every good thought and word, and this force remains with us from our past life. It is added to every moment.. The Karmic body is like a stream of water running. onward, gathering to itself strength, till it reaches the end of its journey. Thus, since this Karmic body is the sum of our past acts and thoughts, we can change our Karma.
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How can we preserve this magnetic force, and how do we waste it? Every effort made by the soul living in the body, whether made on the physical or mental plane, is the cause of wasting or spending this magne tic force; and if the act or the effort is for the good then the force is used for a good purpose, but if the act or the thought are of self, used for a selfish purpose,. the magnetism is wasted. We waste this magnetism on dress, on food, on social pleasures, here and there, we think of social enjoyments, going to the theatre, amusing ourselves in all these different ways, as bringing some real good to ourselves. Our duty is to preserve this force and act in such a way that there will be no unnecessary leakage by acts on the physical plane. We also waste these forces on the mental and.
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