Family and Nation

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya, A P J Abdulkalam
Publisher: Harper Publications India

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THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS AND PAIN
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omnipotent and possessed of all wisdom as well, is constantly sending messages down into the conscious mind. These messages appear as intuitions, inspirations and original ideas. They tell us what it is that the higher self in its wisdom wishes us to do. If we follow these suggestions and put them into effect, the results in our lives will be constructive. Failure will be changed into success, the obstacles which have beset us will gradually disappear, and we shall find that everything begins to work together for good and for success in every department of life. One can most effectively receive these messages by quieting the conscious mind, and particularly by having quiet times for meditation so that the conscious mind is stilled and the Power can speak to us and we can hear it. The Power speaks to us and sends us mental messages all the time, no matter how active we are. Conscience is another of the messages of the Power, which we would always do well to obey. If we follow the directions of this Power, it will speak to us in ever clearer tones, gradually reshaping our lives and transforming our failures into successes.
We must cultivate a belief in the existence of the Inner Power and in its ability to transform our lives. This belief is the wire, the electrical circuit, which connects us with it. If we establish a clear connection between the Power and our conscious mind, the result will be so much better, because then the Ego can send its messages to us much more clearly and effectively. Disbelief in these things impairs the connection and in some cases even destroys it. Then we are left more or less without the conscious guidance and wisdom of the intelligence within and easily go astray, so that failure follows.
If we listen to and obey the suggestions and directions of the Power within, fear and anxiety are taken away and we gain poise, which is a large factor in material success. We lose our fear of both life and death. We know that all things