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kind there is no real value in them to the soul. The occult powers may be possessed, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a again. If the object is ouly living the soul life the occult powers may come out, and there is real gain and not loss of anything. Take universal love and the result derived from the practise of this is freedom from danger of any kind. A person who practises universal love to the highest extent in all the relations of life has no fear of injury from any source; but we generally do not practise these things and therefore how can we expect to derive real benefit fro:n them ? Nothing can injure such a persou except on account of the Karma engendered in the past life which is not yet worked out. The actual result you will see in India. It has been said, “He shall give his angels charge over thee," but hunan beings are higher than angels. I have said in my other classes concerning the Hindu monks that when a person practises universal love his very being becoines Saturated with the vibrations of love, and the wild animals, which prey upon each other because they have no sympathy, in the case of these monks the vibrations subdue the aniinal natare and the monks can sleep in the jungle among the wild beasts with perfect Safety. I wouid say that India is not one country but a collection of many nationalities. and the Hindus are only one of these and therefore the whole of India is not Hindu India, but India is a co:nbination of Hindus, Jains,
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