Book Title: Study in Karma
Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophist Office Adyar

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________________ TWO OTHER POINTS 65 Of the man who abstained from action but enjoyed in thought, Shri Krishna sternly said: “That deluded man is called a hypocrite.” Nourished by thought, desires cannat die. They will but become stronger by physical repression when fed by thought. It is better not to fight desire, but rather to evade it. 'If it arises, turn the mind to something else, to a book, a game, to anything which is at once pure and attractive. By fighting it, the mind dwells on it, and thus feeds and strengthens it. If you know that the desire is likely to arise, have ready something to which to turn at once. So shall it be starved out, having no nourishment of either act or thought. Never let us forget that objects are desirable because of the immanence of God. “There is nothing moving or unmoving that can exist bereft of me.” At a certain stage of evolution, the

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