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and acts are not in accordance with the actual state of affairs, and there is continual conflict going on between that person's act and word, and the actual state of nature, there is consant war between himself and the rest of the world. How can the desires of such a person be expressed without some injury to himself or to other beings ? And even when he does by acting in this way accomplish his desires, it takes a great time, it requires a great deal of labour and waste of energy to do so. But a person who is truthful accomplishes his desires by the mere expression of those desires. Our sacred books give many instances of this kind. The state of the celestial beings living on higher planes, on other planets, is also the result of truthfulness, of merecy, and of universal love; and as there is established one rule for the whole of nature, It does not take any time to satisfy their desires; there is no waste of energy in the case, for the purpose of satisfying desires wbich are just and good. The results of truthfulness and of universal love will thush become. perfect, and even in our ordinary life we have by experience seen the result of this virtue. When people say that honesty is the best policy, that the voice of the people is the voice of God, they are expressing the same thing. There can be no doubt as to this. So all the moral forces have the power to evolve results very wonderful indeed. Take for instance the forces evolved by the Yogis and ascetics of India, and various phenomena to be found in this country. I have said
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