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OCCULT POWERS
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 mercy, 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 which are just and good. The results of truthfulness and of universal love will thus 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. that there are so many planes in life and so many factors in the symmetrical development on all the planes, that the body itself will not be a fit vehicle for the manifestation of the powers which must be expressed through it, if the discipline is not extended to all the planes. If the soul's wonderful nature is to be manifested through the mentality, the mentality must be pure; if these forces are to be manifested through the moral nature, then the moral nature also must be made perfect. If we do not make the progress on all these planes at the same time then we are not able
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