POWER OF THOUGHTS CHAPTER 5
Thoughts have no power in themselves. They merely act as
carriers or channels of power.
All the power belongs to God.
There is no other Power.
The universe derives all kinds of powers from the source of Divinity.
The Divine Power is infinite, all-engulfing, all-pervading and self-effulgent, and is projected and manifested in the universe in various reflections. Every Particle of the cosmos posses this
heritage of Divine Power in full and profound measure.
Thick and coloured curtains inhibit and diminish the power of light. Similarly, the intensity of thought-power is diminished when it passes through coloured or polluted mind.
Divine Power is dissipated in the process of
external flow through
minds diversification. This means, when sensitive thought-vibrations pass through the various channels of the mind, viz. lust, ego, anger, greed, attachment, etc... they get frittered and weakened, thereby losing their
intensity and power.
The subtle soul-vibrations are originally pure and sublime, but during their outward transition, they are subjected to our mental conditions, and thereby get influenced, polluted, and weakened.
Limitation of power is thus mainly due to our depraved ideas and conceptions which modify, depreciate, diminish, restrain and obstruct the flow of the Infinite Divine Power.
The supply of Divine Power into our mind is contingent to, and limited by, the condition of our belief and faith in Divinity. Faithlessness of our materialistic mind is an obstruction to the inflow of Divine Power, i.e. misguided and ill-conceived thinking limits the flow of Divine Power into our mind and body.
Realisation of God's gift of Infinite Power is directly proportional to the intensity of our 'belief and faith' in His Divine Power, and only in that proportion we partake and enjoy the profound benefit and bliss of His Infinite Divine Power, inherent in our souls. Consequently, we also
limit the outflow of Divine Power, Bill and Love,
through our mind-channel, for the benefit of mankind. In fact, when thoughts and conceptions are sublimated in our consciousness, we become
in tune with the Universal Will, and the Infinite Divine Power beings to flow through us to the universe and we become
channels of the profound Divine Power.
Since the onus of all the experiences on the physical and cosmic planes lies in our own thinking, conceptions, beliefs and faith,
intuitional spiritual discrimination is very important and essential. This spiritual discriminating power can be acquired only in the company of
Illuminated Souls, i.e. through
Divine vibrations emanating from such Souls.
Extremely sensitive spiritual vibrations originate and emanate from
Divinity which are pure and dynamic. But, as they transit through our polluted minds, their power and purity is diminished in the
process of externalization. Hence, the more our thoughts are scattered, contaminated and depraved, the weaker they become. On the other hand, the more our thoughts are purified, sublimated and spiritualised by concentration and
meditation, the more they retain their
original, inherent, spiritual dynamism.
Every thought that passes through our mind leaves an indelible
brace amongst the millions of cells of our brain. So whatever we do, makes it easier for us to do the same thing over and over again. This is because electric currents record all that happens to us by creating
path ways or
impressions among the cells of our brain. The more frequently the same thoughts and actions are repeated, the deeper and more pronounced the impressions become.
These impressions are unconsciously and constantly accumulating in our
Mental Computer and they affect and
shape our ideas, conceptions, beliefs, and faith; their sum-total is
manifested in our behaviour, habits, character and personality.
Ninety percent of our personality is made up of, and represents our
inner mental, emotional and spiritual qualities; only 10 percent of it can be attributed to the outer environment. These influences are acquired through our mental inclinations and experiences both during the present and past many lives.
Every Smallest stroke of virtue or vice
leaves behind an
ever-so-little scar on our mind - good or bad - never to be undone. this scar or influence is so powerfully embedded in the sub-conscious mind that it is wholly carried forward through lives, birth after birth, and shapes man's destiny to prove the
Karmic Law of "As you sow, so shall you reap".
The drunkard excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying: "I won't count it this time". Well, he may not count it, but it is
being counted non-the-less in his
Mental Computer, deep down into his nerve-cells and fibres, molecules and electrons in his subtle folds, to be used against him when the next
temptation arises in his mind.
Man is incessantly weaving a good or bad '
cone' around himself, by his own thoughts and actions, like a silk worm; thus
shaping his own fate and destiny.
Thoughts have tremendous power which can be
developed to unlimited degree by repetition, contemplation, concentration
and meditation.
Lower, depraved thoughts should be forgotten or
brushed aside at once, as soon as they come, by
diverting the mind to higher, nobler and inspiring thoughts
"As you sow, so shall you reap"
"Sow a thought, reap an idea;
sow an idea, reap an action;
sow an action, reap a habit;
show a habit, reap a character;
sow a character, reap a fate;
sow a fate, reap a destiny"
Human mind is unconsciously and incessantly
weaving and shaping its own good or bad world within, by its own thoughts. Similarly, every thought - good or bad - that emanates from the mind
sends subtle vibrations all over the universe, which are
registered in the infinite Perfect Universal Computer of Consciousness
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