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Those who live in the plains and in the valleys are more intelligent, more developed, because they have more chances for work. At present, the Divine thought functions more in the material world. God is working more in the plains and valleys than in the high places. You may say: "If it is so, let us lead sinful lives." This is an easy thing to do, and people know this art, but they must remember that everyone who misuses the credit of a bank, takes upon himself many debts and is punished at the end. Any bank, no matter how much credit it may give you, keeps a record of everything and one day it will require what it has given. Either you or your children will have to pay.
Nature acts in the same way. You cannot deceive or cheat it. It has account books in which it keeps records of everything people take from it. And when someone goes to it for a new credit, immediately it opens its book to see how many times that person has taken money from it and how much he owes. The degree of development you have reached can be judged by the way you study and understand the physical and spiritual worlds, and by the way you understand the thought of God. What causes your inner struggles? Struggles always arise from a discordance between your thought and the thought of God. If you struggle, it means that you are not in accordance with God. When you want to do something bad, the Divine thought says: "Listen, do not do what you are planning to do. If you do it, you will suffer and bear the responsibility." You all have such experiences. How many of you have acted fully in accordance with this inner voice and respond wisely? Someone says: "I struggled all night until I decided on a certain question." Such an example is Jacob, who fought all night with God. This struggle is presented as a physical process, but in fact it represents a living, inner process. After that process, Jacob was transformed, because new ideas entered into his mind. |
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