- Pain
Real pain is 5 per cent. Imaginary pain is 95 per cent.
When we pray for relief from suffering, the 95 per cent imaginary pain disappears - and God may direct us to go to a doctor for the cure of the 5 per cent.
- Religion
Q. If Religion is the one great unifying factor, then why are there so many different Religions quarelling with another?
A. Because, Religion in the case of these people is not the guiding aspect of their own heart, but is rather guided by their lower animal nature.
In fact, with them Religion is just another tool for the animal to use.
Q. How can you accept that the man who denies the existence of God, the man who believes in the Spirits as Gods, the man who worships the Highest God, are all 'religious'?
A. They are all on different planes of evolution.
We merely point out that there should be progress, no stagnation, though we allow one to believe in his own faith or creed.
- Scientific Theories
They have at one time been thoroughly believed and asserted to be true by the greatest scientists - and they have soon been discredited by other later great scientists.
This is obviously because the knowledge derived is the limited expression of the instrument employed and the next one uses other, again limited, instruments and arrives at different conclusions.
The nose cannot see, nor the eyes smell.
Each know ledge is valid in its own sphere - each instrument can work in its own sphere.
Do not claim more and do not accept less.
- Burden on earth
Man - when he lives, is a burden on earth, heavy and troublesome - building houses, running and eating etc.
When he dies, he is no longer a burden; but he is absorbed by the earth to which he contributes some minerals.
If he, while alive, leads a good life - in his loving service lifts the burden of sorrows of others - it is worth it.
Else, he is a dead-weight - hence, the popular expression 'burden on earth'.
The good people are like the aeroplanes which, though heavy itself, are capable of taking itself and more weight off the earth.
- Let God Lead You
No amount of praying 'Lead us not into temptation' will enable God to answer your prayer.
You have imprisoned Him in your heart and are pursuing sense-plea sure.
Let God lead you - and then you will not fall into temptation.