RIGHT THOUGHTS, WORDS,

AND DEEDS

 

 

If a man practices religiously right thoughts, words, and deeds, he will learn the meaning of Love.  He will experience Love.   And when he adds meditation to his daily chore, he will enhance his Intelligence.  Through meditation, he will be able to attune his mind to partake of universal Intelligence.  When he has practiced right thoughts, words, and deeds and then prays and meditates, then salvation is at hand.  He will be able to detach himself from affinity with the material world.

 

To practice right thoughts is not that easy.  Why should simply thinking of evil deeds be a sin?  The mind is the spirit.  And if evil thoughts are entertained in one's mind, then in effect, it is the spirit that sins.  What is this sin?  Your mind can be divided into the superego, ego or conscious mind, and the id --- the subconscious.

 

The superego is your conscience.  Any act of the human body or spirit that violates the set of rules that is the conscience is called sin.  And the effect of this is that whenever someone violates the rules of the superego, it is recorded in your soul.  There appears a black stain.  Other spirits can see this stain.  The clairvoyant may be able to see this with some deep concentration.  Usually the set of rules in the conscience is the carry over of previous life experiences or training and influence of the society one is in.  Difference in the set of rules does not matter because following one's conscience is really the test of will power.  Little by little, when one corrects oneself along the path of life, he wins small battles that enhance his will power.

 

Think of a basin.  Every time one wins a small battle like resisting a carnal thought, then he gains.  Small gains of will power are added to the basin.  The more gains he adds, the stronger will be his total will power.  This enables  him to resist temptation.  Every time he stumbles along the way, he is tempted and gives in, some gains are removed from the basin.  His total will power is diminished and he is therefore more prone now to succumb to temptation.

 

One can strengthen his will power by fasting.  When he resists the need  for food voluntarily he earns gains of will power which are added to the basin.  Thus, fasting enhances one's will power.  Fasting is not confined to food alone but involves the avoidance of Earthly pleasures.

 

0ne has strong will power if he is in full control of his body.  But his body is governed by his subconscious whose needs are very material:  need for food, sex, and all the pleasures in life.  Learning that all these needs are granted through the possession of money, the subconscious will then simply crave for money.  Thus, you see people whose obsession in life is money.  And, sometimes, the subconscious being dumb contents himself with the pleasure of having money.

 

Failure to rein in one's subconscious means weak will power. This is the basis of sin. Sometimes, when one fails to control his subconscious without being aware of it (when drunk, for example), he can already commit wrong thoughts. Again this is a sign of failure to control one's subconscious.  Self-control, therefore, means the ability to control the subconscious mind as well.

 

When one practices right thoughts, words, and deeds, you will notice he is in effect practicing Love for his neighbor. He is doing this because these words and deeds are directed either to oneself or to others. One cannot perform right words and deeds to his neighbors if he hates them. He has to open his heart for Love to enter and wish his neighbor all the good things in the world.  He cannot Love his neighbor if he is envious of them.  Envy is wrong thought.  In essence, the words and deeds are the materialization of one's thoughts.   With good thoughts, right words, and deeds will follow.  If one is filled with Love in his heart for his fellowmen, only right thoughts can dwell in his mind.  So these are all inter-related.

 

Man is weak.  The temptation may be great.  Then he asks for extra energy from above.  He prays. He sends SOS to bail him out.  When man succumbs, God forgives so long as he repents and asks for forgiveness.  For how can one forgive when the sinner is not repentant?  He should pray often.  He too can help the other spirits by offering prayers for them.  In asking help from them, he can return the gesture by praying for them.  For God gave man the gift of prayer that when offered for somebody, living and dead persons, lower or higher spirits, can improve their spiritual development.  It is like drawing energy or graces from God and directing them to others.

 

Meditation is also needed.  During moments away from distraction, one can assess his strengths and weaknesses.  He can pinpoint his Waterloo's and be smart enough to avoid them the next time around.  He can find out for himself where he has violated the dictum of Right Thoughts, Right Words, and Right Actions.  And finding his weakness, he can provide a solution.  Thus, he is enhancing his knowledge of himself.  Thereafter, he looks at the heavens, let his thoughts wander, and then focus on a topic.  He feels he is thinking.  Little does he know that he is in the process already of attuning himself to the universal Intelligence and truths flow into his mind.  These are practiced by the monks, the lamas, the hermits, or the mystics.

 

You notice that when you practice right thoughts, words, and deeds, you are in effect mastering self-control.  Failure to do so produces a stain in your soul which you call sin.  This is erased through divine forgiveness.  Prayers will help you in your quest for this mastery of oneself, for the growth of your will power.   The bigger and stronger your will power, the more you can control the carnal cravings of your subconscious.

 

Meditation is like a management audit.  You turn to yourself and examine with the end view of improving oneself.  When you turn your mind to the eternal topics, you partake of eternal truths in the universal consciousness thus enhancing your Intelligence.  You can also increase your Intelligence by reading, through actual experience, or through a teacher.  When you have developed fully your will power, Intelligence, and Love, then you can pass through the triangular door of the innermost heaven and kneel before God and be one with Him.