Questions answered

The Master receives from devotees queries on various aspects of Spirituality. These may be personal or academic, but the Master’s answers have universal appeal for Spiritual Aspirants. We reproduce here some of the questions and answers from the Master’s book, ‘Spiritual Elixir,’ for the benefit of our readers.

Question: How can we be truthful in thought?

Answer: Truthfulness in thought means sincerity of purpose in various spheres of non-violence, chastity, truth, humility, etc. Untruthful thoughts would naturally mean the entertaining of opposite ideas which usually haunt the human mind through sense perception. Human eye is usually inclined to look at other's beauty and wealth with an unchaste attitude, and this should be considered as blemish and shunned.

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Question: Can we be ever sure of God-realisation intellectually?

Answer: No. God-realisation is not a subject of intellect. It is a question of actual experience, beyond the pale of knowledge. All our talk of God is but inferential and at the most a matter of feelings and emotions all of which are subject to error. But seeing the inscape (with the inner eye opened) is believing, and admits of no uncertainty and scepticism.

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Question: Does mind retain impressions of past karma?

Answer: Yes, mind is nothing but a storehouse of karmic impressions coming down from the beginning of time in an endless series of incarnations. The body cannot but perform karmas, and karmas fashion the body and all that is of body and bodily relations. The entire world is a play of karmic impressions stored in the mind by the people of the world. This is why the world is termed as man-o-mai shrishti or creation of the mind.

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Question: Is mind conscious?

Answer: No, the mind by itself, is not conscious. It is the consciousness of the soul that the mind reflects.

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Question: What are the teachings of the Masters regarding hell and purgatory?

Answer: The Masters do not contradict the scriptures which describe these places meant for the reformation of human souls in accordance with the Law of Karma.

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Question: What is the difference between individuality and personality and which one is involved in our karma?

Answer: There is no difference between individuality and personality so far karma is involved. The Divine Pen writes in accordance with our karma and does not make any difference for one or the other.