Finish that which you begin. |
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The five stages of our journey are: attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation and Self Realization. Consciousness is the path. Awareness is the traveler. Willpower is the fuel. It does not take time. |
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+[Gurudeva] : Awakening Willpower |
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+This is why you were born. The one and only reason why you are existing |
+in your material body is first to unfold into your clear white light, |
+then penetrate deeper and deeper, touch into the Self, become a knower of |
+the Self, Satchidananda, and then deeper still into nirvikalpa samadhi, |
+Self Realization, preparing for the next steps on the classical yoga |
+path--moksha, freedom from rebirth, and vishvagrasa, merging with |
+Siva. You will soon realize that you create the mind in any way that you |
+want, that you are master of your mind. To become master of your mind, |
+you must realize that understanding is fifty percent of control of the |
+mind, and you have to work at it as an accountant would work to balance |
+his books, as a musician has to work to master his instrument. |
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+To know yourself is why you are on Earth. You were born to realize the |
+Self. You are not here to make money, to clothe yourself or to entertain |
+yourself. These are incidentals. You are here on this planet to realize |
+the Self God, and the only way to experience Self Realization is to |
+awaken within you a dynamic, indomitable, actinic will. To do this, the |
+steps are: first, find out what and where the willpower is. Everyone |
+has it. Willpower is that quietness within, that serenity that is |
+likened to a light so bright that you cannot see it with the physical |
+eyes. Second, learn to use this actinic will. Begin with little things |
+that you do. Become satisfied with everything that you do. To you, |
+it must be a work of art, even if it is just drying a dish, cleaning |
+a floor or painting a picture. Your work must satisfy you, and if it |
+does not satisfy the inner you one hundred percent, you must use your |
+indomitable willpower and keep striving until it does. |
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+You must become a perfectionist unto yourself, but first decide what |
+your standard for perfection is. You must control the quality of your |
+work. Take on no responsibility that you cannot handle. By doing this, |
+you will find that you have much more control over the physical body and |
+emotions than you ever thought possible. You will begin to demonstrate |
+to yourself your powers of control over material creations, the physical |
+body and the emotions of the instinctive area of the mind. Demonstration |
+comes as you use your indomitable willpower. |