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Chapter 16
It is mentioned in the scriptures, that human beings possess both the divine and demoniac natures. Even the cruelest butcher, possesses kindness, because a person being the fragment of the Lord, possesses divine nature automatically; while he develops demoniac nature in him, because of his attachment, for the perishable. Strivers, who follow a spiritual path, from their hearts, feel hurt, when they find demoniac nature, in them and they try to get rid of it. But strivers, who in spite of being engaged in devotion and adoration, hanker after worldly pleasure and prosperity, are not strivers indeed, because even the vilest sinner automatically possesses, both divine and demoniac natures.
A point needs special attention. A person, performs actions according to his egoism and his actions strengthen his egoism. 'I am truthful' - this conviction is centred in man's ego, and so he speaks the truth, and this truth strengthens his egoism, that he is true. Thus, he cannot tell a lie. But a person, who regards himself as worldly and hankers after worldly pleasure and prosperity, tells a lie and thinks, that in the modem world falsehood, is inevitable and indispensable. So, having such feelings in his 'ego', he regards it, impossible to get rid of evil and vice.
A man, being a fragment of God, has virtuous feelings, while having feelings of egoism, and attachment, he develops evils. But evil feelings cannot destroy virtuous feelings totally, because the latter are real and the real, never ceases to be[1]. On the contrary, evil feelings are born of bad company and whatever is born, is surely to perish, because the unreal has no existence[2]. A person, whose aim is God-realization arouses virtuous feelings, and performs virtuous actions, and so his evil feelings, disappear. But he, whose aim is, to enjoy worldly pleasure and prosperity, develops evil feelings and performs evil actions, his good feelings are covered.
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