of the imprisonment of the soul in the material universe. If the mind is directed so as not to be fascinated by the shimmering of matter, the soul will escape its conditioning. In no case should we indulge in the objects of the senses, because according to a process of degradation, they always bog us down more in material existence. The best way to free ourselves from this stagnation will be to never offer our thoughts only one object: God.
The mind is the cause of man’s imprisonment in matter, but also of his release. Absorbed in the objects of the senses, it imprisons the being; detached from the objects of the senses, it frees it. Concentrating the mind on God therefore brings supreme liberation.
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It is written: “No one in this world can be an eternal companion of anyone. It is only by chance that we are assembled in families, societies, communities or nations. One day or another, since everyone must leave their body, we must be separated from our loved ones. No one should therefore be too fond of family members”.
We believe we belong to a family, a society, a nation, but each of us is alone with our destiny. Everyone is reborn in this world according to the actions accomplished in their past life as an individual. So everyone must individually enjoy or suffer from their own karma. During our last existence, we had another body and we lived in another country, another continent, another planet or even another galaxy and with each new life, we also have new parents and new brothers and sisters. We easily forget the elders.
No one, in truth, can pile goods against divine law and with them bring well-being to his family, his society or his nation. Most of the great empires of yesteryear no longer exist today because their wealth was squandered by the descendants of their founders: another illustration of our principle. Whoever ignores this subtle law governing the acts concerned, and who therefore rejects the moral principles which accompany it, will take with him only the harmful consequences of his sinful acts. His wealth and illicit possessions are wrested from him, and he will fall in the darkest regions of hellish existence. No one should therefore accumulate more goods than Providence allocates him, if he does not want to remain blind before his true interest. Instead of serving his true interest, he will act in the opposite direction, leading to his own downfall.