devotion. It is not simply by refraining from acting that one can break free from the chains of karma. Renunciation alone is not enough to achieve perfection. Inevitably, man is forced to act by the influence of the three attributes of material nature, and cannot remain inactive, not even for a moment. He who retains his senses and his organs of action, but whose mind is still attached to the objects of the senses, deludes himself, and is only a simulator.

He who disciplines his senses by mastering his mind, and who, without attachment, engages his organs of action in acts of devotion, is far superior to him. Do your duty, because action is better than inaction. Without acting, man is unable to provide for his most basic needs. But the action should be offered to God, lest it shackle its author in the material world. Do your duty to please Him, and forever you will be free from the chains of matter”.

Logos 54

The Lord says: “Whoever turns his senses away from their objects has a sure intelligence. What is night for all beings becomes for the man who has mastered his senses, the time of awakening. What for all is the time of awakening is the night for the wise sage.

Whoever remains steadfast despite the incessant flow of desires, as the ocean remains unchanging despite the thousand rivers flowing into it, can alone find serenity; but certainly not one who seeks to satisfy these desires.

Whoever material pleasures no longer attract, who is no longer a slave to his desires, who has rejected all spirit of possession and who has freed himself from the false ego, (Identification with the material body) can alone know serenity perfect. These are the modes of spirituality. Whoever settles there, even at the moment of death, comes out of his confusion, and the Kingdom of God opens for him”.

Logos 55

The Lord said: “Even apart from material pleasures, the embodied soul can still have some desire for them. But let her reach a higher joy, and she will lose that desire to stay in the spiritual consciousness.

Strong and impetuous are the senses. They even delight the mind of the wise man who wants to master them. Who restricts his senses and is absorbed in Me proves a