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Assure Your Ultimate Arrival in Heaven

 

When you try to experience your spiritual convictions another world begins to

open up to you. Do not live in a false sense of security, believing that because

you have joined a church (or some temple, or some sect, or ashram, or satsang)

you will be saved. You yourself have to make the effort to know God. Your mind

may be satisfied that you are very religious, but unless your consciousness is

satisfied with direct answers to your prayers, no amount of formal religion can

save you. Of what benefit is praying to God if He does not answer? Difficult

though it is to obtain His response, it can be done. To assure your ultimate

arrival in heaven, you must test the power of your prayers until you have made

them effective. When I was just a little child I made up my mind that when I

prayed, my prayer had to be answered. That kind of determination is the way.

Every test comes then, to break your will, but God's power to respond is

unlimited; the persistent continuity of your will power will bring His answer.

 

You should learn to concentrate your thoughts. Therefore, it is important to

have time to be alone. Avoid the constant company of other people. Most of them

are like sponges; they draw everything out of you, and you seldom receive

anything in return. It is worthwhile to be with others only if they are sincere

and strong, and if each one is conscious of the other's sincerity and strength,

so that you exchange nobel soul qualities.

 

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