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a metaphysical force instead of an earth-natural force.
3. The ancient Egyptian priests specialized in this, which we
might term  Force 3. They protected their tombs with thought-
forms which really could make one frightfully uncomfortable.
Force 3 consists of all those things which are generated from
the mind, and which, once generated, go on and on perhaps for
centuries, until they have dissipated their original energy.
While this third force is still connected with nature, it is on
a much more remote basis because we are now two stages
removed from the crude, basic, natural force.
4. This is a force which can be generated by living entities
because of the power of love, hate, etc. They are quite as
powerful as are any of the preceding three.
Telepathy, clairvoyance, psychometry, levitation, teleporta-
tion, etc., come under this group.
Astral travelling does not come under this force, because
astral travelling is just releasing the astral body from imprison-
ment in the physical body.
FOUR FRUITS : According to various Eastern beliefs, the
Four Fruits of human life are that each Fruit shall develop
and ripen and come to full growth.
The First Fruit is that of morality and purity of thought.
This makes one a decent person who is able to progress on the
Spiritual Path.
Secondly, there is security of position, so that the Temple of
the Soul, which, naturally, is the body, is not damaged by
excessive poverty or suffering.
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 It should be stated that in some conditions one has to have
poverty and suffering because of Karma, but as a general rule
it is better that one is able to attain to the Middle Way not
too rich, not too poor, not starving, but not overfed.
The Third Fruit is that by which one has one's legitimate
desires fulfilled. It comes as a reward for right living, right
thinking, right behaving.
A legitimate desire does not include the desire of having a
new car or a new coat, or things which are for vanity or to show
A legitimate desire is a desire to help others and to save
others from unnecessary distress. It is also legitimate to desire
to progress and advance, again unselfishly, again so that one may
help others.
The Fourth, and best, of the Fruits is that one shall speedily
attain to release from the ties of this world. It means liberation
from Karma, the end of one's incarnations and reincarnations
upon the Earth system. When one has the last of the Four
Fruits, when one has escaped from the toils of the Earth, then
one can, if one is foolish, volunteer to come back to this dreary
old spot to help others. When you attain to that position, and
you are on the  Other Side, leave instructions that if you ever
decide to volunteer your friends will have your sanity tested,
because it does appear that nowadays things are rather out of
hand on the Earth, and things are much too hard. However,
we are in the Age of Kali, and that gloomy Age will pass away
and the sun will shine again with the dawn of a new era, and
with an upsurge of spiritual purity.
G
GAYATRI : This is the name given to a most important
Mantra. Christians recite The Lord's Prayer, which, after all,
is just a Christian Mantra. The Hindu recites the Gayatri.
A Hindu will go through certain ceremonies, and then recite
this Mantra daily. Here are the actual words : 'Om, bhur,
bhuvah, swah. Tat savicur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi.
Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat. Om.'
The meaning of this translated into English is : 'We medi-
tate upon the ineffable effulgence of that resplendent Sun. May
that Sun direct our understanding for the good of all living.'
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 This is a Mantra which could be recited by Christians with
much profit!
GHOST : That eerie thing which swishes around in the night
with a few creaks and groans, and which causes the hair on
our heads to stand straight up, is harmless!
A ghost is just an etheric force which wanders about accord-
ing to the habits of its previous owner, until eventually that
etheric force, that etheric double, is dissipated. A strong healthy
person who is suddenly killed by perhaps extreme violence, has
a very strong etheric. If a person is being attacked, then he or
she focuses the etheric into a strong entity : If, then, the Silver
Cord is suddenly severed in that process which we call death,
the astral body goes off, the physical body decays, and the poor
etheric becomes a homeless, mindless, wandering waif.
Throughout the whole life of the body, the etheric has been
modeled on that body, it is a habit pattern of the body. So
if the body was in the habit of going to a certain place; or think-
ing of certain people, then the etheric will do likewise until
perhaps during centuries the power becomes dissipated, and
eventually vanishes.
The etheric body is the one which attends seances and gives
the so-called 'messages' from beyond the grave. It is quite a
tragedy really because people on Earth should realize that when
we leave this world we have other things to do, and cannot
always, and do not want always, to get in touch with people
left behind. The etheric, or ghost, is a thing of no moment and
should bc disregarded.
Supposing you were in some city and very busy with some
special task requiring concentration, would you like it if some
person kept phoning you from some other city, kept phoning
you and asking you all sorts of stupid questions! You would
soon get tired of the whole thing. In the same way, the real
entities, whom, if you like, you can call Souls, do not like being
disturbed, they have too much else to do.
GIVE : There is an old occult law which states,  Give that you
may receive. If you do not give you cannot receive. If you
are too mean to give anything, or too selfish, then you lock a
shell around yourself so you cannot receive even if a would-be
giver is most anxious to give.
In the Christian belief it is stated that as you sow so shall you
reap. It is also stated  Cast your bread upon the waters. And
yet again,  It is more blessed to give than to receive.
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 It is utterly, utterly essential that if you want to receive some-
thing, then you have to give something. Not necessarily money,
you may have to give of yourself, that is, give love, give friend-
ship, give attention, sympathy, give help, understanding. It is
useless to say,  What is mine is mine, and what is yours I want
too. Unless you are prepared to give you cannot possibly
receive. So, those of you who button up your wallets or make
sure that your purse-strings are drawn up tight, remember that
if you are going on your knees to start praying it is a waste of
your time as well of everyone else's, it is useless to pray for
things unless you are willing to give things.
GOD : According to the Ala Yoga there is no concept of a God.
The Vedantas and The Bhagavad Gita state definitely that the
Yogi reaching liberation from the body finds himself as a God.
For those who want to look it up, the term for God is
Ishwara. Vedantic teaching is that all mankind is a part of God,
and there are four main stages of approaching Godhood :
1. Nearness to God.
2. Similiarity to the teaching of God.
3. Associating with a Godlike Being.
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