True Power Defined

Many have asked what signifies achievement of true power, first let me state what it is not. It is not money, money simply does not constitute true wealth, neither does it symbolize position, or power, and to rely upon it alone is like standing upon a slippery rock; if you are not very careful you will fall.

Rather true wealth is in your stock of virtue, and your true power is the uses to which you put it. Rectify your heart, and you will rectify your life. If you suffer from lust, hatred, anger, vanity, pride, covetousness, self-indulgence, self-seeking, obstinacy, and other similar minded things then you will have poverty and weakness. Conversely if you attain love, purity, gentleness, meekness, patience, compassion, and generosity, you will attain true wealth and power.

As the elements of poverty and weakness are overcome, an irresistible and all conquering power is evolved from within, and if you succeed in establishing your self in the highest virtue, you will bring the whole world to your feet. Herein lays the secret by which all desirable conditions are secured, and all things that are undesirable are overcome.

Do you think and say that you are lonely and unloved, and have no friends? Then, for the sake of your own happiness, blame nobody but yourself. Be friendly towards others, and friends will soon flock round you. Make yourself pure and lovable, and you will be loved by all. Whatever conditions are rendering your life burdensome, you may pass out of and beyond them by developing and utilizing within you the transforming power of self purification and self conquest.

It does not matter that by the unfailing Law of karma there are past thoughts and acts to work out and to atone for, as, by the very same law, we are setting into motion, during every moment of our life, fresh thoughts and acts, and we have the power to make them for good or for ill.

If you cling to your self then you are your own enemy, and will be surrounded by enemies. The good news is that if you relinquish your self then you are free and are your own savior and will surrounded by friends like a protective belt. Before the divine radiance of a pure heart all darkness vanishes and all clouds melt away, for it is the one who has conquered their self has then conquered the universe.

So to get out of your poverty, your pain, your troubles, and sighing, and complaining, and heartaches, and loneliness, you must come out of yourself. Like the butterfly emerging from the cocoon; let the old tattered garment of your petty selfishness fall from you, and put on the new garment of universal Love. You will then realize the inward power of the universal, and it will be reflected in all of your outward life.

For if you set your foot firmly upon the path of self-conquest, and walk faithfully the path of self-development, and then you will assuredly achieve the highest prosperity, and will reap abounding and enduring joy and bliss.

Be Blessed

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