Thoughts about God, success, healing, and so on lie in your brain in the form of tabloid tendencies. You should experience them. In order to experience your thoughts you must use will power to materialize them, and in order to develop the necessary strength of will, you must associate with those who have great will power. If you want healing by Gods power, seek the company of those who strengthen your faith and your will. I traveled throughout India trying to find someone who knew God. Such souls are rare. All the teachers I met told me about their beliefs. But in spiritual matters I was determined never to be satisfied with words about God. I wanted to experience Him. What I am told has no meaning for me unless I experience it. Once I was talking with a friend of mine, a broker, about the saints of India. He did not share my enthusiasm. All these so-called saints are fakes, he said. They dont know God. I didnt argue; I changed the subject, and we started to talk about the brokerage business. When he had told me quite a great deal about it, I said smoothly, Do you know there is not a single reliable broker in Calcutta? They are all dishonest. What do you know about brokers? he retorted angrily. Exactly, I replied. What do you know about saints? He couldnt answer. Dont dispute what you dont know about, I went on good-naturedly. I know nothing about the brokerage business, and you dont know anything about saints. The practice of religion has come to a point where few try to make their spiritual thoughts a matter of experience. I speak to you only about my experiences; I do not care to lecture on what I know only intellectually. Most persons become self-satisfied about what they have read of Truth, without ever having experienced it. In India, we do not seek spiritual guidance from someone just because he has a theological degree, nor do we seek out those who have only studied the scriptures, without experiencing their truths. Spiritual victrolas who merely mouth truth do not impress us. We are taught to recognize the difference between a mans sermon and his life; he must demonstrate that he has experienced what he has learned. pg 34 from: Mans Eternal Quest By the Wisdom of: Paramahansa Yogananda.
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