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162. Pre-occupation of the Being

Loneliness is unendurable. One always seeks company. To us companionship is friendship. Psychologically it is occupation or chewing the cud. The educated man is mentally occupied, i.e. his mind gets meaninglessly engaged with trivialities. He who does not fritter away his mental energies thus becomes a thinker. The efficiency of the Westerner arises from the fact of his Individuality that is work-oriented. Man seeking company for its own sake seeks vital occupation.

Such vital occupation renders us inefficient whereas the Westerner is efficient because of his work orientation and Individuality. The lower personality seeks occupation. In silly superstitious characters, it degenerates into pre-occupation. He who does not seek physical pre-occupation becomes the efficient worker. He who does not squander his mental energies in mental occupation blossoms into a thinker. Yoga or tapas is a process by which the Spirit is relieved of its various occupations as well as their minor versions of pre-occupation. That leads to moksha, the liberation.

The highest efficiency is the efficiency that arises from our psychological detachment. To be able to do a work without being attached to it is nishkamya karma whose efficiency is the highest. Mind is not capable of full detachment, while the vital - feelings - is incapable of detachment of any description. Spirit is incapable of attachment. So, the Spirit emerging in the Mind and working makes for the highest efficiency and it is the very antithesis of Occupation or Pre-occupation. Unfailing success and ultimate efficiency combine to create LUCK when the Spirit is commissioned to undertake our routine daily work. The superstitious person is occupied with religious rituals. The vivacious social personality loses itself in social functions and delights in it. The serious thinker refuses mental preoccupation; the one who seeks luck invokes the Spirit.

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  • Acknowledgement by the Author
  • Introduction
  • 101. That Which Has an End is Not Patience
  • 102. Scarcity is NOT Real
  • 103. The Spirit in Planning
  • 104. Determined Refusal of Good Luck
  • 105. Correspondences in Life
  • 106. Censor, the Index of the Spirit
  • 107. Form and Content
  • 108. Silent Suffering
  • 109. Darsan in the Subtle Plane
  • 110. Birthday
  • 111. Restoration of Lost Property
  • 112. Consummation of Invocation of Spirit
  • 113. Sweetness is the Knowledge of Love
  • 114. Abolition of Space
  • 115. Generosity – Meanness
  • 116. Power Failure
  • 117. Failure in Spirit is still Success in Life
  • 118. Faith Must be Pure, NOT Dependent on Other things
  • 119. Invocation of Spirit Makes Luck Possible
  • 120. Love that Knows NO Failure
  • 121. Micro-nutrients of Personality
  • 122. Power of Thought Uttered or Unuttered
  • 123. Lost Eyesight
  • 124. Large as Life
  • 125. Life's Determinism
  • 126. Human Determinism
  • 127. Spiritual as well as Psychic Determinism
  • 128. The Unfailing Success of the Psychic Determinism
  • 129. Characteristics of the Psychic Determinism
  • 130. Invisible Potentialities
  • 131.Outer Expression of Inner Consciousness
  • 132. St. Antony
  • 133. From the Bottom 5% to the Top 5 %
  • 134. Power of Cleanliness
  • 135. Chanting of Om
  • 136. Life Version of Chanting OM
  • 137. Birth of Freedom in the Mind of Life
  • 138. Word of Mouth
  • 139. Spirit is Infectious
  • 140. Happy Home
  • 141. Persistence in the Righteous Course Brings Reward
  • 142. Krishna's Flute
  • 143. The Auspicious Hour
  • 144. The Grace of the Copious Rainfall
  • 145. Carrying out Instructions Precisely in Their Spirit
  • 146. Imagination is the Power of Future Potentialities
  • 147. Wedding is a Gift of the Benevolent Spirit
  • 148. Strength of Timidity
  • 149. Know Thyself, Know Your Strengths
  • 150. Pilgrimage to Prosperity
  • 151. The Godhead I Love and Adore
  • 152. Self-justification Fortifies the Present
  • 153. The Touch of Low Consciousness
  • 154. The Music of Human Life
  • 155. The Invisible Spiritual Infrastructure in Human Personality
  • 156. The Role of Management in Nation Building
  • 157. Luck is Psychological Management
  • 158. The Spiritual Power of Truth in Ordinary Life
  • 159. The Dominant and the Submissive
  • 160. Flat Dullness, Interest and Liveliness
  • 161. Self-awareness is Self-evaluation
  • 162. Pre-occupation of the Being
  • 163. The Fisherwoman of Paramahamsa
  • 164. Quarrel is the Uncultured Embrace of the Ununderstanding Vital – (feelings)
  • 165. Sign of the Presence of the Spirit
  • 166. I Do Not Know What to Pray For
  • 167. The Soul's Longing for Spiritual Peace
  • 168. Home Sweet Home
  • 169. Universal Love
  • 170. The Quest of the Scientist for the Ultimate Reality
  • 171. Theory of Creation
  • 172. Follow the Heart
  • 173. Family Deity, its Blessings and Limits
  • 174. Unemployment and the Unemployed
  • 175. Discovery of India
  • 176. Not a Pretty Face; but a True Heart
  • 177. Disbelief in Superstition
  • 178. Let Thy Will be Done; Not My Will
  • 179. Strange Are the Ways of Life
  • 180. Examination Results
  • 181. An Accomplishment Out of the Ordinary
  • 182. Sincerity of Purpose
  • 183. Salary Arrears
  • 184. Sin and Virtue
  • 185. Srinivasa Ramanujam
  • 186. The Genius of India
  • 187. Eisenhower
  • 188. Old Age
  • 189. Longing for the Spirit
  • 190. Rain in Kutch
  • 191. The Roving Ambassador of India
  • 192. Establishment and Political Leadership
  • 193. The Grace of Culture
  • 194. Individuality
  • 195. Two Sides of Human Nature
  • 196. Pilgrimage
  • 197. Suffering from Surplus
  • 198. Spiritual Truth in Human Life
  • 199. Truisms of Spirit in Life
  • 200. U Thant
  • Appendix 1: How to Invoke the Spirit
  • Appendix 2: Invocation of the Spirit
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