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287. Where the Spirit is Helpless!

Many people have successfully invoked the Spirit and have seen it in action. The government is too formidable for an ordinary citizen to face, as an opposite party in the court. When the government chooses to acquire the only property on which a humble man pins his hope, it is exercising its right. There is no law that the government is contravening. Nor is the party permitted to plead for mercy since many can plead so. The Spirit intervenes by a telegram from the higher-ups of the government and restores the humble man his only hope. When a high placed official is falsely accused of corruption, the Spirit he relies on intervenes on his behalf, without his knowledge, and proves to the central Finance Minister that he was the only one incorruptible.

I am not going to recount the earlier examples in support of my argument. In a family that was very well off, owning a car and two houses thirty years ago, misfortune reared its head. All was lost. Fortunately there was one earning member. Maybe he had half-fed the family but could not pay off the unpaid debts. Life was hell. Education of children entered that phase when it becomes expensive. Following education comes wedding. Not one, more than one. Close on the heels of these heavy catastrophes and heavier responsibilities came Mother. The unbearable became painfully bearable. Every impossibility, on referring to Her became a possibility. The family that was to be on the streets remained in the house. Problems were over. But, responsibilities remained.

SHE came in, and shifted the responsibilities to other shoulders. The unexpected happened. It added a pleasant surprise each time. Every positive aspect multiplied. The non-devotee who had unleashed all this misfortune on their heads now lamented and moaned that his prestige was lost. The Spirit can solve insoluble problems, or remove hurdles but it is incapable of demanding gratitude from an ego that is sensitive. God is helpless. The Spirit is rendered incapable when it comes to asking for gratitude from a human heart. The human heart forgets the Spirit, is not aware of the fact that it is ungrateful. It abuses everyone, hurts the hand that feeds it. God, the Spirit, the Psychic Being all simply wait for the devotee to grow grateful.

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  • Acknowledgement by the Author
  • Introduction
  • 201. Fear of Death
  • 202. Lending Money to a Friend
  • 203. Romance is the Adventure of Consciousness
  • 204. 'The Last Englishman to Rule India'
  • 205. Science of Life
  • 206. Darshan in the Subtle Plane
  • 207. Prosperity not Austerity
  • 208. A Further List of Spiritual Truths in Life
  • 209. "The Hound of Heaven"
  • 210. The Significance of the Insignificant
  • 211. What Do We Mean by Taking to the Spirit?
  • 212. Self-Giving
  • 213. Knowledge is Power
  • 214. The Upanishads
  • 215. Greater Mastery of Human Life
  • 216. Failure Leads to Greater Success
  • 217. The Life Divine
  • 218. Demand for Proof
  • 219. Incommunicable JOY
  • 220. Invisible Profits
  • 221. Profits in a Small Business
  • 222. Income of the Family
  • 223. Positive Value of the Negative Person
  • 224. Increasing Accomplishment
  • 225. Proverbs of Tamil Nadu
  • 226. Unconscious Oblivion
  • 227. Pieces of Good Fortune Come Together
  • 228. Why Good People Suffer
  • 229. The Children of The Mother
  • 230. Letters of Love
  • 231. Problem–Free Life
  • 232. Human Potentialities and Actualities
  • 233. The Indian Mind
  • 234. The Leaders of the World
  • 235. Tyranny and Fairness
  • 236. Teaching and Learning
  • 237. SMILE
  • 238. Surface Mind and the Subliminal Depth
  • 239. Token Practice
  • 240. Token Act - Psychological
  • 241. The English are Wedded to Democracy
  • 242. Coconut Never Falls on a Man
  • 243. Proposal
  • 244. Efficiency
  • 245. Spirit in Action
  • 246. Interruption of a Speech
  • 247. Chronic Illness
  • 248. Accomplishment of Indians Abroad
  • 249. The First Waking Thought
  • 250. Worry is Absence of Faith
  • 251. Falsehood Prospers
  • 252. Choice Helps to Invoke the Spirit
  • 253. The Power of the Press
  • 254. Spiritual Transformation
  • 255. Yawning
  • 256. Problem Solving by the Spirit
  • 257. Reaching the Higher Consciousness
  • 258. The Greatness of the Birthday for the Great
  • 259. Positive and Negative
  • 260. Building up India
  • 261. The Politician and the Administrator
  • 262. Good Will Towards the Spirit
  • 263. Overriding Personality
  • 264. Home is a Centre of Personality
  • 265. Tenfold Expansion in Ten Years
  • 266. Back Pain
  • 267. What is Left Unsaid
  • 268. Product of Prosperity
  • 269. Marriage is Essential
  • 270. Prestige and Prosperity
  • 271. Wealth Lies in Self-Employment
  • 272. Incentives to National Prosperity
  • 273. Education is an Instrument of Prosperity
  • 274. Levels of the Spirit Emerging in Man
  • 275. The Many Ways in which the Spirit Comes to Us
  • 276. The Reward of Loyalty
  • 277. The Different Aspects of Spiritual Power
  • 278. Subtle Inversion
  • 279. The Causal Plane
  • 280. God Proposes; Man Disposes
  • 281. The Great Indian Dream
  • 282. Psychic Sadness
  • 283. "Count Your Chickens Before They are Hatched"
  • 284. December 28, 1928
  • 285. Out of Dust
  • 286. Ambition Versus Achievement
  • 287. Where the Spirit is Helpless!
  • 288. Spiritual Courage
  • 289. Mathematical Formula of Life
  • 290. "After all, I am a Useless Person"
  • 291. The Value of OIL
  • 292. The Various Strengths of Human Nature
  • 293. A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Spirituality
  • 294. The Prince and The Pauper
  • 295. The Essence of Enduring Success
  • 296. Authority of Love
  • 297. Validity of a Contract
  • 298. This Once
  • 299. Indira Gandhi's Question
  • 300. Spiritual Equality
  • Appendix 1: How to Invoke the Spirit
  • Appendix 2: Invocation of the Spirit
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