Passage 5

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But they go on pilgrimages here, there and everywhere for the sake of divine power. It is only from the feeling that divine power is not in them that they go on pilgrimages like this. When that power truly comes in full, nothing else can be done any more. A Russian woman named Brigette was filled completely with magnetic power. When she walked along the road, the iron all around would come and stick to her. If she went into any shop, all the goods there would stick to her. So they would not let her into shops. In this state, unable even to eat her meals, she died within a few days. That is, once this power has been received, the power to control it is needed as well. Though so much divine power was in her, she died because she did not have the power to control it. The power to control it must be gained by deliberate effort. One who drives a car must know how to control it. Where to go how fast, when to put on the brake.. only when he knows all this can he drive the car without an accident. When the driver lacks the power to control it, he himself falls under the car and dies. This body is like a car. Its headlights are the eyes, its horn the mouth, its steering the mind, its petrol tank the belly, and its four tyres Dharma, artha, kāma and Mokṣa. In these tyres there must be the air called faith. There must be some difference between the air in the front tyres and the air in the rear tyres. Whichever tyre has too much air must have it let out; whichever has too little must be pumped up. If impure petrol is filled into the car's tank, the car breaks down. So the petrol must not be impure. In the same way, the food put into the belly must be pure. That is what they called sāttvika food. Not only that: the water we drink must also be pure and clean. Only then will this car called the body stay in good condition and take you to the destination you must reach. Only when you recognise the nature of this body well and act on it does your life become worthwhile.