DIVINE MESSAGE THE VEDS PART II SPIRITUAL POWER SPIRITUAL POWER:- Atmabal or the power of the soul:- Man has to struggle continuously to achieve the objective of life. Tremendous will-power is required for facing the widespread bad customs, wicked activities & corruption & to adopt good activities & honesty in life. Information on mantras which help to achieve this aim, is given in this section. Yena Devaha pavitrenaatmaanum punate sada tena sahastradhaarene paavamaanihi punantu naha (Samved 1302) Meaning:- The success of human-life lies only in removing the spirit’s (soul’s) & mind’s faults & wicked tendencies & becoming cleansed & pure. Thousands of solutions have been described in the shell of selfishness. Therefore, the Veds are worth reading & worth pondering. Message:- This life as a human being has been achieved by us as a result of innumerable virtuous deeds. Man can get eternal joy only by using it for good deeds. There are innumerable types of moral injunctions in the Veds & their essence is that man should always progress in life & should never have a downfall. It is the duty of every man to give up all types of vices & wicked tendencies. To achieve freedom from the demons of selfishness, greed attachment, arrogance etcetra which grip the soul, strong will-power is required. The soul & mind can become cleansed & pure only by freedom from them. The maximum emphasis has been laid on the strength of will-power in the Ved-mantras. Man can fulfil all his desires only by performing austerity-endeavour, hard labour & with mentalfirmess. Ambition gives an idea about a man’s power or ability, but alongwith that the spirit of selflessness & sacrifice is necessary. Only after these types of wishes are fulfilled by austerities and spinitual-endeavour, can a man make his life successful by helping other. The measure of success of a man’s life can be determined only on the basis of how far his will-power has developed. Even the greatest powers of Nature can be defeated by man’s will-power. The impression of man’s will-power can be seen in the development of culture, in all human activities & all material success. Man’s will-power is produced from his character which is produced as a result of his deeds. That will-power is of the type of his deed. All of us know that it is beneficial to lead a moral life. Even then we somehow commit a sin & then we have to bear its painful result. There is no way of getting rid of the results of one’s deeds. The difficulties seen in our daily life are not only because of some basic vice or wickedness, but the hardship caused by them is troubling us because we are neglecting the good resolve to free ourselves from them. A man who can conquer his wrong type of thinking, will without doubt because the master of tremendous will-power. A misguided man can become only when he thoroughly understands that he is the soul & not the body. One who understands that God resides in his soul, then through that understanding itself, tremendous energy is produced within him. Through this power only, he develops the capacity to reject & throw out the mental faults & vices. Satvik thoughts (qualities of sattogun or satvik qualities) & divine thinking is produced only after freeing oneself from vices & immoral activities. And with that, enthusiasm is produced within man for resisting vices & immoralities.