Unknowingly, you may create and develop in yourself an abounding
variety of selfish habits and attitudes that causes great discontent for
oneself. The impulse for this comes from the power complex, the
greed for accumulating authority, domination, power and the greed for
things which can never be eternal and full. You may feel elated
that you are master of all arts or owner of all wealth or possessor of
all knowledge...From where did you acquire these? You may even
claim that you earned all this through your own efforts, labour and
toil, but surely, you received it from someone. The source
from which all power originates is Sarweswara (Lord of All).
Omnipotence belongs only to the Lord of all beings. Ignoring the
omnipotence and deluding oneself that the little power that one has
acquired is one's own is indeed ahamkaara (selfishness,
conceit, or pride). Ahamkaara causes grief and must be
uprooted from within. It will not subsist in an
individual filled with genuine devotion, recognized by the
characteristics of kindness, love, patience, forbearance and
gratefulness. Seek therefore, to develop these virtues in you.
-Divine
Discourse, Prema Vahini
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