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"God has given man a heart and the heart must have some attachment. We have proved that nothing is completely worthy of our heart's devotion save Reality, for all else is destined to perish. Therefore the heart is never at rest and never finds real joy and happiness until it attaches itself to the eternal... Man must attach himself to an Infinite Reality so that his glory, his joy, and his progress may be infinite." (SofW vol 7 p162) (54:1)

"Self- love is a strange trait and the means of destruction of many important souls in the world. If man be imbued with all good qualities but be selfish, all the other virtues will fade or pass away and eventually he will grow worse." (Dal 119) (54:2)

"Wherefore must the veils of the satanic (human) self be burned away at the fire of love, that the spirit may be purified and cleansed and thus may know the station of the Lord of the Worlds." "If it fail... in its allegiance to its Creator, it will become a victim to self and passion." (7 Val 11; Bwf 121) (54:3)

"If our chalice (consciousness ? ) is full of self, there is no room in it for the water of life (Revelation ? )." (Pt 136) (54:4)

"Alas! Alas! O lovers of worldly desire! Even as the swiftness of lightning ye passed by the Beloved One, and have set your hearts on satanic fancies. Ye bow the knee before your vain imagining, and call it truth." (Hwp 38) (54:5)

"The natural emotions are blameworthy and are like rust, and deprive the heart from the bounties of God." "Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants are held captive by their own... selves and desires." (SofW Vol 7 p116; Bwf 73) (54:6)

"Desire and passion, like two unmanageable horses, have wrested the reins of control from him and are galloping madly in the wilderness. This is the cause of the degradation of the world of humanity. This is the cause of its retrogression into the appetites and passions of the animal kingdom... By devotion to the carnal mortal world, human susceptibilities sink to the level of animalism." "Despair, both here and hereafter, is all you will gain from self- indulgence." (Pup 179; Sdc 105) (54:7)

"Suffer not yourselves to be wrapt in the dense veils of your selfish desires, inasmuch as I have perfected in every one of you My creation, so that the excellence of My handiwork may be fully revealed unto men." (Bwf 119) (54:8)

"See how nations have come and gone... Some were mere captives of self and desire, engulfed in the passions of the lower nature... And what was the final outcome? Utter evanescence and oblivion." (Pup 181) (54:9)

"God grant that your desires and unmortified passions may not hinder you from that which hath been ordained for you." (Bwf 118) (54:10)

"Enrapture my soul, O my Lord, with Thy most mighty signs, and draw me out of the depths of my corrupt and evil desires." (pam 216) (54:11)

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