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"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)
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