The Forces and Beings Active in Places of Worship

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We tend to attract those
energies, beings and forces to

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us that respond to the vibratory
pattern of our thoughts,

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emotions, feelings, desires, and
physical state.

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Keeping this in mind, we can
review our relationship to

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places of worship, whether a
temple, mosque, church, or

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other.
Some individuals and on some

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occasions bring true devotion to
the place of worship.

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Yet we also see many other
drives, desires and motives

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operating as people visit their
local shrine.

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A major motive is desire.
We pray to God to give us

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something we want, whether it is
money, family, children, a

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better job, a better
relationship with someone, et

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cetera.
In some cases, we attend out of

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a sense of fear that we will not
achieve heaven after our death

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or will endure suffering for
sins we have committed.

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In some cases, we come under the
influence or control of a

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charismatic leader and
subordinate ourselves to that

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individuals dictates.
Whatever the motive that brings

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us to the place of worship, we
create thereby an opening to and

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action of corresponding beings
and forces that represent the

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vibrational patterns of our own
energies.

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Thus, to the extent we bring our
desires, fears and wishes into

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the place of worship, we attract
those beings and entities that

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act on the vital plane.
They may take a brilliant form

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that can mislead us into
believing they are divine beings

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answering our prayers.
In reality, they are harvesting

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and feeding off of our energies
and do what they need to do to

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elicit more of those energies
from us.

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For those who come with a
sincere sense of devotion,

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without desire, without fear,
without any personal demands,

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but with a sense of consecration
and dedication, they of course

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attract those forces that aid
their devotional feelings.

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And in such cases, they are not
misled by vital forces residing

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in the place of worship due to
the collective force of the

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people who come with desire or
fear.

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Sometimes the simplest, humblest
and least ostentatious shrine is

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the one that holds the deepest
and truest devotional energies.

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The Mother observes.
Quote in all religious

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monuments, in monuments
considered the most well as

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belonging to the highest
religion, whether in France or

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any other country or Japan, it
was never the same temples or

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churches, nor the same gods.
And yet my experience was

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everywhere almost the same, with
very small differences.

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I saw that whatever concentrated
force there was in the Church

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depended exclusively upon the
faithful, the faith of the

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devotees, and there was still a
difference between the force as

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it really was and the force as
they felt it.

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For instance, I saw in one of
the most beautiful cathedrals of

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France, which from the artistic
point of view is one of the most

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magnificent monuments
imaginable.

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In the most sacred spot I saw an
enormous black vital spider

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which had made its web and
spread it over the whole place

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and was catching in it and then
absorbing all the forces

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emanating from people's
devotion, their prayers and all

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that.
It was not a very cheering

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sight.
The people who were there and

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were praying felt a divine
touch.

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They received all kinds of boons
from their prayers, and yet what

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was there was this, this thing?
But they had their faith which

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could change that evil thing
into something good in them.

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They had their faith.
So truly, if I had gone and told

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them, do you think you are
praying to God?

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It is an enormous vital spider
that's feeding upon all your

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forces.
That would really not have been

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very charitable.
And that's how it is most of the

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time, almost everywhere.
It is a vital force which is

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there, for these vital entities
feed upon the vibration of human

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emotions.
And very few people, very few,

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an insignificant number, go to
church or temple with a true

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religious feeling.
That is not to pray and beg for

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something from God, but to offer
themselves, give thanks, aspire,

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give themselves.
There is hardly one in a million

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who does that.
So they do not have the power of

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changing the atmosphere.
Perhaps when they are there they

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manage to get across
breakthrough and go somewhere

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and touch something divine.
But the large majority of people

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who go only because of
superstition, egoism and

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self-interest create an
atmosphere of this kind.

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And that is what you breathe in
when you go to a church or

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temple.
Only as you go there with a very

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good feeling, you tell yourself,
oh, what a quiet place for

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meditation.
Reference Sri Aurovindo and the

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Mother, The Hidden Forces of
Life, Chapter 5, Occult Forces,

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pages 117 to 118.