World Mastery

You begin with your own feelings and thoughts, and see them as your little selves to be ruled by your dominant Self, and, controlling this microcosm or little world, you will exercise your true Control upon the outer world, as yourself enlarged, realizing the macrocosm to he yours as well as the microcosm.

But this ruling yourself is by love not by force, with knowledge not in ignorance. It is the second quality that we meet with this power of self-control, the Rajas quality, or, the passions that seem so active and disturbing. These are to be put into their,right place and become subject to ourselves. So we guard against our feelings running away with us; against being confused by the desires and passions of others. Because we have found control over ourselves and our own feelings and thoughts, we cannot be interfered with by the feelings and thoughts of others.

Ruling the Passions

The passions, that are counted the most influential in disturbing one’s peace, are anger, lust and hatred. If one will take up these three and put them into their right place by finding the reality of them, and see to it that everything which springs from ‘evil, or the belief in evil, is put under foot, then we shall have broken the bond of that Rajas quality which was interfering with our perfect concentration. You know that when you are agitated, disturbed, or begin to feel the passions of others stealing over you--- you are not in the peace and poise of perfect concentration.