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22 SOuL’S DivinE JOuRnEY

toward ourselves and all others, as the soul is spiritually
culpable in all that it does, whether in thought, feeling,
or action.
The benefits to be accrued through association with
the divine Sound Current are extraordinary. As this purely
spiritual Force enters an individual’s consciousness, it
completely re-orders one’s life and brings new levels of
self-discipline and harmony into all social, economic, and
spiritual conditions. This spiritual Sound lovingly weans
the individual from all remaining attachments that have
overpowered one, whether through addiction or otherwise,
and replaces them with constructive and progressive spirit-
ual realities. normally, the desires of the mind are unwill-
ing to forfeit any long-standing attachments or pleasures
and will staunchly continue this refusal to do so, at least
until the mind finds something better with which to replace
them. Typically, the mind does not comply with our deepest
wishes, and it just cunningly attempts to substitute one
pleasure for another. But when the mind begins experienc-
ing the fresh and invigorating currents of the Sound, it
becomes enraptured, deeply satisfied, and happily content,
and so it begins releasing its white-knuckled grip on all
that previously held it prisoner.
Thus, the student’s relationships with the entire outside
world, with one’s own subjective world, one’s family, and
all external interactions, whether occupational or social,
come into a keener balance as one establishes a newer and
higher expression of truthful living. The meaning and
purpose of life are now clearly presented, and the mysteries
which heretofore made little sense become easily decipher-
able. The conflicts arising between one idea or opinion
over another, one chosen faith compared to another, or one
political or economic dynamic over another just melt away
into oblivion. Fear and uncertainty, pain and heartache, as