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The Mastery of Destiny
is first alluring, then sensuous, and then sensual. Meditation is first forbidding, then profitable, and then peaceful. Reverie is dangerous; it undermines self-control.
Meditation is protective; it establishes self-control. There are certain signs by which one can know whether he is engaging in reverie or meditation. The indications of reverie are:
- A desire to avoid exertion.
- A desire to experience the pleasures of dreaming.
- An increasing distaste for one’s worldly duties.
- A desire to shirk one’s worldly responsibilities.
- Fear of consequences.
- A wish to get money with as little effort as possible.
- Lack of self-control.
The indications of meditation are:
- Increase of both physical and mental energy.