QUESTION Tell, please, what acts are not peculiar for the person, decided to be in the world, but at the same time not from the world? Thanks.

ANSWER OF TAYANA The world is as the representing (seeing) person is. Living in the world, but not from the world is really free person. His actions do not depend on laws of the world. He is realized and operates in conformity with his nature. When the person learnt himself, defined his predestination there is no question ” What to do? “. He simply knows it and does it. There are no doubts they do not arise in this case. And when there is no internal resistance than all occurs easily and free as if an invisible mighty force leads you carefully taken your hand. And further, plunging into introspection, you feel intuitively, that this force is you, but your borders have no limit. Human mind with its projections is powerless to define them. Now enters its rights that are always reliably, eternally, immeasurably.

Once a respected hermit who spent many years has in contemplation and solitude was visited by heavenly creation. At last, the hermit decided, the award for a strict way of life has come, confirmation of the fact that he really moves forward, on the way to sanctity.

– Hermit, – said the angel , – you should go to one generous and pious person and tell him, on command Supreme, that in six months from this day he will die and for his kind doings he will be forward in paradise.

Having rejoiced, the hermit hurried to the house of that person.
Heard the news, the generous person, notwithstanding the fact that he was already promised to go to paradise, even increased the sizes of the donations, hoping, that he can help greater number of people.
Three years passed, and the generous man did not die. But it did not disappoint him, and he still did not leave his works.
And the hermit experienced his great mistake very hard, tormented by an idea, that it was simply the hallucination. He was burnt with shame as people showed with their fingers on him calling him lying prophet and the person, who thought that he was visited by the high creature. Day by day he became more and gloomier, until he became absolutely intolerable. But more than to another people he was disgusting to himself.

And then the angel appeared again.
– Now you see, – said he, – how much are you fainthearted? And it is so true, as the pious person has already been in paradise and that he already died, died in the certain sense known only selected people, while actually he still enjoys his life. Well and you? You are still almost useless. But now, when you felt at last, how ulcers of vanity itch, perhaps, now you will manage to take a way of spirituality.

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