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The spiritual powers, therefore, are the powers of the grown and liberated spiritual man. They can only be developed and used as the spiritual man grows and attains liberation through obedience. THE SPIRITUAL POWERS THEREFORE ARE THE POWERS OF THE GROWN AND LIBERATED SPIRITUAL MAN THEY CAN ONLY BE DEVELOPED AND USED AS THE SPIRITUAL MAN GROWS AND ATTAINS LIBERATION THROUGH OBEDIENCE
him, that he can use his proper powers and faculties. For this is the secret of all spiritual powers: they are in no sense an abnormal or supernatural overgrowth upon the material man, but are rather the powers and faculties inherent in the spiritual man, entirely natural to him, and coming naturally into activity, as the spiritual man is disentangled and liberated from psychical bondage, through keeping the Commandments and Rules already set forth. As the personal man is the limitation and inversion of the spiritual man, all his faculties and powers are inversions of the powers of the spiritual man. In a single phrase, his self seeking is the inversion of the Self-seeking which is the very being of the spiritual man: the ceaseless search after the divine and august Self of all beings. This inversion is corrected by keeping the Commandments and Rules, and gradually, as the inversion is overcome, the spiritual man is extricated, and comes into possession and free exercise of his powers. FINED AND BLINDED HIM THAT HE CAN USE HIS PROPER POWERS AND FACULTIES FOR THIS IS THE SECRET OF ALL SPIRITUAL POWERS THEY ARE IN NO SENSE AN ABNORMAL OR SUPERNATURAL OVERGROWTH UPON THE MATERIAL MAN BUT ARE RATHER THE POWERS AND FACULTIES INHERENT IN THE SPIRITUAL MAN ENTIRELY NATURAL TO HIM AND COMING NATURALLY INTO ACTIVITY AS THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS DISENTANGLED AND LIBERATED FROM PSYCHICAL BONDAGE THROUGH KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS AND RULES ALREADY SET FORTH AS THE PERSONAL MAN IS THE LIMITATION AND INVERSION OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN ALL HIS FACULTIES AND POWERS ARE INVERSIONS OF THE POWERS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN IN A SINGLE PHRASE HIS SELF SEEKING IS THE INVERSION OF THIS SELF SEEKING WHICH IS THE VERY BEING OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN THE CEASELESS SEARCH AFTER THE DIVINE AND AUGUST SELF OF ALL BEINGS THIS INVERSION IS CORRECTED BY KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS AND RULES AND GRADUALLY AS THE INVERSION IS OVERCOME THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS EXTRICATED AND COMES INTO POSSESSION AND FREE EXERCISE OF HIS POWERS
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