If one has inner enemies within oneself. As long as the inner enemy's nature is rising from within, until then, one will not doubt their refuge, thinking that there is a flaw in their refuge. If one fights with the inner enemy and takes the strength of God, then the inner enemies will diminish. Thus, God and Maharaj have said that without taking refuge in God, if one fights with the inner enemy with more force, then the inner enemy will destroy them. So, even in defeating the inner enemy, refuge helps him. In defeating the inner enemy, it's not just about the inner enemy. The inner enemy is powerful. There are two sides, which side is stronger? God Then what? It is because they consider the inner enemy powerful that they are destroyed. And because they considered the inner enemy powerful. If one takes refuge in God and fights against the inner enemy, God will surely help them. The inner enemy is not that powerful. This person has lost and has not surrendered to God. If they had lost and surrendered to God, then there would be no problem. There is another question: if there are two surrendered devotees. Hmm. Among them, one serves God without doubt and pleases Him. And one, in order to please God, fears that something might happen through them and God might become displeased. So, are both types of devotees considered equal or not? The fear that remains is a flaw in faith. There should be no fear in faith. Then, if I am sitting at God's feet and someone still kills me now, then what? So what does that mean? There is a flaw in faith. Huh? Not that fear. The fear that God might become displeased. Why would God become displeased? Then it means that his intention is to displease. That I want to keep something like that with me, and that makes me displeased. If one goes to God with a pure intention, then nothing will happen. God is big-hearted, after all. God is not narrow-minded like us. That if he sees a little, he'll do something else. Let's tie it up, let's tie up the two. God is not so narrow-minded as to conclude that 'this is how he is'. God is big-hearted. He just looks. Whether his intention is wrong or not? If the intention is wrong, then there is no question, it is still correct what you are saying. And if the intention is true, then there is no need to be afraid. He doesn't need to hesitate. If his intention is clear that he wants to go to God and he wants to please God. Then there would be no problem. God becomes displeased. That's why it is said that even if the circumstances are unfavorable, God will make them favorable. It came up before, didn't it? It came up in the discourse one day. That one takes refuge in God, and even if they try and make efforts, and if one or two things go wrong, then they should not worry, because God is the one who sets things right. So, God's refuge is less. Because of that, the world's power is believed, and I lost, I became like this, my desires are strong, my inner enemies are strong, all of that. His attention, his focus is not on God, and if his focus were on God, he wouldn't even know what God's power is. If he knows God's power, then he won't have that fear. It won't remain. He is sitting at the king's house, and he has gone and sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → Shouldn't there be fear of the king? One must maintain the king's dignity; that is called refuge. What are these six things said about the king's dignity? He keeps others', but he should keep this one's too. Just as he keeps others, and does donkey's work for others, if he does it for this one, then everything will be gone. And if he does donkey's work for this one, then he gets satisfaction. It is considered complete work. And if he keeps doing others' work, then it is not considered complete work, and he will never go. When That's why it is said that in refuge If the intention is not right, then it goes wrong for him. A person can even take the wrong meaning. One can even take the wrong meaning of refuge. But the meaning of refuge is not wrong. And in refuge, it is as stated in the scriptures. His intention should be right. That's true. When the strength of the jiva is observed. That is, when a measure is taken from the actions he has performed, then he cannot have any faith in attaining God's abode. Because within the jiva's heart, lust, anger, greed, and other extremely terrifying inner enemies reside. They do not cease to cause changes in his well-being. Throughout his entire life, these inner enemies do not allow him to stop being a thief of God. Just as a thief secretly steals the goods of a merchant, these inner enemies make this jiva believe that even the Antaryami (inner controller) does not see them, and thus they make him commit hidden evil deeds. And they make the jiva believe in his own wretchedness. A person who steals can never consider themselves rich from within. He is a person who does weak work. He cannot consider himself innocent from within. Any person with wrong intentions, with bad intentions. He can never consider himself innocent from within. God is the Antaryami, and He is seated within everyone. He doesn't let him believe. That you have a completely wrong intention and you are showing off outside. It is easy to convince outsiders. And people give clean sheets to outsiders, saying that we are clean. Even if we eat a lot, we take our beak like a crow and sit back on the dais, saying, 'No, we don't do such things'. Look at our beak. So, the outer inner, but the inner, if his intention is wrong and his intention is right. Then, seeing God, no matter how many sins there are, he does not have any doubt in his mind if his intention is true. God is such a thing, such an entity, that He does not let it happen. That is His divine power. God's vow is such that He is the redeemer of the fallen, the purifier of sinners, the friend of the poor, and the ocean of mercy. He sees all these titles. Then why would he suffer? Why would he have trouble? Why would he hesitate? So he doesn't look at him. And his own valor, he has been beaten many times by the inner enemy. So he thinks that we still have stones left with us. As long as all these are standing, the stones won't go away. Yes. So he feels that way. There is no focus on God's glory. There is no focus on what God is. There is no focus on God's titles. And if he keeps focusing only on himself, then he will never be cured. Just as a thief secretly steals the goods of a merchant, these inner enemies make this jiva believe that even the Antaryami (inner controller) does not see them, and thus they make him commit hidden evil deeds. And they make the jiva believe in his own wretchedness. The inner enemies make us perform actions, make the jiva perform actions, and then the jiva believes that we are like this. He does it by abandoning God's refuge. That's why, if he has refuge, he cannot do such a thing. A person who steals can never consider themselves rich from within. His natural tendency becomes so low that it makes him feel inferior. Within him, the inner Even if a thief is a billionaire, what does he believe in his heart? He is a thief. I am a thief of a billionaire. Those small thieves can only steal a little. I steal billions of rupees. But the thief does not stop. 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