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cured, and the soul becomes eloquent in expressing the glory of the Divine Self.
Worldly miseries are symbolized by a burning fever. With increasing spiritual sensitivity, even the pleasures of the world are understood to be modi cations of pain, because whatever joy exists in those pleasures eventually fades. One is again left wondering how to nally attain the ultimate happiness. Spiritual maturity cures you of this burning fever, replacing it with a more sublime form of joy. The soul is led to the gardens of spiritual expansion wherein the breeze of peace removes its fever forever. Finally, the very root of evil— ignorance—is removed from your soul by the mere command of Christ. Divine insight tears the veil of ignorance by its mere glance.
By seeing the wonders of spiritual movement, you develop profound faith in the Divine Self. Within your heart, faith blooms into the realization that you have attained the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
In Luke 9: 13-17, it is told that ve thousand men who were following Jesus needed to be given something to eat, but His disciples were at a loss about how they were going to feed all of them with only ve loaves of bread and two shes. Without any hesitation, Jesus had his followers sit down. Then He blessed the loaves and sh and kept breaking them