Who are the friends we must welcome and foes we must drive out before the Divine is established firmly within us? Bhagawan clearly explains for us today!

The mind hops from object to object with incredible speed. It rises to heights and drops to the depths with every wink of the eye. It hides, deludes and distorts. One can subdue it through concentration only. The process can be practised in either of two directions A-rupa or Sa-rupa. A-rupa means 'unbound' by form. One feels that he is not the doer or enjoyer; he’s only an agent of God, a tool, an instrument. One is not affected, well or ill, when the act results in good or bad. One has no identity with the rupa (form or body). Sa-rupa meditation gets lost in dualities of pleasure and pain, profit and loss, for it considers the name and form, the body and its activities as valid. Similarly, man has the choice of two paths - Pravritti Marga (path of involvement) or Nivritti Marga (path of non-involvement). When involved, man is confronted with six internal foes - lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride and hatred. When non-involved, man is helped by six internal friends - sense control, mind control, fortitude, contentment, faith and equanimity. The human body is deified as a temple, yes, but foes must be evacuated and friends admitted before the Divine can establish itself there!