Q. Does the law of attraction work on a scientific basis, according to the law of vibrations? A. Yes, there is a law hidden under every activity, and therefore certainly there is a law of vibration in every activity. No movement is free from the law of vibration. Therefore it is in attraction and repulsion also.

Mastery comes from evolution of the soul. And the sign of mastery is to conquer everything that revolts one. And that is tolerance. And the souls who have attained to some degree that spiritual mastery will see, with me, that not only with people, but even with food, that when a person will say, "This I do not like, that I will not eat," the soul who has gained mastery, rejects nothing, though it may not approve of it, it may not be especially attracted to it. And then with the weather, the masterly soul will not say, "It is too hot," or "too damp," or "too dry." "We do not tolerate what is before us." It is hard to tolerate, but we cannot help to meet it; the difference is in tolerating it. The whole system of the yogis, especially of the Shiva Bhaktis, is bases on making oneself acquainted with something that the nature revolts against. In this way they could go too far, in tormenting themselves. The extremity in all things is not right. At the same time that is the principle.

It is not the food, but how the person accepts it, if he eats it. With medicine, thought works with simple food: if he says, "It will do me good," it can cure. There are yogis just now who will drink poison and not die, or jump into the fire and not be burnt. You will find the intolerant souls most unhappy: everything hurts them. food, water, air, the change of the weather, every person they see hurts them. Where should they be, who are uncomfortable in the house and restless outside?

Q. What to say to such a one? A. It is very difficult. Therefore that tendency of rejecting, dislikes, prejudices, it is that tendency which must be conquered. It gives such a mastery. I remember my own experience once that in the school my teacher said that there was a tree whose leaves are very good for a person. They purify the blood. That did not interest me. "But," he said, "it is so bitter that you cannot drink it, nor taste it, nor touch it." I thought, "I think I can!" I did not care for the medicine, only I thought, "Cannot, no one can!" I went home and gathered leaves, and everybody could not understand why I was gathering the leaves. It is more bitter than the water in the sea. I drank it, and my satisfaction was that I did not even make a face. I was not tired of it, I continued for five, six days.

It is a demand on the part of a person, if he wants to fight against all things. That gives mastery. One does not fight mostly. One always fights against things that prevent others getting what one wants. If one would fight with oneself, then one would fight against the tendency of rejecting: that leads in the end to mastery.

Q. I thought it was no use trying to force yourself. A. As a general principle in life there is no use to force. But to train oneself is another thing. It is a method.