DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

ENERGY & LUST

22 June 1929

During a discussion with the mandali about overcoming lust that day, Baba narrated the following allegory:

There was once a fight between Energy and Lust; Energy was defeated, so Mind stepped into the ring. A terrible fight took place between Mind and Lust. Mind was not so easy to defeat, but in the end, Lust won again.

Then Soul challenged Lust to a fight to the finish. The result of their match was that Lust was defeated so completely, it never rose up again to challenge Soul to a rematch.