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refrain FROM THE USE OF INTOXICANTS

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Intoxicants mean drugs, alcohol and all the things that make you become an addict, make a slave out of you, also blur your vision, damage your brain cells, and impair your ability to think, to see, and to do things dearly. These are intoxicants.

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Smoking can slowly be changed, but should also be abstained from. We ought to be intoxicated by God's power and not by these cheap substitutes. Formerly, we were allowed to do that, or we might do that in ignorance, because we are unhappy and we are craving for something, but we don't know what it is. We feel so empty inside, and we are unhappy despite all the money and civilised comforts. We feel somewhat unsatisfied, so we look for cigarettes, for drugs, for gambling, for sex, or whatever in order to satisfy ourselves. We think that we will satisfy ourselves, but the more we use them, the more we feel exhausted, empty and meaningless. The more you take, the more you crave for, and the more you feel abused in body and mind. The real "intoxication" will substitute for all of these, and make you satisfied, and you won't even want to do all these things.

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Q. If I am taking medications under a doctor's order, can I still be a vegetarian and be initiated?

M. Yes, sure, why not? Medication is not drugs. What I mean by drugs, you know, are the drugs that your country forbids. I also forbid them, for your sake, because it ruins your life, costs a lot of money, and makes you a dependent wretch. You should walk like a king, like a God on this earth, and bless the whole world with your greatest power and wisdom inside.

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Q. Why can't we drink alcohol since it is used in medicine?

M. Drinking affects our mind. It makes it cloudy and confused, and numbs our nerves to some extent. So, I do not care how good it affects you on the surface, because it harms your brain, and we have to rely on our thinking system to reach enlightenment. The more we numb it, the more confused we will become and we won't be able to think straight.

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