----------ramakrishna Paramahamsa -----------

@KashmirFlower .....No ,they are not same because ....Power gets the name OCCULT when it is bound by limitations and lack of supreme Oneness !

In case of great souls the same power is beyond the word occult and is called ONENESS. For them there are no limitations and for them helping others is spontaneous......like we driving a fly or bug from our body.
Will we call that act of ours... OCCULT POWER of the hand ?
Hope the above is helpful!

 

The Saint talks about........"Dress and Food"......

1. What is the good of wearing the orange colored dress of an ascetic? what is there in the dress? The orange dress brings with it pure associations. The wearing of worn out shoes and torn clothes brings thoughts of one's low state of the mind; dressing smartly in trousers and coats, with patent leather shoes on , makes one naturally feel rather elated with pride and vanity; by wearing the black-bordered dhoti of fine muslin, one feels impelled to be lively and to sing love songs perhaps. The wearing of the orange garb of the Sannyasin naturally causes sacred thoughts to rise in the mind. Every kind of dress has its own associations, although dress in itself has no special significance.

 

2. Once a student questioned Sri Ramakrishna......... "Sir, as the same God dwells in every being, what harm is there in accepting food from any and every man's hands?" In reply the Master asked him whether he was a Brahman. When the student said "Yes", the Master remarked, "That is why you put me the question. Suppose you light a match and heap over it a lot of dry wood. What would become of the fire?" The student replied, " The fire will get extinguished, being choked by the pile, " again the Master said, "Suppose a wild fire is blazing and you throw into it a lot of green banana trees. What would become of these trees?" The student replied, "Surely they will be reduced to ashes in a moment.". " Similarly," said the Master, " if the spirituality in you is very week, there is every danger of its being smothered by eating indiscriminately from all hands. But if it is strong, no food will affect you".

 

The Saint talks about......"Attitude towards the body"........

1..... Q...How is one to conquer the love of the body?
A....The human frame is made up of decaying matter It is a collection of flesh, bone, marrow, blood and other unclean substances subject to putrefaction. By such constant analysis of the body one 's love for it vanish.

2.......Q...If this body is worthless and transitory, who do pious and devout men take care of it?
A.... No one takes care of an empty box, but all protect with care a chest full of precious jewels, gold and costly articles. The pious soul cannot help taking care of the body because God dwells in it. Our bodies form the treasure-house of the Diety.

 

The Saint talks about ...."Attitude towards suffering".......

1.....Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the use of the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.

2......Expressing his own attitude towards illness, the Master said: "Let the disease run its course and let the body suffer, but , O mind, be thou ever in bliss."

 

The Saint talks about....."forbearance".........

1....Look at the anvil of a blacksmith ---how it is hammered and beaten; yet it moves not from its place. Let man learn patience and endurance from it.

 

The Saint talks about ...."Reticence".....

1..Keep your own sentiments and faith to yourself. Do not talk about them abroad.

2...The more a person conceals his devotional practices from others, the better for him.

 

The Saint talks about......"Humility and Self-Respect "........

1.....To become great one must be humble.The nest of the sky-lark is on the earth below , but it soars high into the sky. High ground is not fit for cultivation;low ground is necessary , so that water may stand on it.

2.....One should not entertain egotistical feeling, such as the conceit of the preacher, "I am lecturing, hear me, all of you!"Egoism exists in ignorance, not in knowledge.He attains the Truth who is devoid of conceit. The rain water stands in low places, but runs down from high places.

 

3.......Many a man with a show of humility says,"I am like an earth-worm grovelling in the dust."In this way, thinking themselves always to be worms, in time men become weak in spirit like worms .Let not despondency ever enter into your heart. Despair is the greatest enemy in the greatest enemy in the path of progress. As a man thinks , so he becomes.

4....A true man is only he who is a Manush.... one endowed with a sense of self-respect. Others are men only in name.