As Meditation Deepens, Compulsions, Cravings And Fits

As Meditation Deepens, Compulsions, Cravings And Fits Of Emotion Begin To Lose Their Power To Dictate Our Behavior. We See Clearly That Choices Are Possible; We Can Say Yes Or We Can Say No. It Is Profoundly Liberating.

Meditation May Require A Lifetime To Master, But It Will Have Been A Lifetime Well Spent. ... If You Want To Judge Your Progress, Ask Yourself These Questions: Am I More Loving? Is My Judgment Sounder? Do I Have More Energy? Can My Mind Remain Calm Under Provocation? Am I Free From The Conditioning Of Anger, Fear, And Greed? Spiritual Awareness Reveals Itself As Eloquently In Character Development And Selfless Action As In Mystical States.

God Made The Senses Turn Outwards, Man Therefore Looks Outwards, Not Into Himself. But Occasionally A Daring Soul, Desiring Immortality, Has Looked Back And Found Himself.

The Capacity To Be Patient, To Bear With Others Through Thick And Thin, Is Within The Reach Of Anyone.

The Earth Was Our Home, She Would Have Said, But No Less Was It Home To The Oxen That Pulled Our Plows Or The Elephants That Roamed In The Forest And Worked For Us. They Lived With Us As Partners Whose Well-being Was Inseparable From Our Own.