He Is Beginning To Master Wisdom When

Whoever Lives In The Spirit Lives In Perennial Peace. It Is A Happy Peace, A Smiling Peace, But One Is Not Lost In It. One Is Aware Also Of The Suffering Which Exists Around Him Or Her And The World At Large.

Now An Extraordinary And Helpful Fact Is That By Making Mind The Object Of Our Attention, Not Only Does The Serenity Which Is Its Nature Begin To Well Up Of Its Own Accord But Its Steady Unchanging Character Itself Helps Spontaneously To Repel All Disturbing Thoughts.

The Source Of Wisdom And Power, Of Love And Beauty, Is Within Ourselves, But Not Within Our Egos. It Is Within Our Consciousness. Indeed, Its Presence Provides Us With A Conscious Contrast Which Enables Us To Speak Of The Ego As If It Were Something Different And Apart: It Is The True Self Whereas The Ego Is Only An Illusion Of The Mind.

Nothing Matters So Much That We Should Throw Ourselves Into A State Of Panic About It. No Happening Is So Important That We Should Let Ourselves Be Exiled From From Inner Peace And Mental Calm For Its Sake.

Such Excessive Preoccupation With His Faults Is Not A Truly Spiritual Activity But, On The Contrary, A Highly Egoistic One.the Recognition Of His Own Faults Should Make A Man Humbler, When It Is Beneficial, Not Prouder, Which The Thought That He Ought To Have Been Above These Faults Makes Him.