The World Is Our School For Spiritual

It Is A Grave Misconception To Regard The Mystical Progress As Passing Mostly Through Ecstasies And Raptures. On The Contrary, It Passes Just As Much Through Broken Hearts And Bruised Emotions, Through Painful Sacrifices And Melancholy Renunciations.

Deep Down Within The Heart There Is A Stillness Which Is Healing, A Trust In The Universal Laws Which Is Unwavering, And A Strength Which Is Rock-like. But Because It Is So Deep We Need Both Patience And Perseverance When Digging For It.

While The Mind Remains So Fixed In Its Own Personal Affairs, Be They Little Or Large, It Has No Chance To Open Up Its Higher Levels. When Attention And Emotion Are Kept So Confined, The Chance They Offer Of This Higher Use Is Missed. The Peace, Truth, And Goodness Which Could Be Had Are Untouched.

Every Discussion Which Is Made From An Egoistic Standpoint Is Corrupted From The Start And Cannot Yield An Absolutely Sure Conclusion. The Ego Puts Its Own Interest First And Twists Every Argument, Word, Even Fact To Suit That Interest.

Living In The Present Moment Means Living According To Truth And Principle (but Not According To Hard Rigid Dogma) Flexibly Applied In The Particular Way Required By The Immediate Situation In Which You Are. Such A Way Of Living Leaves You Free, Not Ruled Tyrannically By Imposed Regulations Which May Not At All Suit The Particular Case.