Doing nothing has never been the best way to rest. The best way is to change activity. And spiritual work is actually by its nature very different from all your usual activities. It is not like going to a building site, a factory or an office every ...
Each day, plough, sow and water your inner soil, and do not ask others to notice the work you do.If you do your work with awareness, one day everyone will have to recognize and appreciate it, for the laws are true.Imagine a gardener has just planted ...
Sometimes you think, ‘But what is the point of my praying and meditating and trying hard to live in light and purity? It doesn't do anything for anyone; it isn't even noticeable.' Well, you are wrong! As long as you have made efforts to live in ...
Spiritual work must always be done in secret. All you can share with others are the results of your work. As for the work itself – what it consists of, the experiences you have, the states of consciousness you experience – it is better to keep quiet ...
Spiritual work is unlike any other work; it is something that reaches the deepest, most intimate part in each person. We should do it without saying what we are doing. All those who start telling others how they do their practices, how they meditate,...
Even if you ate well yesterday, that will not sustain you today, and so you have to eat again. Today, you have to do what you did yesterday all over again, because what you did yesterday was for then, and today you have to do what is for today. This ...
Try to bring your life into greater harmony with your spiritual ideal by devoting more time to prayer and meditation. But be patient: if after a week or ten days, you do not notice any great changes in yourself, do not complain that you have been ...