A friend tells me that we talk about two years ahead of where we are. I hope that is true because what I talk and what I walk are sometimes in two different centuries...no, in truth, that's a feeling not a fact. Sometimes it just feels like two different centuries. So if it's only two years...hooray!
I am reminded of a wise old man I knew some 40 years ago who was forever saying, "The most spiritual thing you're ever going to do is slow down." I, of course, thought he was full of it and sped away from him.
But I never forgot that, and it may well have been two years before I realized that as truth...whatever we are speeding to get...or to lose...becomes our god of the moment. We are 100% focused on that self-determined objective...probably praying, "Please, God, help me get/get away from this that I have determined is necessary to my life."
Be patient. The path of self-discipline that leads to God-realization is not an easy path: obstacles and sufferings are on the path; the latter you must bear, and the former overcome -- all by His help. His help comes only through concentration. Repetition of God's name helps concentration. -- Swami Ramdas
Thank you.
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