DIFFICULTIES STRENGTHEN YOU
Difficulties
come to test you and thereby to help you by strengthening your will, patience
and power of endurance.
Be bold. Be cheerful. Be calm, cool and collected at
all times, even in the face of difficulties.
There is no spiritual sadhana
(practice) completely free from obstacles and difficulties. God sends
consolation, encouragement at every step to the sincere aspirant. Defeat and
failure have their purpose. Criticism too has its uses.
Be free
from depression and irritation. Remain unmoved by criticism or praise. Be
steadfast. Stand firm like a rock unshakable by emotional storms, frustrations
and defeats. A spiritual aspirant is backed up by the whole spiritual world.
All saints lend their invisible help and support to such a struggler. You are
never really left alone. You will get help from saints and yogis internally.
Their spiritual vibrations will elevate and inspire you.
Without
great patience and perseverance, the spiritual quest becomes an uphill task. No
half measures will do on the spiritual path. Give your whole heart to truth and
to sadhana (spiritual practice).
Have faith. Be firm. Unfold. Attain.
All defeats are transitory.
All set backs are needed experiences. Muster up your courage. March forward.
Success and victory are yours. Have patience first, second and last! This
should be the motto for those seeking the inner light.
Great
things have small beginnings. All growth is gradual.
To be perfectly
unperturbed, by anything, in all circumstances, looking upon all things as passing
phenomena, ever feeling a distinct, silent witness to all the experiences of
life these are the marks of a spiritual aspirant.
These
qualities have to be carefully and consciously cultivated. They do not come in
a day. But they do come gradually by faithful practice. An unseen power guides
and guards you. Feel his power and presence.
He who is endowed with dispassion,
compassion, serenity, self control, and who has given up the desire for this
world and the next, and who has control over his mind and senses, is fit to
tread the spiritual path.
Peace, Love, Harmony