Daily Meditation: Friday, July 8, 2016

Life, spiritual - practising it does not spare us all our problems

07/08/2016

Do not imagine that heaven is so impressed at your becoming members of a Church or some spiritual movement that it is going to make your life easier and spare you any hardship. No, you will come up against all of life’s difficulties, just like any materialist. But keep moving forward, knowing that, instead of overwhelming you, the difficulties you will have to face will purify and strengthen you, because you will have learned how to see them in a different light. By accepting a spiritual teaching, the poor do not become rich, the ignorant wise, the ill healthy or the weak strong, and those who are despised and unrecognized do not receive honours and glory. There – you have been warned. And you might even feel much worse than before. Why? Because the new life beginning to move in you sees cleansing as a priority – and what an upheaval that creates! However positive your decision to turn your life around, you should know in advance that this decision will cause some inner turmoil. Otherwise, you won’t understand what is happening to you, and you will go back to your old life and have to start all over again.