Daily Meditation: Sunday, June 22, 1997
Many people engaged in the life of the spirit think that as …
Many people engaged in the life of the spirit think that as soon as they have made a certain good resolution, things will follow their plans exactly: their instincts will submit to their will, and wisdom and reason will triumph. Unfortunately, it is not as easy as that, because it is precisely at this moment that other inner forces awaken to oppose the realization of their good intentions. And what happens then? When they see they have not succeeded as they had hoped, within the time they had anticipated, they become discouraged and embittered, and they bother others with their unfulfilled expectations. People should not launch into the spiritual life without knowing the difficulties, or the results may be worse than if they simply continued to live an ordinary life.
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
