October 7 – Motivation

The correct motivation for any action is essential.

Love your true Self,
Which is naturally happy
And peaceful and bright!
Awaken to your own nature,
And all delusion melts like a dream.

From pure behavior comes self-power, which frees a man from suffering; pure conduct, like a ladder, enables us to climb to heaven.

Even among those who meditate, the man or woman who worships God with perfect faith, completely absorbed in God, firmly established awareness and ends all suffering.

It is essential you neither despise nor grasp for either the realm of activity or of quietude, and you continue your practice assiduously. Freuquently you may feel you are getting nowhere with practice in the midst of activity, whereas the quietistic approach nrings unexpected results. Yet rest assurded those who use the quietistic approach can never hope to enter into meditation in the midst of activity.  

~ by kennybeal on October 7, 2009.