Surrender Is To Give Oneself Up To

We Are So Engrossed With The Objects, Or Appearances Revealed By The Light, That We Pay No Attention To The Light.

Willpower Should Be Understood To Be The Strength Of The Mind, Which Makes It Capable Of Meeting Success Or Failure With Equanimity. It Is Not Synonymous With Certain Success. Why Should One's Attempts Always Be Attended By Success? Success Breeds Arrogance And Man's Spiritual Progress Is Thus Arrested. Failure, On The Other Hand, Is Beneficial, Inasmuch As It Opens His Eyes To His Limitations And Prepares Him To Surrender Himself. Self Surrender Is Synonymous With Eternal Happiness.

Sense-perceptions Can Only Be Indirect Knowledge, And Not Direct Knowledge. Only One's Own Awareness Is Direct Knowledge.

Thoughts Come And Go. Feelings Come And Go. Find Out What It Is That Remains.

The Degree Of Freedom From Unwanted Thoughts And The Degree Of Concentration On A Single Thought Are The Measures To Gauge Spiritual Progress.