Daily Meditation: Wednesday, July 25, 2001

Someone comes to see me and complains that nothing is going …

07/25/2001

Someone comes to see me and complains that nothing is going right for him, he is discouraged, disappointed, etc. I look at him and simply tell him, 'It is because you joined the school of weakness - The school of weakness? he says. What is this school?' I see that he does not understand and I explain to him, 'You do no exercises to develop yourself and face difficulties, you always take refuge in comfort and laziness. Well, that is the school of weakness. You consider this school to be wonderful, but what happens then? You slow down your inner reactions, you lessen the intensity of your life, mind and spirit, and when problems and trials arise, you do not know how to face them. It is time now to join the school of strength, that is to say, always try to maintain within you some activity, vigilance, dynamism, enthusiasm and courage. While knowing that the two principles of life and death are eternally in conflict, you should not give in, you should not let negative forces sweep through you and enslave you'