Daily Meditation: Monday, November 30, 1998

So long as they are young and well human beings never think …

11/30/1998

So long as they are young and well human beings never think about the principle of disintegration at work within them which, one day, will gain the upper hand. They tend to think the world belongs to them and the future will always be rosy. And then what a surprise when they see everything on the physical plane beginning to escape them. In this merciless struggle between the principle of life and the principle of death, some people seek to hold on to life by any means, and this may lead them to all kinds of senseless acts. They throw everything they should have used towards their spiritual work into the battle, and they lose everything. We have not come into the world to stay for ever young and in good health. We have come here as apprentices, to train. The wise are those who know the lie of the road they are following and endeavour to use everything. In the spiritual world our ascent is continuous, uninterrupted. Down here, however, whatever we do, our face will become wrinkled, our hair will go grey and our teeth will fall out. But we must understand that our outer appearance is not important if behind this grey hair and the wrinkles lies the radiance of spiritual life.