Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 From talk " Spiritual Practice for Beginners " by Swami Ashokananda Morality " Now I admit that some people may have to struggle very hard in order to live up to moral principles; there are inner conflicts, and so on. So if a person is told that he does not have to observe these things he will feel relieved. Having admitted that, I shall add that it is only temporary relief. Very soon he finds he has become shallow, he has become weak an exceedingly vulnerable. If moral observances do not do anything else for us, they at least build within us an independent individuality so that we can live in accordance with some requirements of our own inner being, and to that extent we are able to resist incursions from the outside. I do not think I have to mention that one of the things most needed at the present time is the ability to resist the external world. In these times we have become so identified with externals that whenever things do not go well, we go to pieces. In individual, national and international affairs we are continually subject to this kind of invasion.. It is just a matter of time before we find that a large number of people are going to pieces - literally going to pieces. " Commentary:- This intrusion from outside and how easily it can effect a nation is something we have just witnessed in the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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