Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Daily meditation, Feb. 11th: James Allen

As the flower opens its petals to receive the morning light, so open your soul more and more to the glorious light of Truth.

FEBRUARY ELEVENTH

SPIRITUAL meditation and self-discipline are inseparable; you will, therefore, commence to meditate upon yourself so as to try and understand yourself, for, remember, the great object you will have in view will be the complete removal of all your errors in order that you may realise Truth. You will begin to question your motives, thoughts, and acts, comparing them with your ideal, and endeavouring to look upon them with a calm and impartial eye. In this manner you will be continually gaining more of that mental and spiritual equilibrium without which men are but helpless straws upon the ocean of life.

Soar upward on the wings of aspiration; be fearless, and believe in the loftiest possibilities.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Daily meditation, Feb. 10th: James Allen

If you really seek Truth, you will be willing to make the effort necessary for its achievement.

FEBRUARY TENTH

AT the outset, meditation must be distinguished from idle reverie. There is nothing dreamy and unpractical about it. It is a process of searching and uncompromising thought which allows nothing to remain but the simple and naked truth. Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth. And so you will remove, one by one, the errors which you have built around yourself in the past, and will patiently wait for the revelation of Truth which will come when your errors have been sufficiently removed.

Let the supreme object of your meditation be Truth.