You may be one who at the age of 45 has never found an employment; or a girl who has missed marriage till the age of 38. There are students like Winston Churchill who always secure the 40th rank in a class of 60. A good job, a welcome alliance or a first rank to these people is really impossible. They can try an experiment in their inner domains. Whether it will succeed is never a question. But such an experimentation cannot be repeated a second time as a test. Lord Krishna desired to know whether he was really a God and pushed the hill and it moved. Should the first experiment succeed, one must try to secure that power as a permanent endowment without further testing.
The previously mentioned last grade servant survived, became dynamic, fulfilled a long unfulfilled ambition of building a house and lived for another twenty-five years. To believe in Spirit one needs no such example. Any such example must be able to inspire one to call the Spirit. How to call the Spirit into action?
- To believe in the Spirit is the essential first qualification.
- We must now believe in the ways of mind we are used to.
- Concentrate on the present, the Spirit.
- Do not dwell on the result or grow expectant.
The mind will alternate between old and new ways. Be steady and move entirely to the new poise. Maintain that poise of mind. The anxieties and frustrations that were a pre-occupation until now, will recede into the background and an inner spiritual calm will steadily grow until it becomes a joy and cheerfulness. It will be evident they are spiritual cheerfulness and spiritual joy. They are the surest indications of the answering Spirit. Life will change its attitude to you. As the inner peace collects, the outer environment will change from indifferent politeness or insufferable superiority to interested attention and pleasant recognition. One MUST note it as the clear outer reflection of the inner change for the better. We must understand and appreciate it and never make an effort to accept it as final, as by doing so one will level off at that point. Such a changed behaviour may be from an affluent neighbour or a stiff boss.