Patient Perseverance

Inspirational Advice from The Great Master

These very thoughts that come and hinder concentration are to be checked. Since our birth here, we have been daily taking photographs of what we have heard, read, or observed, and storing these in our mind. And the mind is so big that even if we place the whole universe in it, it will be found to be bigger and capable of storing any number of universes and still remain bigger. The thoughts that arise are the same photographs that we have been taking so long and preserving with us. They are not, however, endless. They will finish up in time, with the attention finding its focus. Then this cinema show will end.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, Spiritual Gems}

Desires have abased the soul. When mind desires something and fails to find the object of its desires, it feels pain. Therefore, abandon your desires now and accustom yourself to be resigned to the will of the Master. Mind is a slave to habit and is forcibly led astray by it. Find for yourself what habits are obstacles in the way of truth. Get rid of them by and by, and fill their place with good ones…. But note that mere theory of a thing does not help, unless it is actually put into practice. Mind is very powerful. At the time of deliberation it makes promises, but does not care to fulfil them when the occasion arises. To control the mind is not the work of haste; it requires years of patient perseverance. As long as it does not begin to take pleasure in the internal music, it must fly out to worldly pleasures. Apply your mind with love and keen interest to the spiritual exercises, without any false apprehensions. One day you will get complete control over your mind and senses, and that is a great blessing.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, The Dawn of Light}

It is only when we sit in meditation that we begin to discover the power, the waywardness and the obstinacy of the mind. The mind that has been running wild ever since we came into the wheel of life and death will take time to yield. You are just beginning the fight against it. It is a life-long fight; and the reward is, if one conquers his mind (makes it motionless in the eye centre) he wins the world.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, Spiritual Gems}

Try to perform repetition in one posture, changing your position as little as possible. The mind does not become still without two hours repetition at a time. If one performs repetition while walking, going on errands and the like, the mind will feel quieter when one sits for repetition.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, Spiritual Gems}

The Father is always with you. You live, move and have your being in him. He is always helping you in every kind of task that you perform. The nearer you come to him, the more fully you will feel his presence and realize his help. As love for him increases in you, you will get a deeper and deeper realization of his Radiant Form within yourself. You must not expect spiritual realization all at once. The adepts call this path Sahaj Yoga, that is, a path on which you can walk slowly, and slowly only…. The mind has acquired so much control over the soul that it keeps the soul always entangled in the enjoyment of senses. This is the reason why a person cannot rise above the world all at once. Our Master is all-powerful and certainly one day he will release us from the bondage of mind and senses, through his infinite mercy, provided we practise bhajan and simran to the best of our ability, according to his orders.
_{Maharaj Sawan Singh, The Dawn of Light}