MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK (14)

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MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK : A NEW PATH FOR A NEW AGE (14)

Swami Ashokananda

 

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You see, there was no sign that this butcher was spiritual;

yet he had become an illumined soul. Outwardly he was still

killing animals and cutting up meat and selling it; further he

was doing the duties which an average householder would do -

taking care of his parents and so on. Would you call that

spiritual practice ? Most people have not called it so. Even if

I were to become very eloquent and impress you with the idea

that what he was doing was as good as meditation or worship or

any other generally accepted spiritual practice, you might for

a time be a little shaken. But the moment you got out of this

hall, you would begin to say, 'Oh, yes, but the real practice

is meditation. Oh, if I could just have concentration! That's

the thing to do. How can I get concentration?'

 

(to be continued)