Above All We Have To

This Process Of Change Since My Stroke Has Been Very Gradual. It Is Going On All The Time... It Is Partly A Physical Transformation. The Body Itself Is Undergoing Great Changes. My Problem Before Was That I Was Living Largely From The Head; And Then After The Stroke I Got Down Into The Heart.

I Was Being Called To Surrender The Very Citadel Of My Self. I Was Completely In The Dark. I Did Not Really Know What Repentance Was Or What I Was Required To Repent Of. It Was Indeed The Turning Point Of My Life.

This Is Criterion By Which The Church Is To Be Judged, Not By The Forms Of Its Doctrine Or Ritual, But By The Reality Of The Reality Of The Love Which It Manifests.

The One Thing Which You Have To Abandon Unconditionally Is Your Self.

Perseverance Is The Essential Requirement In The Practice Of Yoga. It Has To Be Done Day By Day, Week By Week, Year By Year, Until The Mind Is Brought To The 'still Point' Where It Is Open To The Grace Of God.