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Friday June 28, 2024

7:40am  I am busy working on my #gulag update.  Tita barged in and and she wants me to pick a random page from Pearls of Wisdom.  I stopped at Chapter 8.  Raise Your Path to Immortality.   

Part 1 

Deserve First, then Desire.

Victor:  Just real quick, let me show you the update on my page.  

Tita:  Only people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, ever do.  Is that what you wanted me to read?  Is that from the meme I sent you?  

Victor: Yeah, I paraphrased it. The meme said, "People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."  I don't know who the fuck is Apple though. :]

Tita: Deserve First, then Desire.

  Straighten all that is crooked.  Check your self-will.  Practice inner-discipline.  Chisel the mind now here, now there.  Cut away all that is excessive and undesirable.  Meditate.  Attain perfection which is self-realization.  

The first step in the spiritual path is sacrifice.  The second, renunciation  

i) Deserve first; then desire.

1. Straighten all that is crooked. Check your self-will. Practice inner discipline. Chisel

the mind now here, now there. Cut away all that is excessive and undesirable.

Meditate. Attain perfection, which is self-realization.

2. The first step in the spiritual path is sacrifice; the second renunciation.

3. The word sacrifice implies self-abnegation, dedication of one’s individual

personality. It means the destruction of the ego through supreme knowledge.

4. By continued perseverance in the Spiritual path, the aspirant is led a great distance on

the way to a state which transcends all powers of description.

5. Who is learned? He who practices what he knows.

6. The aspirant passes through the seven stages of detachment, renunciation, aspiration,

meditation, annihilation of “I” or the ego, unification and illumination.

7. The life of an aspirant is made up of tests and trials.

8. During the practice of Yoga, you will meet resistance from within.

9. The inward struggle in the spiritual path is inevitable. All true seekers have had to go

through a period of struggle.

10. With boundless patience, courage and service, carry on your meditation and study.

11. Kindle the fire duly within, which burns for ever.

12. The stronger the conviction. The greater will be your courage and there will be far

greater chances of your success.

13. The inclination to postpone under various pretences, the practice of spiritual Sadhana

is a great obstacle in the spiritual path.

14. Know the value of time. Learn to use your time and attain the Timeless ultimately.

15. Seek and aspire. You will find Him.