Be like the pearl oyster-
****Be like the pearl oyster. There is a pretty Indian
fable to the effect that if it rains when the star Svâti
is in the ascendant, and a drop of rain falls into an
oyster, that drop becomes a pearl. The oysters know
this, so they come to the surface when that star
shines, and wait to catch the precious raindrop.
When a drop falls into them, quickly the oysters
close their shells and dive down to the bottom of the
sea, there to patiently develop the drop into the
pearl.
We should be like that. First hear, then understand,
and then, leaving all distractions, shut your minds to
outside influences, and devote yourselves to
developing the truth within you. There is the danger
of frittering away your energies by taking up an idea
only for its novelty, and then giving it up for another
that is newer. Take one thing up and d o it, and see
the end of it, and before you have seen the end, do
not give it up. He who can become mad with an idea, he alone sees light. Those that only take a
nibble here and a nibble there will never attain
anything. They may titillate their nerves for a
moment, but there it will end.
….Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life -think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the
brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be
full of that idea, and just leave every other idea
alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way
great spiritual giants are produced. Others are mere
talking machines.
…To succeed, you must have tremendous
perseverance, tremendous will. "I will drink the
ocean," says the persevering soul, "at my Will
Mountains will crumble up." Have that sort of
energy, that sort of will, work hard, and you will
reach the goal.
****Be like the pearl oyster. There is a pretty Indian
fable to the effect that if it rains when the star Svâti
is in the ascendant, and a drop of rain falls into an
oyster, that drop becomes a pearl. The oysters know
this, so they come to the surface when that star
shines, and wait to catch the precious raindrop.
When a drop falls into them, quickly the oysters
close their shells and dive down to the bottom of the
sea, there to patiently develop the drop into the
pearl.
We should be like that. First hear, then understand,
and then, leaving all distractions, shut your minds to
outside influences, and devote yourselves to
developing the truth within you. There is the danger
of frittering away your energies by taking up an idea
only for its novelty, and then giving it up for another
that is newer. Take one thing up and d o it, and see
the end of it, and before you have seen the end, do
not give it up. He who can become mad with an idea, he alone sees light. Those that only take a
nibble here and a nibble there will never attain
anything. They may titillate their nerves for a
moment, but there it will end.
….Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life -think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the
brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be
full of that idea, and just leave every other idea
alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way
great spiritual giants are produced. Others are mere
talking machines.
…To succeed, you must have tremendous
perseverance, tremendous will. "I will drink the
ocean," says the persevering soul, "at my Will
Mountains will crumble up." Have that sort of
energy, that sort of will, work hard, and you will
reach the goal.
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