- Good
Good works without prayer may often lead you into confusion about what is good!
Prayer calms you, and His Grace will guide you to what is really - not conventionally, good.
- Idol
Ultimately even a simple stone should be realised as God manifest.
But in the beginning of our spiritual life we are as children, whatever our chronological age, and only certain specific symbols remind us of God.
- Darkness in Light
Look at the flame of the candle - it has a secret message. It says: "There is no darkness - you have invented the word." "But" , you say, “It is dark in the next room". "Come" says the candle-flame , "Let us see". When you both enter the next room, you find you were wrong and the candle-flame was correct! There is no darkness in light.
- Intellect and Emotion
You should approach meditation with both intellect and emotion under control.
If there is only intellect it will lead to speculation.
If there is only emotion, you will be able to sing and dance, but not meditate.
- Freedom
Real freedom is freedom from one's self - from selfishness. To be free from one's self - to be able to sacrifice one's self for others, one's country, the world or humanity - that is freedom.