THE CORE OF SPIRITUALITY

The workings of Maya are so very extremely subtle, so very difficult to overcome, and human nature is so Asuric and unregenerate that real spiritual development and progress in Sadhana are indeed very hard to obtain.

To achieve success in any measure in the spiritual life is the most difficult and uphill task that truly it is Divine Grace alone that can raise the aspirant from darkness to light. The eradication of egoism in all its numerous aggressive forms comprises the very core of spirituality.

A high standard is a difficult thing to demand yourself, but it is better to have a high standard and fail in reaching it - than not to have a standard at all or to have a low and petty standard.

Swami Chidananda.