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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
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approaching time of departure are very frightening. But if you know yourself and grow in life, then advancing age is beautiful; each stage of life holds new richness and
rewards.
We do not grow old, we become old. To grow means to increase our wisdom and vitality. Years are not important, it is pleasantness that counts. I have seen many beautiful old faces, people in their seventies and eighties who are so wonderful to look upon. Though there are wrinkles, in each line some pleasantness is hidden. And I have seen young faces which are dull and flat and covered with powder. There is no pleasantness to be found there. The flat faces are good for portraits and magazines, but not for communication. Meditation means that you bring a pleasant feeling in your face. You see beautiful moments from every corner of your memory. Bring those moments to your memory now so your face becomes pleasant and peaceful. When we become tired of life we become old, whatever our age may be. Meditation is useful for older people as well as the young. As we advance through life meditating, we build our good feelings and joy.
The first thing to know about meditation is that you must start from here, wherever you are now. Once a lady was walking out of her house and she dropped her ring near the doorway. It was very dark there, so she walked a fewyards and began looking around under the streetlamp. A man came along and asked her what she was looking for. When she told him she had dropped her ring, he began helping her look for it. After a few minutes, he asked her exactly where she had dropped it. Then she explained that she had dropped it near the doorway, but because there
