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Obstacles
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And so they never get going themselves. They wait to be lifted from that big mass of people around them that certainly is not on their level. They smile at you and think: 'Why can't he see, how far advanced I am?' They forever crave compliments on their attempts alone, even if they yield little or no results.
What these poor people don't realize is that their pride, their lack of commitment, their very idea of a 'recreational spiritual path' bars them from any progress. They don't know that all they expect, all they project is exactly what they are getting: A casual 'spiritual' stroll through nice, natural scenery - maybe accompanied by some similarly attuned souls, basking in all kinds of good vibrations, - but - nothing more. Changed attitude: This book describes a different path. It alerts us to prejudices and attachments that stop us from becoming the magnificent being we deeply feel within, - it makes us aware of the corresponding restrictive emotions we usually ignore. - It shows how to arrange the familiar components of our life so wisely that they lead us into a wide-open, more exciting, expansive, blissful and-above all - far vaster universe.
Addiction to comfort and smooth environment locks our awareness into the narrow limits in which these tendencies are able to manifest.
Practical Tip: The world doesn't survive on a good try. A pilot who crashed his plane in the attempt to land can't find excuse in telling 'but take-off and cruising was quite all right, wasn't it?'
Go for results, - not for pretence, nor self-deception, nor for applause.
