The Bright Side
Even with discrimination one has to be careful - it has its light and dark sides.
When the bright side is up, it says, "Spiritual life is more worthy" - but the dark side comes up and it says, "It is difficult".
Strike while the bright side is up.
Death
When you realize that death puts an end to all this, you live without being torn between these concepts of good and evil, right and wrong.
Now
We do not suffer because of some unknown sin we committed in the distant past, but because of the state of our being just now
Observation
Saint Francis looked at this man and said, "If you have not learned so far, I cannot teach you any more. If you have not had the power of observation, then saying a few words is not going to be of any use to you."
Truly Humble and Virtuous
What is mind without moods, thoughts, feelings?
When this enquiry is pursued, meditation happens.
When this enquiry is pursued the seeker becomes truly humble and also truly virtuous.
Such a seeker is the most noble citizen in the world, an asset beyond value.
He is neither an escapist nor a selfish man.