Circle of Good Will - The World Teacher Trust

service to the society, only meditation. Then the lifewill throw you into the depths of material. It is likeswinging to the right side which will automaticallybring the swing to the left side. A golden middle pathis therefore required: It is neither too much, nor tooless. It is as much as is required. In matters of foodit should be so, in matters of speech it should be so,in matters of movement into objectivity it should beso, in matters of movements into subjectivity it alsoshould be so. In every activity it should be so.Samatvam Yoga Ucchathe, that is the definition of theYoga. Yoga is equi-poise. A Yogi is equi-poised. Whenthe impulse comes, it has to be nourished. That is whatthe Teacher does. Then the individual soul, which isimprisoned in the personality, grows. That impulse hasto happen to every person from within. Only then hemay think of climbing the Golden Stairs. If the personhas no impulse, any amount of indoctrination will nothelp. It is like beating drums into the ears of a deafman. What is the use?So, when we have the impulse, from time to time,the impulse gets reinforced. That is where prayershelp. That is where the biographies of great initiateshelp. That is where the books of practices help. That iswhere a group life of wisdom teaching helps. All thisis to reinforce the impulse to grow. When once thatimpulse is strong, we start reorganizing our life. Webring certain order to our life. We try to be ceremonial.’Ceremonial’ does not mean always doing someincantations and rituals. The daily routine is graduallytransformed into a rhythm and a ritual. It is like tyinga thread to the nose of the bull (personality) to utilizethe bull for cultivation, otherwise the bull would be toostrong to be regulated. The regulation in the field ofwisdom is auto-regulation but not imposed regulation.Religions tried to impose regulations, but it did notwork. Imposing does not work, influencing does notwork, impressing does not work, militant attitude doesnot work, it has to be self-generated. This should beknown. We have to ask ourselves: Have we sincerelyand seriously decided to climb up the steps? Have wedecided or have we not decided? First we have to askour own personality: Is it for the fashion we do it? Is itfor the glamour we do it? ‘Glamour’ means to be knownamong friends and associates that we are great, we havewisdom etc. Is it for aggrandizement of personalitywe do it? The practices can be to sell ourselves in thesurroundings – is it for that we are doing it? Each onehas to ask himself: What for am I doing it?Many times we have to question ourselves, becausemany times we may grow a weed thinking that it isa seed. If we are not careful cultivators, instead ofeliminating the weed, negligently we will eliminatethe seed itself. So, if we want to grow a mango tree,18 19