3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

2 2 SELF-INTROS PECTIONa thing is actually done. Mind is very powerful. At thetime of deliberation, it makes promises but does notcare to fulfill them when the occasion arises. To controlit is not the work of haste; it requires years of patientperseverance. So long as it does not take pleasure in theinternal music, it must fly out to worldly pleasure. Applyyour mind with love and keen interest to the spiritualexercises, without any false apprehensions. One day youwill get complete control over your mind and senses andfind it is a great blessing.'" But the time factor is a necessity,patience is a necessity, perseverance is a necessity.It will not happen in one day.61The Need for Prayer and EffortPRAYER AND EFFORT go cheek by jowl. We pra) toGod for what? For the success of our endeav~rs.Should we wish for a thing, we must try for it, and alongsideour efforts to achieve it pray that God may grant it.Prayer is just the last weapon and a sure one that comesto our aid. Where all human eflorts fuil, prayer succeeds.As a bird cannot fly on one wing only nor a chariot moveon one wheel, so effort and prayer must go together ifwe want success in all our ventures. One of them by itselfcan achieve nothing. As long as a person is not ful!yDivinized, or in other words does not become a consciousco-worker with the Supreme Power by understandingHis Will, he cannot do without endeavor, for God helpsthose who help themselves. A mere prayer without endeavorseldom bears fruit. Just take the instance of a boy