Spirituality

PROGRESS ON THE PATH The material world generally accepts quantitative evaluations as measures of prosperity and success:  How much have you earned? How much did you save, produce, sell and acquire? Material success depends on how much, how many, or how often. Spiritual seekers habitually apply the same quantitative measures in estimating their own inner achievements. Automatically they congratulate themselves on the quantity of their “glorious sadhana”. However, quantitative measures are false indicators of spiritual progress. In spiritual practice -  It is not how much we read,  But how much we understand and  Reflect and meditate upon the concepts that assures success.  The quality, intensity, sincerity, devotion, understanding, and enthusiasm of the heart with which we do our sādhanā determine the true heights to which we rise in our self-mastery. Spiritual seekers often suffer chronically from lack of progress on the path. From their diaries, it is c