The Way to Perfection - Sadhu Vaswan

The secret of self-discipline is purity. The knots of the heart must be snapped, the bars of desire must be broken, the heart must be pure!

The first step on the Path is awakening. The second is that of sadhana or self-discipline.

When the awakening has come, the seeker desires to discipline himself.

The "Peace Chant" in the Upanishad begins with the words: "May my senses grow in perfection!"

A strange declaration this—you will say. Strange but true. For true mysticism is not asceticism.

The Upanishads teach no dismal asceticism, no arrogant pessimism. Over and over again, the Upanishads sing: "From Joy has proceeded all that is, and unto Joy shall all return."

The ancient seer sang in the fullness of joy, and in glad loving communion with flowers and beasts and birds and waters and the wind and the many wonders of form and life which spend themselves in beauty and song.

© "East and West Series" (March, 2002) published by East and West Series, 10, Sadhu Vaswani Path, Pune 411 001. Website: sadhuvaswani.org. Reprinted with permission

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