Light

Let it be your inner yardstick

January 13th 2023

Let light be your inner yardstick. Sometimes when you are meditating or in a very spiritual state of mind, you can sense that your whole being becomes luminous, as though a myriad lamps or the sun itself were shining within you. Sometimes you can even feel this light shining out from your face. When you rise to the higher levels of kindness and generosity, gentleness and purity, everything within becomes brighter* and you are filled with light; and this light can actually be seen. But when you harbour feelings of jealousy, egoism and greed, you do not need to look in the mirror to know that your face reflects darkness; you can feel it physically.

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