Robert : Well, on this particular plane of existence, approximately 80% of the people who pursue spiritual life, drop out.
Why?
Because they become disillusioned.
They want something to happen today, this week, right now.
They have no understanding that while they are on the spiritual path, the real spiritual path, things may appear to become progressively worse, at first, for all the karma's are coming up, and being destroyed, so you feel this, you experience this.
But all the great spiritual books tell us not to pay attention to this.
Not to respond to this.
Just let go, and let whatever happens, happen.
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And the example I give, is when you're building a new building, the old has to be destroyed.
So there comes this big iron ball, breaking down all the old structures, destroying everything it sees.
And if you look, you will say,
"Why is this destruction going on?"
If they didn't want to build anything new, they would have left it alone.
So the destruction is there in the beginning.
Then it's all cleared away, it's swept away, and a beautiful new edifice is built.
And so it is in your life.
When you get on a real spiritual path, everything comes up, at a fast rate of speed.
Things may seem very bad, terrible, to some people.
It doesn't happen to everybody.
It is because you are accelerating your karma.
It's all coming out of you.
It's all being totally dissolved.
And then if you hold on, become still and quiet and do not react to these things, all of a sudden you will start feeling a profound peace, a profound happiness, a profound joy.
You will finally feel freedom.
But this is not explained in most teachings.
This is the reason why 80% of the people usually drop away.
173 Turn Within Always - July 26, 1992
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