Theos-Talk Archives (January 2007 Message tt00044)

Friends,

"On the path of the spiritual life one of the most essential virtues 
to be cultivated is true detachment in contradistinction to 
carelessness, negligence and cold indifference of the nature of 
tamas. In ordinary life, we see the manifold expressions of 
indifference at all stages and in all circumstances. True detachment 
is the result of daily and hourly restraint upon oneself, according 
to the precepts of the holy Scriptures, enabling one to rise above 
the pairs of opposites. It is the balance point, leading to the 
success of a spiritual aspirant. True detachment is the cure 
prescribed by all the doctors of ancient wisdom (...) 

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Carlos.