Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there may come a time - just as there does in the development of any skill - when there will be a plateau. You may be bored, discouraged, or even negative and cynical. This is when you will need not only faith, but persistence.
Ram DassGratitude opens your heart, and opening your heart is a wonderful and easy way for God to slip in.
Ram DassThe soul is not part of the incarnation. It comes into the incarnation. And the soul is not afraid of death because it has done it so many times.
Ram Dass