Muster up your courage. Continue, whatever challenges arise. – Swami Sivananda
Difficulties come to test you and thereby to help you by strengthening your Will, Patience and Power of Endurance.
Be bold. Be cheerful. Be calm, cool and collected at all times, even in the face of difficulties. There is no spiritual Sadhana practice completely free from obstacles and difficulties.
God sends consolation, encouragement at every step to the sincere aspirant.
Defeat and failure have their purpose. Criticism too has its uses.
Be free from depression and irritation. Remain unmoved by criticism or praise. Be steadfast.
Stand firm like a rock – unshakable by emotional storms, frustrations and defeats. A spiritual aspirant is backed up by the whole spiritual world. All saints lend their invisible help and support to such an aspirant. You are never really left alone. You will get help from saints and yogis internally. Their spiritual vibrations will elevate and inspire you.
Without great patience and perseverance, the spiritual quest becomes an uphill task.
No half measures will do on the spiritual path. Give your whole heart to truth and to Sadhana. Have faith. Be firm. Unfold. Attain. All defeats are transitory. All set-backs are needed experiences.
Muster up your courage. Continue whatever challenges arise. Success and victory are yours. Have patience first, second and last! This should be the motto for those seeking the inner light.
Great things have small beginnings. All growth is gradual. To be perfectly unperturbed, by anything, in all circumstances, look upon all things as passing phenomena, ever feeling a distinct, silent witness to all the experiences of life – these are the marks of a spiritual aspirant.
These qualities have to be carefully and consciously cultivated. They do not come in a day. But they do come gradually by faithful practice. An unseen power, guides and guards you. Feel this power and presence. The aspirant endowed with dispassion, compassion, serenity, self control and who has given up the desire for all things in this World and who has control over their mind and senses, is fit to tread the spiritual path.