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Obstacles On The Path To Sincerity

Difficulties and being sincere
Set to work sincerely and sooner or later the obstacles will be
overcome.
CWM 12: 354

The greatest enemies of a perfect sincerity are preferences (either
mental, vital or physical) and preconceived ideas. It is these ob-
stacles that must be overcome.
CWM 14: 71

When you are sure that you have attained absolute sincerity, you
may be certain that you have plunged into falsehood.
CWM 14: 69

Q: Someone has said that when you open the door to Yoga,
you are confronted by a multitude of obstacles. Is this true?

It is not an absolute rule; and much depends upon the person.
Adverse conditions come to many as a test for the weak points in
their nature. The indispensable basis for Yoga, which must be well
established before you can walk freely on the path, is equanim-
ity. Naturally, from that point of view, all disturbances are tests
which you have to pass. But they are necessary too in order to
break down the limits which your mental constructions have built
around you and which prevent your opening to the Light and the
Truth.
CWM 3: 52

Aspiration and adverse forces
When we come to the spiritual life with an aspiration, can the ad-
verse forces attack us?

Everybody, without exception.

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