Question to Radhanath Swami: I am growing in everything I have taken up in life, but my spiritual practice seems to be stagnant. How can I advance?
Radhanath Swami Answers: To advance spiritually you have to discipline yourself. Like a doctor in order to get his degree goes through, years and years of discipline. So if you want to be successful in any field of activity, you must be disciplined and the same applies to spirituality.
Today people discipline themselves in every other avenue of life but when it comes to religion they assume everything is alright. We discipline our jobs. We discipline our family life. But we don’t have time to discipline spirituality. For spirituality we always complain of not having time. All the problems in this world exist because people are spiritually undisciplined. They do not know how to control over senses. They do not know how to control their mind. They do not know to how to say no to the things that they want to do and are bad for them. They do not know how to say yes to the things that they do not want to do but are good for them. And therefore their motivation in their practical life is simply selfishness and greed. When they will they learn to control their desires, their mind and their senses they will grow spiritually. Developing control will cause mind and senses to become peaceful. And in that peaceful state the love of the soul can manifest.
If one is very serious about making spiritual advancement one must discipline his time and by doing so they will become effective and efficient in every walk of life.
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