The human body is a sacred temple that houses the real you. The energy is as
potent as you want it to be.
Within that fortress, you should build a “tower of safety” for your residence. Its
four walls would be:
1. Silence
2. eating only a small amount of food
3. wakefulness
4. solitude
Silence – because much physical and spiritual energy is dissipated by talking.
Silence is golden. Speak as little as possible. Open your lips only when it is
necessary. And when you must speak, do so in the kindest and gentle manner
possible. Never lose your temper over anything.
You are not running this World. Leave that to the creator, whose function it is to
do so. If a person behaves in an unreasonable fashion, you need not copy him or
adopt his ways. Always keep your tongue (the two-edged sword) under control.
Eating only a small amount of food – This also relates to the tongue. We eat much
more than we require because it appeals to the palate. One should eat only as
much as is necessary to keep body and soul together. We should eat only enough
to live in devotion, and not live to eat, as some people seem to think.
A man becomes an angel by eating less, and a beast by eating more. Too much
eating and sleeping keep one away from the door of the Lord. Indulgence in these
two activities clouds the inner vision.
Keep thy stomach empty,
That the creator may fill thee with His Love.
Shut your mouth,
That the Creator may open your eyes.
Wakefulness – Sleep also is correlated to eating. Overeating also makes one feel
sleepy. It makes one sluggish. The less we sleep, the more spiritual progress we
can make. We do not need so much sleep as we usually have. A few hours sleep
every night is quite sufficient. It leads to inner progress.
Solitude – (Living alone as much as possible) – To be alone as much as possible is
essential for a spiritual seeker. Mixing with people brings us down the path of the
mind. It is the path of the awakened that we seek to follow. “Flee from men and
look above thee”.
It takes courage to meditate. There is no such thing as no time for meditation.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is
the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.