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Vernon Howard on conscious sweeping as a spiritual exercise...
A short but insightful article by Vernon Howard on spiritual exercise....
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"THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
A pupil asked his teacher, 'Please give me a spiritual exercise.'
Instructed the teacher, 'Sweep the floor.'
'But I'd like to have a spiritual exercise.'
'Sweep the floor while being aware of your sweeping.'
'But I always do it that way.'
'No, you sweep mechanically, with your mind a mile away. Anything
performed consciously is a spiritual exercise.'
The next day the student asked, 'May I have another spiritual
exercise?'
'Wash the dishes.'
True spirituality consists of doing whatever we do with a conscious
mind, a mind which remains where the action is."
- Vernon Howard (Inspire Yourself, p. 30)
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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. ~ Swami Satchidananda
Wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.~ Buddha AN 10.1
If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the (turbulent) mind. ~ Rajini Menon
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