Realization requires Yearning...

Only if a man falls in love with his soul as deeply as he has ever done with a woman will he even stand a chance of finding it.

Incessant yearning for the higher self, in a spirit of religious devotion, is one of the indispensable aspects of the fourfold integral quest.

The note of yearning for this realization must sound through all his prayer and worship, concentration and meditation.

Sometimes the longing for God may affect him even physically with abrupt dynamic force, shaking his whole body, and agitating his whole nervous system.

A merely formal practice of meditation is quite insufficient although not quite useless.

For without the yearning the advent of Grace is unlikely, and without Grace there can never be any realization of the Overself.



— Notebooks Category 2: Overview of Practicies Involved > Chapter 9: Conclusion > # 67
Paul Brunton