' The Long Path '...

The man on the Long Path reaches a point where he tends to overdo its requirements or to do them in an unbalanced way.

He is then too self-conscious, too much ridden by guilt, oscillating between indulgence and remorse.

Only when his efforts seem to be futile and his mind to be baffled, only when he gives up in exhaustion does he give up the tension which causes it.

Then, relaxed, spontaneity released, the gate is at last open for grace to enter.

In its light he may see that in one sense he had been running around in circles because he had been running around inside his own ego.



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Chapter 4: The Changeover To the Short Path > # 135
Paul Brunton