…People are always asking in letters, you know, “How can I advance myself spiritually?” And the basic essence of it is always the same, and that is one’s devotion to the truth. One’s devotion to the truth transcends all obstacles. Let’s see if that’s a fact: “That’s a fact-resist.” [True.] One’s devotion to the truth then overcomes all obstacles.
And sometimes people will write a letter also that they don’t understand certain things, and because there’s such a huge volume of letters, they can’t all be answered.
And so, what we generally say, then, in a letter, that almost—over 90 percent of the questions that are being presented resolve themself with a little further reflection of the information that’s been provided.
It takes a certain amount of time to grow, you know what I’m saying? And a lot of times, people will come up with a question that, you know, took me 20 years of meditation to even get to the edge of that answer, and he wants it tomorrow, you know. I say, “Well, now . . .” Hmmm. So, there’s a certain maturity, a certain . . . in other words, the growth factor—you know, the growth factor—and each person evolves at their own rate of development. And that rate of development is absolutely correct for that person.
So, therefore some preparation of spiritually advanced work has to be done to become an intense spiritual aspirant.
This passage is taken from the New Transcription Book 4 , from the July/August 2002 lectures : Spiritual Power and Integrity: Uncovering Spiritual Reality and Realizing Peace, Love, and Divinity, Chapter 1, Pgs. 14-15