There
are so many programs and beliefs in your culture about being a good and
valuable person — such as making a lot of money, or being well known,
or being quite spiritual and pious. All of these things can be good if
they come from your soul and are part of your higher path. These things
can be off your path if they you are doing them only to fulfill an
image that comes from the ego or personality. Look at yourself right
now and ask, if society had no images it held up and admired as being
good or right, what would you do with your life? There has been an
emphasis on outer productivity in your culture rather than on inner
peace, joy, love, and compassion. There is a sense of TIME that
pervades everything—accomplish this or that by the age of such and such
or be considered a failure. There is a sense of pressure, that
everything must be done fast. You have all the time you need.
Living With Joy
