The only way to continue with the scripture that you are reading, or the spiritual practice you are into, is to keep demolishing your conditioning. If you are not constantly progressing against your conditioning, you will soon lose interest in the scriptures. The very sight of the scripture or the teacher will become a humiliating experience for you. You will want to avoid the scripture, the spiritual practice, and the teacher at all costs. The scripture will remind you of your impotence and self-deception. Why will you want to look at the scripture? The scripture will remind you of a promise unkept, of a payment pending. Who wants to keep looking at an unsettled bill?
The scriptures are not just ordinary books. They are difficult love.
This article has been created by volunteers of the PrashantAdvait Foundation from transcriptions of sessions by Acharya Prashant
