Post by ajay0 on Jan 14, 2021 10:49:19 GMT
A short but insightful article by Vernon Howard on conscious sweeping as a spiritual exercise....
"THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
A pupil asked his teacher, 'Please give me a spiritual exercise.'
Instructed the teacher, 'Sweep the floor.'
'But I'd like to have a spiritual exercise.'
'Sweep the floor while being aware of your sweeping.'
'But I always do it that way.'
'No, you sweep mechanically, with your mind a mile away. Anything
performed consciously is a spiritual exercise.'
The next day the student asked, 'May I have another spiritual
exercise?'
'Wash the dishes.'
True spirituality consists of doing whatever we do with a conscious
mind, a mind which remains where the action is."
- Vernon Howard (Inspire Yourself, p. 30)
A pupil asked his teacher, 'Please give me a spiritual exercise.'
Instructed the teacher, 'Sweep the floor.'
'But I'd like to have a spiritual exercise.'
'Sweep the floor while being aware of your sweeping.'
'But I always do it that way.'
'No, you sweep mechanically, with your mind a mile away. Anything
performed consciously is a spiritual exercise.'
The next day the student asked, 'May I have another spiritual
exercise?'
'Wash the dishes.'
True spirituality consists of doing whatever we do with a conscious
mind, a mind which remains where the action is."
- Vernon Howard (Inspire Yourself, p. 30)