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Leading A Spiritual Life

disappears. Everyone becomes like a member of your
own family.
It is a miracle; there is no doubt about it. But this
miracle can be performed only when your ‘sisters
and brothers’ is not simply a form of lip service but
comes from deep down in your heart. Lip service is
mere hypocrisy, while a wholehearted address is like
a psychological wake-up call which has the power to
rivet your listeners’ attention. True spirituality comes
from the heart; it has nothing to do with any mere
form of address or religious rites. There is a saying:
charity begins at home. The same is true of spirituality.
Spirituality begins with one who projects himself as a
spiritual person. Only one who can do so will produce
a spiritual result.

Although spirituality is a matter of the heart, it does
have certain external manifestations, which show that
a spiritual person is quite different from others. If one
is not truly a spiritual person, the very manner of his
utterances will betray the truth about him; while if
someone is truly spiritual, his speech, his tone, his way
of behaving, will at once confirm his sincerity.
There are natural flowers and there are plastic flowers.
Artificial flowers may look very similar to natural
flowers, but they have no fragrance whatsoever; a natural
flower will not only have the real flower’s look but will
also please you with its sweet fragrance. This is true also
of spirituality: spirituality which is such only in form is
like an artificial flower, while spirituality which has true
spirit is like a natural flower. The former cannot bring
about the required result, but true spirituality cannot

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