Text of the meditation
As the flower opens its petals to receive the morning light, so open your soul more and more to the glorious light of Truth. Spiritual meditation and self-discipline are inseparable; you will therefore begin to meditate upon yourself so as to try to understand yourself, for, remember, the great object you will have in view is the complete removal of all your errors, so that you may realise Truth.
You will begin to question your motives, thoughts and acts, comparing them with your ideal, and endeavouring to look upon them with a calm and impartial eye. In this way you will continually gain more of that mental and spiritual equilibrium without which people are but helpless straws upon the ocean of life.
Soar upward on the wings of aspiration; be fearless, and believe in the loftiest possibilities.
James Allen (1864–1912), Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year (1913) – public-domain text, gently modernised.
The original 1913 text is in the public domain.
