CORE PRACTICE LESSONS
THE KEY TO THE TEMPLE
A disciple said to me, “Everything is going wrong– my business and my home. When I say anything to my beloved, she becomes angry.”
I said, “What do you feel about your beloved?”
He answered, “Of course I love her. Otherwise I would not write such beautiful poems about her.” He said it with resentment.
I said to him, “You are writing about another person. Unless you get over your resentment, how can she be your beloved?”
He answered, “I want to follow the Christ path.”
I said to him, “Another person who hated his wife was telling you to get away from it all and join a monastery. But on our path you face your blocks and the best way is through intense love for your beloved.”
Mantra:
The shortest road to the City of God is through my beloved.