It is not that man cannot change (just another excuse), but because he does not want to. As the saying goes, “If there is a will, there is a way.” So the ‘Law of Free Will’ and the ‘Law of Karma’ are both totally fair and just; let mankind ‘reap what he sows’. ] *4.) Others will pretend they respect the Teaching, but will just place the book under their sleeping pillow. *5.) Still others will speak of their love for the Teaching, but will not renounce a single [old, outworn] bad habit! *6.) Nevertheless, the predestined new ones will come! 7.) The ancients had a proverb: “Do not set free the tiger!” |
So if seeker still feeding and enforcing own false pride; instead of forgetting it—even at the price of the Selfless Server and Giver; by belittling, no respect, or using as scapegoat to ‘feel good about oneself' (feed own false pride) – seeker will never make it. Because chose to side with own selfish, lower nature personality, instead of one’s Selfless Spiritual Soul Nature. Problem mostly because of lifetime long bad habit(s), But according to Lord: worse than one’s bad habits, is one’s ""inclination"" or ‘will to do’ to assert and satisfy one's lower nature. Man has all the potential in him, to conform, adjust and correct himself according to God’s Will and Plan. |