Living within bounds
13. Another aid to concentration is
to set bounds to one's life. All our actions must be measured and
weighed. Precision, the secret of mathematics, should be found in
all our actions. As we measure out each dose of medicine before
taking it, our sleep and food too should be in measure. This should
be so everywhere in our life. All our senses should be under strict
watch, to see that we do not sleep too much, or eat too much, or
even look at too many things.
14. One gentleman said of another,
"When he enters a room, he notes in a second what things are
kept in it, and where." I said to myself, "Lord, may I
never have this power!" Am I his secretary, or am I a thief
that I should compile and keep in my head an inventory of his
possessions? How does it concern me where he keeps his soap or his
watch? Of what use is this knowledge to me? |
