Sitting 130: Rest

Once again it is time to talk to you and we would speak of the rest which all of you require from your physical and mental labours and also the times of rest which you should have from your spiritual endeavours. It is nice to plod on and on in your efforts to complete the task at hand and it is nice to watch the things that you do grow and evolve in the time which you have allotted to do these things. You find that many times things happen which delay you and it is at these times when we would say to you that you should pause and rest for a little while so that when you continue with your task you do so in a calm and unhurried fashion. When you do this you will find that things flow more easily and smoothly than previously and therefore more quickly. When you are working on spiritual matters you will often find yourselves slowing down at times and even coming to a stop on occasions and you wonder why this occurs. The trouble is that there are times when you come to a slight lull in your progress and, instead of taking advantage of the situation by taking a short rest you become uneasy and try to keep going at the same rate and in doing so actually work twice as hard and cause yourself to completely block your progress.

Try to relax and rest at these times and never ever push yourself for that is the quickest way to cause a breakdown in your efforts that we know of.