A meditator naturally follows that which is good

A meditator naturally follows that which is good — not that he decides to follow it — and naturally avoids that which is bad. Not that he decides to avoid it; a meditator never takes any vows — there is no need. A man with eyes never takes the vow that “I will always enter from the door, go out from the door. I promise you, God, that I will never try to enter from the wall. Believe me, I am a man of my word, I will keep it, although I know there will be many temptations.” If somebody is saying that, you will laugh. “What nonsense he is talking! What temptations?” Have you ever been tempted by the wall to get in and out through it? No such temptation is there.

A meditator naturally follows that which is good -- not that he decides to follow it -- and naturally avoids that which is bad. Not that he decides to avoid it; a meditator never takes any vows -- there is no need. A man with eyes never takes the vow that

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