Daily Meditation: Saturday, April 14, 2001

The beginning of an act is the most important moment of …

04/14/2001

The beginning of an act is the most important moment of all: once forces are released, they can rarely be stopped. We must never start anything without knowing the nature of the forces we trigger and the consequences that will follow from the action undertaken. It is easy to release energies, provoke events, but it is much more difficult to direct them, orient and control them. Do not play at the sorcerer's apprentice; remember that the power of man is neither in the middle nor at the end of an act, but at the beginning. While taking a walk in the mountains, if you voluntarily tip a block of stone over, then neither your will nor your strength will be able to hold it back: it will roll down, crushing everything in its path. The same goes for every act in our lives. That is why it is at the beginning that we must be sure to embark on the best path with the best forces, so that everything may come back as blessings on ourselves and on others.