Modern man is accustomed to getting results quickly; his industry and technology manufactures products so rapidly that he thinks there should be a convenience package of concise spiritual progress as well. A presumption of instant spiritual achievement is perhaps more than a bit audacious considering the innumerable lifetimes already spent in making oneself an unspiritual being.
~The Second Coming of Christ …. Paramahansa Yogananda
The irony lies in the fact that most people living today appear quite satisfied with technological progress at the expense of spiritual awakening.
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