AVOIDING SUBTLE CARELESSNESS AND LAZINESS

As we progress on the path of self-improvement, sometimes we can become careless and lazy in a subtle way.

- B.K. JAYANTI

How does that happen? Instead of honest and careful self-examination, we superficially scan our life and tell ourselves, 'I am doing OK...

I am fine.' My material circumstances may be comfortable, but can I truthfully say, after genuine introspection, that I no longer have any weakness? If my family, colleagues, and other people I interact with, say that they are happy with me, that would be cause for satisfaction, but if I give myself a congratulatory certificate, it is a sign of carelessness and it shows that I am not checking myself scrupulously.

When we have spent some time working on ourselves and start to feel that we have grown, we may sometimes become slack in our efforts.