What have I gained today?

What shall it profit a man who gains the whole world and loses his soul?We need to close each day by asking ourselves what profit the day has brought. Not only do we have to consider how diligent we have been in the conduct of our earthly duties, but more importantly, what benefit the day has brought to us spiritually.

We need to consider what is of benefit to our spirits.We must feed our spirit with spiritual food by experiencing everything that comes to us inwardly. The experiences include our own actions and the actions of others that come to our notice, the books we read, what we hear and all!Nothing must pass without us trying to gain from it.The things we experience deeply in this way are what we can truly call our own and which will really help us along our paths.

Mere earthly pursuits withought spiritual content counts for nothing and will all be in vain.May we continually work on matters that will lead to our spiritual growth and ascent! So, lets ask ourselves - what profit have we made today?