A young man asked Socrates how he could get wisdom.
Socrates replied, “Come with me.” He took the lad to a river,
pushed the boy’s head under the water, held it there until the
boy was gasping for air, then relaxed and released his head.
When the boy regained his composure, he asked him, “What
did you desire most when you were under water?”
“I wanted air,” said the boy. Socrates said to him, “When
you want wisdom as much as you wanted air when you were
immersed in the water, you will receive it.” Likewise, when you
really have an intense desire to overcome any block in your
life, and you come to a clear-cut decision that there is a way
out, and that is the course you wish to follow, then victory and
triumph are assured.
If you really want peace of mind and inner calm, you will
get it Regardless of how unjustly you have been treated, or how
unfair the boss has been, or what a mean scoundrel someone
has proved to be, all this makes no difference to you when you
I awaken to your mental and spiritual powers. You know
what you want, and you will definitely refuse to let the thieves
(thoughts) of hatred, anger, hostility, and ill will rob you of
peace, harmony, health, and happiness. You cease to become
by people, conditions, news, and events by identifying
thoughts immediately with your aim in life. Your aim is
peace, health, inspiration, harmony, and abundance. Feel a
river of peace flowing through you now. Your thought is the
immaterial and invisible power, and you choose to let it bless,
inspire, and give you peace.