A single day spent in contemplation of the path of immortality is worth more than a hundred years lived in ignorance of the path of immortality.
A single day spent in contemplation of the supreme Truth is worth more than a hundred years lived in ignorance of the supreme Truth.
All kinds of different things are gathered here under the same heading. It is an association of words more than an association of ideas. But the central trend is this, that it is preferable to have one moment of sincerity rather than a long life of apparent devotion and that a psychological and spiritual victory over oneself is more important than all external victories.
There is also an interesting reflection, that a victory over oneself is the only victory which is truly safe from the intervention of any god or power of Nature or any instrument of evil. If you have gained self-mastery on one point, that goes beyond the reach of any intervention even from the very highest powers, whether they are gods of the Overmind or any anti-divine powers in the world.
The opening text says that a single word that gives you peace is worth more than thousands of words that have no meaning—this anybody can understand—but it is also said that the word that gives you peace is worth more than thousands of words that can satisfy the mental activity but have no psychological effect on your being.
[The Mother: CWM 3]
