One must guard against the tendency to repeat spiritual truths that are not part of one’s realization or experience. So spoken, these words are like flowers without fragrance and have little influence or value; example is the best teacher. The Mother responds to a question from a disciple in this regard.
Question:
Why is it necessary to have experience again and again ?
The Mother:
What I have meant is that one must not repeat dogmas and creeds without having realized them first. People have a very common habit of saying, for example, “ God is everywhere, everything is good since God exists in everything.. For then they lose all force and become but a dogma..
If you simply repeat what others have said and experienced, it can have no benefit for others. You must yourself go thru it.