{"id":4443,"date":"2026-08-22T12:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurobook.saorg.in\/index.php\/inspiration\/inner-cleanliness\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:19:47","slug":"inner-cleanliness","status":"publish","type":"inspiration","link":"https:\/\/aurobook.saorg.in\/index.php\/inspiration\/inner-cleanliness\/","title":{"rendered":"INNER CLEANLINESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not only is the positive movement of self- giving necessary but also the negative movement of rejection of everything in you that opposes this giving. You must not leave things &quot;like that,&quot; buried somewhere, in such a way that at the first opportunity they wake up and undo all your work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>{Some} have completely neglected cleaning their room; it has remained as dirty as ever, and so, naturally, when the {spiritual} experience has gone, this dirt becomes still more repulsive than before.<\/p>\n<p>One must never neglect to clean one&#039;s room, it is very important; inner cleanliness is at least as important as outer cleanliness.<\/p>\n<p>Swami Vivekananda has written (I do not know the original, I have only read the French translation): &quot;One must every morning clean one&#039;s soul and one&#039;s body, but if you do not have time for both, it is better to clean the soul than clean the body.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-4443","inspiration","type-inspiration","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurobook.saorg.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration\/4443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurobook.saorg.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurobook.saorg.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiration"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurobook.saorg.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}