Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly

'Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly - 24 July 1949 Only when the mind and heart are really simple is one able to solve the many problems that confront us. A religious man is he who is inwardly simple. Q: I have been a member of various religious organizations but you havedestroyed them all. I am utterly bored and work because hunger forces me toit. I am afraid to commit suicide. What on earth am I to do? Q: What have you to say to a person who, in quiet moments, sees the truth ofwhat you say, who has a longing to keep awake but who finds himself repeatedly lost in a sea of impulse and small desires?'