As long as this image prevails, you need to question yourselves when you proclaim more receptivity and quiescence. Only when you are very sure of this will the pendulum swing into a new balance. The very over-emphasis on activity now is the balance that you need in order to establish real harmony in your soul. Stagnation and inertia are indeed the greatest evil. They are matter not wanting to be enlivened with the spirit, the spirit of the Eternal, Who desires to penetrate the void that is totally stagnant and inert.
False receptivity is masked inertia.
The more false receptivity exists, the less real receptivity is possible. The inability to receive love, pleasure, fulfillment, and the compulsion to sabotage fulfillment come from not giving to God. When you give to God, you need to be active, to overcome inertia, to move, and do, and act, to risk, and sometimes to fight against your own and others' evil. Only then will you feel free from guilt and can therefore truly be receptive to what the universe wants to give to you. The grace of God is everywhere, around you and within you.