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main features thereof. One having dissolved himself embarks on an eternal existence, the Real life worth having and the very object of life. This can more easily be attained during the life-time of the master than after him, because his power remains aflow all the time during his life. After that, as they say, rarely may there be a few among the whole host of moths that might be capable of immolating themselves in the dead flame.
During my great master's lifetime devotees clustered round him like moths round a flame. It was so because the candle was alight. They went on making progress on the path, but after him the situation changed. There were then few amongst them who could burn themselves with their own internal fire over the flame that had gone out. This was possible only to one who had absorbed into himself sufficient light to keep himself aglow with, and to consume his very being in it. Such a one is for all to imitate, so that they may not remain lacking in that inner heat to consume themselves with afterwards.
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