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GOAL ORIENTATION
Role of Abhyasi
towards the officer. This indicates alertness, healthy disposition and the freshness of the body.
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TRUST
After having judged fully the capability of the teacher and finding him quite up to the mark, the proper course is to trust and follow him, leaving everything to him. The abhyasi should not dictate terms for his spiritual training, because the teacher alone can understand what is best for him.
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An abhyasi should be one who is blind to the charms of the world, is inspired with one object and one purpose and thinking all the while of that alone which may be helpful to him in the attainment of the ideal. His own inner light helps him a great deal on the path.
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FAITH
Faith is really the foundation of the entire structure of spirituality. Faith in reality, faith in the
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