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ROLE OF ABHYASI
Several people have asked me, seniors also have asked me, juniors also have asked me. And I always used to say that this is only due to my Master. What is it that makes me to talk like that, it is my Master, what is it that makes me bold and courageous it is my Master. You shall by your way of living pursue others to think towards the Divine not towards you, do not commit that mistake. Let not there be anybody to give you importance. If anybody tries to give importance to you tell him that he is a fool and do not bother about it because this is another thing likely to happen. Every abhyasi has got this natural tendency. This, we will find them in any part particularly they always try to present this as one step better than the others spiritually, “you fellows are good for nothing, I am the fellow who is already having the grace of the Master”. Right, this arrogance is there and that is not what is required for us. Yesterday, I had met an abhyasi who came from Bombay and then I asked him how he is feeling. He said, that he is no better than his people in the family. Then he said there are still rituals and poojas and other things in the family and he is the one doing meditation. I said, “I do not agree with you. They are thinking about the Divine in their own way. You are thinking about the Divine in your own way. If you are really a person who
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