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FAITH AND SURRENDER
I am asked to share some thoughts about the concept of faith and surrender. Most of us who are practising the system are of the opinion that we have faith and we have also surrendered. May be it is a good feeling but if you go deep into the subject, you know these two things are not all that easy as we talk about. If you have gone through the book ‘Reality at Dawn’ and if you have studied the chapter ‘Faith’ there you would have seen Rev. Babuji’s approach is entirely different from the other scriptures. They are definitely from a different angle. When we talk about faith, generally we think of faith in God. That is not the only thing that Master talks about. Faith in your own capacity to reach the Goal, is the fundamental faith, because, if you don’t have the confidence that you will reach the Goal, you are not likely to progress. This, of course, is modern psychology, or modern management. Rev. Babuji makes it a point here, that you should have that self confidence. Now, immediately it must have struck you that we are talking about self-confidence while talking about surrender. They seem to be exact opposites, but they are not, and
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