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LEARNING IN SPIRITUALITY
The other day when I was with one of the senior abhyasis, by whom I mean, one who has been practicing the system of Rajyoga for about two decades, he asked a question about his condition. He was also commenting on the type of experiences he had during the ‘Basant Utsav’ at Calcutta wherein on some days it was very good and on certain other occasions, it was as usual. The answer to this question is we expect something during the meditation and when we don’t have it, we feel disappointed or when we have it, we feel elevated.
One has to clearly understand the relative positions of the Trainer and the Aspirant. An aspirant regards Trainer as someone who has a quantity of something and will give him a part of it. Or he may look upon him as someone who knows a method of achieving something. The Guide sees the student as someone who is eligible for gaining a portion of the substance. In another sense, he looks upon him as someone who can achieve something. The discerning person sees between these two attitudes a very fine relationship.
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