Page 57 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 10

Need for the Trainer
NEED FOR THE TRAINER
Dear associates in the path,
1. When we assemble to celebrate the birthday of our Master, it is obvious that Master is the centre of our attention. His method has enabled all of us to have him in our hearts and it is he who is perceived through us all. This is made possible by his method of training through Pranahuti. The method in its essence means that a qualified and authorised person who knows the contours of the path assists us in the spiritual path.
2. In traditional methods of training in yoga we observe that after the mantropadesa the aspirant is on his own to move in the path. But in fact self-effort does not lead us to higher levels and we end up performing ritualistic worship. Persons who are more unfortunate end up in delusions and illusions of varieties. It should be borne in mind that we should never enter our soul journey unescorted, not because we will lose our way. We need an escort because this journey changes how we perceive our world, how we understand ourself, how we view our own boundary when it comes to love, fear, forgiveness, compassion, and even the size and shape of our reality. We will require at some point a person with whom we can share what it feels like to have familiar illusions evaporate, replaced by sharper drives and instincts. Some days during meditations and in general everything presents as a crisis and on other days
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