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AN EXPOSITION OF THE MASTERS ARTICLE ON GITA
go. Mental itch is a very bad problem with majority of intellectuals. I have gone through it myself. I have been warned by my Master, once he said you first give up your intellect and then talk to me. I said very good. That seems to be hard to obey and I have been deliberately avoiding reading other books. Not that I don’t come across them, I avoid. But still the itch is there. I should accept that also. I do read now and then, only thing is awareness comes immediately that is all rubbish. So I don’t continue with that book. In that case shortcomings too will remain out of your view. This is what is happening. People are becoming blind to the blemishes of their Master, since you have undertaken to follow him blindly. The result will be that you will not be able to attain the goal. The goal - you will not attain. You will attain something surely. It is therefore necessary for every one to think twice and over again before reposing his faith in anyone. In my opinion, when we come across one whom we think to be capable of guiding us on the path, we must have sufficient association
with Him to judge how far the tendencies of our
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