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ASPIRATION AND SURRENDER
asked to aspire for the Divine and this effort should be such that we do not rest till it is achieved.
It is those who seek the Divine that are called aspirants in the realm of spirituality though this word is used in day to day parlance, for any one seeking anything ardently. When we desire to know the Divine (our true nature) we understand that there are many things that stand in the way of such an attempt and since the desire to realize is very intense we are prepared for the necessary effort to be put in to achieve the goal we have set for ourselves. The desire to realize the Divine, turns into an aspiration when we find that there is an irresistible demand to fulfill the desire. If we consider one who desires to be a seeker, a seeker who has made an irrevocable determination in that direction may be called an ‘aspirant.’ This is what our Master meant when he said the abhyasi has to have ‘a restless impatience’ to realize. Once a seeker becomes an aspirant there will be no rest or leisure or any other concern than to realize for him. Attempts he undertakes to fulfill this aspiration may be called sadhana.
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