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worshipped and devoted to. This position appears to be simple and straight forward but the difficulty is the form and person of that Master who lived and moved with us in the physical plane is not available to even those who saw and moved with him during his lifetime not to speak of those who never saw him. Condemned as we are to photographs which are two dimensional shadows of his, our worship and devotion ends with the attention we give to such pictures and portraits decorating the same with garlands and offering such prasad as we consider feasible. The days of making three dimensional idols for him may not be too far off as we observe such a trend in many persons who also are his disciples. We seem to get into the trap of idolatry unwittingly.
If this is not the position one tends to think that some one designated or claiming as a successor or nominee or spiritual representative dawns in the horizon as the living master whatever those words may mean and those who are satisfied with substitutes are happy and get along with their sadhana with such pace and direction as their wisdom warrants. Service to such a master also is
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