Page 194 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
immense the peril of its passions and errors, so subtly insistent or persistently invasive, so obscure up to the very gates of Heaven the fury of its attack or the tedious obstructions of its obstacles, that even the saint and Yogi cannot be sure of their liberated purity or their trained self-mastery against its intrigue or its violence.”
I myself on innumerable occasions even after I started practicing sincerely found myself thrown in to mundane lower level consciousness from the rarefied, spiritual conditions which Pranahuti enables us to feel . The atmosphere and thoughts of various people which contribute to the whole firmament of thought environment is so polluting and suffocating that unless you make a firm decision to remain in a state of prayer, fall to lower levels is inevitable and invariable.
Only since the past few days when I finally gave up reading news and seeing TV including news and cricket and stopped talking unnecessarily that I find myself able to be in the consciousness of Master.
Secondly, apart from the problems posed by the devil, the way itself is too steep and difficult, seems to be like climbing Mount Everest. The crossing of the Knots and the intervening buffers are impossible to negotiate by our own efforts. This point has to be pondered over very deeply by all of us to understand clearly in the depths of our hearts so that the true value of the service rendered by the Great Master comes to our awareness.
When I observe myself and many other travelers on the path I have a feeling that we behave as if Rev Babuji Maharaj is indebted to us and we seem to demand higher conditions and other favors like a demanding son- in-law without contemplating on whether we deserve it or not, without considering whether we are fit to travel on the path or not, without considering whether we have kept
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