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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
the full charge of ourselves, if we let Him decide everything for us, well, we must know that it is always what is best for us which happens. It is best for our progress, our development and our true spiritual growth. Faith is an expression of trust in the Divine/Master with the full self giving we make to the Divine/Master.
Next comes surrender. Self surrender is nothing but a state of complete resignation to the will of the Master, with total disregard of self, that is, spontaneous self giving. When we surrender ourselves to the great Master, we begin to attract a constant flow of highest Divine force from Him. In this state a man thinks or does only that which his Master’s will ordains. He will become completely subservient to the will of the Master. Thus we surrender to the Master thinking Him to be Super Human Being and love Him with devotion, faith and reverence trying all means to attract His attention and favour. As we feel deeply impressed by the great powers of the Master, we feel inwardly inclined to follow His biddings. Therefore self surrender has great importance for an abhyasi in his spiritual pursuit to attain the ultimate goal. Further self surrender to Master means that never for a moment should the thought of the Master not being God enter one’s heart.
Babuji had been stressing that there is a purpose in life which transcends the fulfillment of material wants and enjoyment of sensual pleasures.
If we perceive our fortune in having attained a human birth but do nothing about it, we are like a miser who, knowing the value of his gold, counts it and gloats over it but does not use it. If we pride ourselves on having the qualities of leisure and fortune but do not engage in practice, we are wasting our greatest wealth, Life.
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