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that spirituality is for self-dissolution and not for self- aggrandizement.
It is to be noted that this message “They have lost the Ocean” is an appeal from our Revered Master who, in deep agony, has stated and stressed some important aspects that a Sadhaka has to be aware of and some other important aspects that a Sadhaka has to be beware of. The latter is the cause of the drift that Master noticed in quite a few as in the very next sentence of the message he states that “This alone can be said about them that they have strayed away from the path”. He further goes on and says that “to bring them back to the path has become near impossible due to their having gone away from their dharma their duty.”
The path of truth or the path to transcend the EGO is a steep and a slippery one. That there is a possibility to stray from the path and that it is almost near impossible to come back on track if we do not follow our dharma or duty as mentioned by our Master is a very important fact that we must pay attention to. After contemplating on this sentence, some questions came to my mind.
What are the factors that cause us to stray from the path?
1. Character:
Our Grand Master says that he is not as much a lover of spirituality as he is of character and also expresses that “I also desire that there should be no weakness of character among the abhyasis of our Mission; but what use is it that I desire it so!” Kindly observe the last part of his statement. It shows the necessity of one to work for his own betterment. We get what we seek. Here, due to the Grace & Kindness of our Benevolent Master, we sometimes get what we do not seek also. But, what do we seek? What is the effort on our part to make ourselves deserving to receive what we seek? In our Master’s
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