Page 593 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
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“The difficulty arises when we remain held up by our own resourcefulness applied for our advancement”
the solution to come out of this difficulty is not as difficult and it significantly relieves us from our being resourceful in the capacity to hold us further. The solution to the problem would be to keep the Master ever in view and yield continuously on the path of His Grace. There is a perfect reason that His path has also been referred as path of Grace. It is His Grace alone that advances one really on the path. That however does not absolve us from our effort. Revered Master in the same message states thus – “In short the help of the Master, who has himself traveled the entire distance and has developed in himself the Divine force is of immense value. It is then alone that the Divine force begins to flow into the abhyasi from the Divine centres. The subtle force is very strong so much that in higher centers even if an abhyasi attempts to go up, he is pushed down by the effect of this strong force. In that case, it is only the Master’s dynamic force that pulls him up through the flow and enables him to have a view of Reality. But something is essential for the abhyasi also. In the first place he must have full trust in the Master and must fully cooperate with him in every respect. If it is so he will positively go on developing day by day, and begin to feel himself
changed and transformed.”
Please note that we are not relieved of our effort but we are asked to fully cooperate.
At an elementary level, we see that when we follow the methods, our sense of self effort is very high. That is again we putting our resourcefulness into play than relying on the methods in its simplicity.
During meditation on Divine Light, we are asked to ignore thoughts as they come and this one thing becomes difficult for us. Instead of ignoring thoughts, we actually run after them especially when they are
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