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“The difficulty arises when we remain held up by our own resourcefulness applied for our advancement”
several examples on how we have attempted to put our resourcefulness on the path. This will help us avoid such
mistakes.
Coming to another important and fine aspect of sadhana, Revered Master mentions that the spheres and regions of progress are bondages themselves. When I pondered over this, it occurred to me that stages of Viveka, Interdependence, Devotion, Surrender and Balance are also binds. What I understand from this is that there is a peculiar charm when we feel these stages. We like it and this very charm and enjoyment we get from being aware of the stage we have advanced to, is capable of holding us back. To come out of these stages by our self effort alone is a very difficult task. Add to this the complications we create by our self conceited ideas and notions about Reality. He states – “It is only when a worthy Master of calibre comes up to our help, that we are able to tear them off in order to make our passage to the Absolute Reality smooth and easy.” Thus we see that the support of Master through Pranahuti is indispensable. We need to have faith and confidence in Him and that we can reach such heights as He willed for the only reason that He has said so, provided of course we cooperate. It is here that yielding to Him in true sense promises to extricate us from our meshes. When an awareness of any stage is retained, implicitly the idea of self or ‘I’ is retained. And this is bondage however subtle it may be. Revered Master states- “In that sense I would prefer to induce people to forget themselves instead of knowing themselves.”
The best way, I feel is to keep Master ever in view with idea of participating in His vision continuously yielding to Him than keeping Him in view with idea of our advancement. A sincere prayer towards that end is what will ensure we don’t fall a trap to our
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