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OUR RESOURCEFULNESS
patient dies on the operation table, or as a consequence of it, under any circumstances. The doctor gets immunity from prosecution if the case goes wrong, or death ensues. Similarly, the individual must be willing to run the risk of complete dependence and reliance on the Master or Guru in his spiritual efforts. This total or integral surrender alone makes for the evolution of the individual, and gives meaning and power to the practices of Bhakti, karma and jnana. This is what Sri Krsna has emphasized in the famous concluding advice: “Giving up all dharma surrender to Me. I shall save you from all sins - Do not grieve.”
The exclusive devotion and belief in the power and wisdom of the Master, or God, is the essential feature of faith. It transmutes itself into love as it matures, which means a total self-giving to the Beloved even up to death. Life becomes unbearable without the presence of and union with, the beloved, the Master or God.” Master says that “For those who want to have at least a peep into the Reality the proper method shall, in my opinion, be that which
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