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MURAD AND MALAMITA
flattery. After that they will creep away. If their work is not done, then also they turn their back. They have nothing to do with love and attachment.
Fazli types are those who sit for meditation occasionally, if they are in a cheerful mood due to the pleasant atmosphere. They have no attachment of heart whatsoever. And Ahli are those in whom there are Samskaras of higher type of worship, and who want to worship and want to continue it. Some among them may progress and reach the position of the devotee.
Some, however, are such that they start from the very beginning with the condition of devotee, and a devotee is one who loves his Guru intensely. He always keeps himself internally connected with his Guru. Men of this type possess all those qualities that should be present in a disciple.
From among these devotees, rarely one or two acquire the condition of a Murad. A ‘Murad' is one who has become the object of love of his Guru. In other words, the Guru's attention is always centered on him. He can also be called a beloved person and such people are rarely found. In these days ‘Murads' are seldom found and likewise Gurus also are rare. Revered Lalaji had written to me in
one of his letters that in these days as many ‘Murids' 131