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CRAVING OF THE SOUL
should get recognition for the meditation that I do. I have done so much work for the institute therefore I should be recognized is ‘I’ consciousness. I have given sittings to so many people and therefore they should be grateful to me for all the work that I have done on them is ‘I’ consciousness. I have been regular to abhyas therefore I should get this stage is ‘I’ consciousness. Meditation is a process of having, not expecting. What God gives you, you take, don’t expect something. May be the surprise is much more dearer to you than what you thought of. You might have asked for a small thing perhaps you get a better thing than that. Why do you want to restrict the choice of the grace of God by saying this is the condition that I want. Not only you are putting a condition on the grace of God, you are also trying to limit yourself to that goal. By asking a condition you are limiting yourself to that goal. That is why this paragraph first starts “Beyond and beyond”. If beyond and beyond is not in your mind, you will definitely ask for a stage. It is not some unconnected word. Please note that Master’s logic is always perfect. It is just likely that most of us think that we know better english than him or better language than him or better spirituality than him but all that is an illusion. He knows more precisely as to
what to say and what not to say. 43