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ROLE OF ABHYASI\u000Asmoke and vapour. If you can light up such a fire within you, your progress shall be by leaps and bounds.\u000ADevotion and love, of course, remain so easy and yet so difficult of achievement at once. Real devotion has no tinge of affectation in it and goes hand in glove with enlightenment. In the initial stages, the devotee may be conscious of his feelings towards the object of his love; but at higher stages the foam and fury is dimmed to the extent of an almost total loss of its awareness at the Ultimate stage. The superfine level of devotion may be spoken of as total self surrender, from which the awareness of surrender has been entirely withdrawn by the Grace of the Supreme Master Himself.\u000AThe problem of practising devotion, surrender, etc. in a natural way is there. For this purpose, it is said that one can love another person of his own species best, for Babuji Maharaj, Lalaji Maharaj was an object of meditation and love. The Adi Guru was no doubt worthy of it, being the fittest man to be meditated upon and be devoted to. He was a Divine Personality - an embodiment of moderation, toleration and devotion. He was altogether free from egoistic feelings, desires and worldly entanglements and devoted wholly to his \u201COwn Self\u201D. This phrase refers to a spiritual state of a\u000A53\u000A