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boons. Only a few perhaps have been able to follow this course, though it is of the highest value and efficacy. An abhyasi, while intensifying his craving (lagan), must at the same time be at least as submissive to his guide as a school boy is to his teacher, and it is also an essential part of his duty. The guide does not thereby gain anything for himself but it is the abhyasi who profits by it and increases his capacity. A real guide is never eager for fame or honour, and there are examples of saints who have often courted general disrespect by adopting outwardly, at times, things derogatory to their position. There is one such instance related about Kabir which helped him to get free from the association of his false followers.
I wish you all to acquire, during my lifetime, the highest approach beyond, or at least the state of thorough negation. It is not so very difficult under the efficient system of Sahaj Marg. I strongly affirm that such a masterly type of spiritual training cannot be had anywhere but in our sanstha which runs under the kind grace of my great Divine Master. It is certain that the followers of such a highroad to Divinity have
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