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Role of Abhyasi
“When I was there thou wert not; now thou art there I am not.
The love-lane is very narrow and cannot contain two (I and Thou)”.
Such is the path of love. It is also an answer to the question regarding the relative position of guru and God. That means we have to ignore either of the two. For this Swami Vivekananda reminds us saying, ―Know thy guru as Brahm.‖ That is the only solution. But this does not apply to professional gurus who teach and preach for their earning or who are after name, fame and riches.
On my part I am ever prepared to offer myself for any service, be it spiritual or even physical since I find most of the people not in need of my spiritual service. Let them, then, have at least physical service from me so that they might get some comfort and ease. I do not mind if I am put to some inconvenience on that account, for physical afflictions I have already many, so a little addition to it will not matter much. In all physical afflictions I feel a peculiar kind of happiness and joy which is not attainable even by the greatest kings. I have had so
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