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genuinely to the Master placing everything from your heart before him.
4. Even as we move on the path and climb greater heights there are ups and downs in the path and many times a long stretch of plateau. We need to keep moving and I am happy you have that temperament.
5. It is good that you rely more on the Master and less on your intellect now. Most of our problems arise out of imagination. Imagination as you know was given to us to compensate for what we are not; and a sense of humour was given for us to console to us for what we are. I have always found that patience and peace go together even as perseverance and success. Kindly attend to sadhana with all the earnestness it deserves and it will be easy for you to realise its value.
6. While we move up the hill/mountain it is but natural we have some pebbles, stones and thorns hurting our feet. Forbearance and fortitude are our main tools in this regard. Ofcourse the faith in the Master and his method is primary. I find your report satisfying but I can advise to count how many times you patted yourself for the good work you have done during the day ignoring whatever lapses that might have occurred. I think this will give some relief.
7. You have not mentioned anything about the cleaning practices nor about the prayer practices. The importance of these practices has been stressed well in our literature and I request you to study the need for those practices and practice them to derive benefit from this system of sadhana. When our attention is towards us there is generally certain amount of heaviness in the heart but if our attention is on the Master many of the feelings and emotions get cleared even like clouds when there is a good breeze. Try to
understand all our problems are problems of relationships and once this wisdom dawns the implementation of the commandments become easier.
8. Proceed with sadhana with absolute determination and conviction in the true love of the divine.
9. It is persistence and perseverance in sadhana that ensures progress.
10. Regarding the Master mentioning the ‘boat had sunk to hide itself in the lake and even to the onlookers it seemed that this was all’ we may perhaps interpret the ‘boat’ as the sadhana and the sinking of the boat in the lake can be taken to indicate that the sadhana got terminated after some very limited attainment as