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way and he makes rapid progress as well. He also gives another very practical and efficacious suggestion for rapid and dynamic spiritual growth when He advocates the idea of Guru as the Supreme Divine force. The aspirant should depend on His guidance thinking Him to be a superhuman being. While doing anything the aspirant should start by dedicating to the Master and carry on the activity that the Master alone is doing it for His own sake. The Master illustrates the method and attitude to be followed in the ordinary life situations faced by the householder such as taking breakfast, going to the work place, seeing a dance on the way, enjoying the moments of banter and laughter with friends and children and finally doing meditation itself wherein thinking that the Master alone is meditating on His own form produces the most beneficial results. However as already noted earlier this process of meditating on the Master’s ‘form’ should not be undertaken by any aspirant on the Natural Path without discussing all aspects of the process and the need for it with his trainer. He can however think that meditation as prescribed is being done by the Master for His own sake. Master states further that the method of thinking by the aspirant that the Master is doing everything in his place will enable him not only to be in constant remembrance all the while but also will prevent the formation of samskaras as well for the actions done with such attitude do not leave impressions on the mind.
The Master reinforces the message of constant remembrance so very often in His writings by saying that He crossed all stages in spirituality only by means of constant remembrance. However we need to realize that while the Master makes it appear so easy it is not possible for one to be established firmly in its most advanced form i.e., when we are not even conscious of the remembrance. But the remembrance continues in the sub-conscious plane even as the unbroken flow of oil (avicchinna taila daravat) and the person does not know who is remembering whom and why so. Unless our hearts become totally diverted to the divine or in other words, we have become established in the most sublime state of vairagya the state of constant remembrance being talked about can not be realized. That does not mean however that we should not practice it even if artificially in the beginning. Ultimately we shall become what we are remembering with loving attachment; the Master has stated that the remembered is always close by the person remembering. Thus the aspirant who is remembering the Master is in the blessed sphere of His influence which transcends space and time and protects him from the diverse and mostly undesirable influences surrounding him. He is placed like a premature baby in the incubator getting all the nourishment for sustenance and growth and being protected at the same time from the harmful and toxic outside environment to which it is vulnerable. Remembrance thus done makes the Master conscious of the devotee knocking