Received on 08.05.02 at 10.45 a.m

 

 

The most important things is to take refuge with a Perfect Master and then follow without hesitation the path that he enjoins.

 

             His utterances are those of God Himself and his orders are God’s orders.

He who serves the Master and merges his light in his Master’s light is acceptable at the door of the Lord.

He who enshrines the will of the Lord in his inner consciousness, is like the Lord Himself. He assumes His Form.

             There is no doubt about it.

They who serve the true Master

Are approved of by God

They merge their light in the Flame

He alone is the servant of God

Who submits to His will.

 

Those who walk in the will of the Lord are very Fortunate. They easily board the ship of the Name.

 

The Master is the boatman,

The Lord’s Name is the boat.

How can one get into the boat?

By submitting to the Master’s will,

One finds himself ferried across,

Blessed indeed is he;

Whom the Master unites with the Lord.

 

One saint asked his Master, O my dear Lord! How long do you intend to keep me entangled in this world and make me miserable? The Master replied, “I will take you where I like; I will keep you where I like. You should remain silent and obey.”

 

He says in the end, “O Master! Whatever you will that alone I know whatever you make me see, that alone I see. If you keep me like this, I will so remain. If you keep me in some other condition, I will live like that.”

 

In this reply of the disciple there is a complete absence of egotism and complete resignation to His will.

“Except what you wish me to know,

What do I know?

Except what you show me,

What can I see?

I will live like this, if you wish it.

If you keep me in some other state,

I will live like that.

 

Does the Master leave the seeker alone in this struggle? No, never. He gives support from within, and slaps from outside, so that the disciple may be purged of all impurities. Doubts and worries are removed. One becomes pure and gains salvation. Truth is realised and egotism is destroyed. Death and Birth cease. Eternal bliss is obtained and the real abode is attained. One merges in the Lord.