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“They are mostly dogmatic instead of Godmatic
about which he has discussed at several occasions quite elaborately. The main theme in this regard is, “The burning desire for Realisation brings the goal nearer. If anybody wants that he should get benefited, he should encourage himself to cultivate right faith, right cognition, and right morals. SDG – Easiest way”. From here we can understand that it is not the blind faith , the one which is beyond the sense of logic but can understood as the courage, confidence in one’s ability and the wisdom to reach the goal. Firm faith strengthens our will while self- doubt weakens our will. We need not be dogmatic about the faith in the system or the Master but understand the above mentioned three factors as important in our progress on the path as indicated in commandment-3.
Pujya Babuji Maharaj, in the context of Realisation of one’s Goal as stated and promised by the system of the Natural path laments at the resistance of persons to mould themselves for the attainment of the same. I feel, one of the main reasons for resistance to mould oneself is the lack of Goal clarity. It is my practical experience that Goal clarity emerges as one practices but that is only when one has the real craving for the Goal. Without real craving for the goal, one gets stuck in one’s own thoughts about the goal.
The importance of fixing up of the goal has been very clearly stated in the commandment-3 by the Master, “ It has been observed that those on the path of spirituality who did not fix that final state for their goal have definitely remained short of the mark, because, before arriving at the final point, they mistook one or the other of the intermediate states to be the final point or the Reality, and stopped there. Thus they suffered merely for not having fixed their goal.”
In Another context, he refers to the selection of the Guru by the virtue of one’s real seeking of the ultimate in
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