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us). This fifth one may classify even as Faith and thus Faith becomes a means of knowing. It is thus through some agency we get to know of a Master or his method. On their word some try to follow the system with some faith and they consider that good enough. Master states “Some people take a very erroneous view of faith. They believe that faith alone is enough to solve their problem of life no matter what the path they have adopted, or the guide they have submitted to might be. Nothing probably can be more misleading than this absurd belief.”2 We are therefore advised by the Master that we should examine the merits of the system and the claims of the Master to guide us and only when we are convinced about their relative merits to the task of realisation we accept them. Master says “When we are, finally convinced of the merits of the thing we may stick to it with faith and constancy. Faith thus reposed shall be genuine and lasting while faith promoted by inducement offered by outwardly attractive features and display of petty materialistic achievements is no faith at all but may rightly be
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