Chapter 22

Baba reminds us

     “The masses who follow rites and rituals to attain God as the Truth are, as it were in the goods train, which is indefinitely detained at various stations. Those who sincerely and devotedly meditate on God or dedicate their lives to the service of humanity are, as it were in the ordinary train, which stops at every station according to the scheduled time-table. But those who seek the company of the Truth-realised Master and carry out His orders in full surrenderance and faith are, as it were in a special train, which will take them to the goal in the shortest possible time, without halts at intermediate stations.”
     “In sincere surrenderance to the Master, the disciple comes very near to the stopping of the mind, which is the object of most yogic processes. In thinking day and night of the Master, the disciple nearly achieves the ultimate objective of the diverse practices of meditation and concentration. By putting the work of the Master above his own personal needs, he achieves the aim of all renunciation. In obeying the Master at any cost and serving Him selflessly, he nearly arrives at the culmination of the Path of Action. In understanding the Master as He is, he comes to the end of the Path of knowledge. And in loving the Master above everything else, he becomes one with Him as Truth and thus attains Godhood, which is the ultimate goal of all search and endeavour. When the time is ripe, the realisation of divinity comes inevitably through the Master. It is never given before the time is ripe; it is also never held up even for a split second, after the time is ripe.”