Once a young man came to see The Master and asked, "There are different paths to attain Spiritual Progress. Which path should one choose?"
The Master replied, "When you speak of The Path, you need to know where you are now and where exactly you want to reach. All the Masters point out that We are The Soul, that is where we need to be. That is where, we are. That means, we have to go nowhere. The true Knowledge is structured in our Consciousness. It is absolute, perfect and complete. Once we awaken our Consciousness, we will realise our true potential.
But the problem is, we identify with the body and mind, and have forget our True Self. We succumb to the Maaya, the moment we accept our body as a reality. We go in for materialistic based education system, which focuses on Mastering a study based on other's understanding and experience. This blinds us from the truth and takes us away from The Path. Our ignorance of True Knowledge forces us to accept there are multiple ways to attain The Knowledge. We falter and falter, we become Prey of Maaya.
There is no way to escape until our mind refrains from pursuing the path shown by the sense organs. Once genuine inclination to seek the real knowledge will arise, The Master will step in at The Right Moment and take us along in The Right Path. It is only By The Master's Grace, our ignorance can be removed."
The Master's say, "The Spiritual Path is the path of Experiencing, Experiencing The Soul inside us. Experiencing The Master's Presence inside us in The Soul Form. Experiencing The Absolute SILENCE, The Divine Light and The Sound, coming from The Lord's abode. Experiencing The Lord Himself.
The Master does not come to teach us anything, unlike our schools and colleges where the focus is on learning. Here, The Master shows The Path we need to tread and it is only our doing and experiencing which can elevate our consciousness state. With the powerful guiding light of The Master, we are able to overpower the senses, the mind and ascend to the throne of Self Realisation.
Even when The Lord takes an Avataar in human form, He goes to The Master for Initiation. Rama was initiated into the Spiritual path by Master Vashistha and Similarly, Krishna by Master Sandipani. This is The Lord's Will.
We are living an ignorant life, thinking what is the necessity of The Master. We are right now like, a child separated from the parents and taken care by the Maaya. We live in Maaya believing it to be our companion. It is only with The Arrival of The Master that we walk on The Path to Realise our True Self. The Master's Path is the only Path to attain Spiritual Knowledge and Salvation.
The Master, during our Initiation, gives us A Word laced with His Spiritual energy, for Simran or Japam. The Simran of The Word will slowly and steadily overpower the worldly thoughts, our senses and the mind and bring us into the path of Bhakti.
Since, the mind is very sharp and needs just a small opportunity to drop down into the worldly thoughts and attachments, The Master's say, Fix your Dhyaan on the physical form of The Master, who has specially come in human form to show The PATH. The Master, according to our comprehending ability enables us to re orient and elevate our consciousness. The Dhyaan of The Master ensures that our Consciousness stays way above the mind's grasp, at the eye center."
Thus, it is clear. It is The Master who will take us ashore, to The Lord's abode. We are very Lucky that The Lord has blessed The Company of The Master, in our life. At the time of Initiation, The Master has sown the seed of Spiritual energy in our consciousness. As and when we do Naama Bhakti, By The Master's Grace, our connection with The Master will grow, and get stronger. We can always feel The Master's Presence.
Let us utilise the time available in our hands to do Naama Bhakti and become One with The Master. Let us leave our lives in The safe hands of The Master, He will surely take us to our True Home. Without The Master and The Naama Bhakti, we will be nothing but the slaves of Maaya.
Authored by K. Giri
