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Be An Example
If you want your Master's name held up high in the world, Sahaj Marg
be thought of well all over the world, and practiced by the rest of
humanity everywhere, you have to be examples of that tradition, by your
behaviour not only in satsangh, but everywhere, at night in your beds
also, in your offices, in your business activities. There is no point
in a business man saying, "Sir, business cannot be done except
with the corrupt practices." Then don't do business. If you have
faith in Master, He will continue to clothe you and feed you. After
all we are saying from rooftops, that Babuji had Lalaji's permission
or Lord Krishna's guarantee that a real abhyasi of Sahaj Marg will never
go hungry or unclothed. You have that guarantee from the Yuga Purusha,
you see.
So there is no use trying to justify our corruption by society's corruption.
The society is corrupt because we are corrupt. So this is the opportunity
that is given to us of correcting ourselves, and each one showing himself,
for what Sahaj Marg can produce. That is Master's greatness. And if
we continue to live as we are living - corrupt lives, inhuman lives,
lying lives, cheating lives; cheating ourselves and cheating everybody
else, it is a shameful repayment of Master's generosity and love. And
it will be an unfortunate betrayal of His teachings, of His practice,
and of all that He loved for, suffered for and died for. So I would
request you all to remember that we, a few thousands of abhyasis of
today should consider ourselves - each of us - the flag bearers, the
standard bearers of Sahaj Marg and remember we have an enormous responsibility
and if we have to die for it, we must be prepared to die for it.
It is the duty of every abhyasi of the Mission to create an example,
by his actions, by his thoughts, by his deeds, by the way he behaves
in society, in his house. People should look at him and say, "What
is it that you are, that you have become like this? What are you doing?"
So the first need of all of us who are abhyasis of the Mission, is to
become living examples of the Master's teachings, even before this transformation
can take place; by acquiring this craving; by creating in ourselves
this craving to be like Him; because, that is the first step in becoming
like Him.
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