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What is Obedience?
In our old yogic literature it is said that we should do what
the guru says, and that is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
So if anything will guarantee total success in spiritual life, it is
obedience, because obedience means that we don't think of what he
asks us to do, we do it. So, only one who has more or less given
up the egoistic attitude can obey the Master. So I would advise all
of you to practise this obedience very seriously. Anybody can obey that
which is possible to obey. The test of obedience is: are we obedient
when we cannot possibly obey?
So, obedience means doing when He says "Do"; stopping
when He says "Stop." I know certain people to whom he
said, "Now you have to do this." They said, "No, but
last time you told me something else." Why not? The Guru has the
right to change his instructions. If you accept him as the Goal, and
if you accept him as a Master of your Self, doesn't He have the right
to change his instructions for your benefit?
So obedience must be exact. Not just like the children in the school
obeying. We are adults and we should have some sense in our head. Obedience
means exact, specific obedience. "Meditate for one hour" and
we must meditate for one hour. "Do the evening cleaning after the
day's work is done" - we must do it. "Read the literature"
- we must read it. Night prayer-meditation - how many people do it?
I have a strong suspicion that most people don't do it. Do we know the
process? You don't meditate for one hour; you don't do evening cleaning;
you don't know what prayer-meditation at bedtime is about, and you don't
read the articles in the Patrika. Then what are you doing in
Sahaj Marg?
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