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Faith Leads To ...
Faith does not mean that there is any binding on the Master to give
it to you now. That is an important thing to realise, you see. Faith
means an acceptance of His wisdom on my behalf, His judgement on my
behalf, His love for me, when it should be operative - this means surrendering
the very thing I am asking for! That is the final conclusion, that if
you are a real devotee of the Master (please don't misunderstand, you
have to think over this very carefully and perhaps listen to this whole
talk again very carefully) - even faith is unnecessary. Faith for what?
I have nothing to ask Him. I don't need anything from Him. In His infinite
mercy, whatever He chooses or whatever He thinks I should have, He will
give. Have I to remind Him that I have to get my food? Do you go to
your mother and remind her everyday: "Mummy, mummy, will you forget
to give me my dinner at 8 o'clock tonight?" She will say, "What
a foolish question, my son! What am I here for? Have I ever denied you
your food in the right time?"
Therefore the culminating understanding seems to be that love, faith,
surrender - they are all only one thing. He has faith who loves; even
if it is only love for himself; because he knows the power of love.
Only one who loves himself can love others. When they say "Charity
begins at home." It means, who hates himself cannot love anything
in this world, anything in this universe.
So, my submission is that if we are lovers of the Master, if we really
love our Master and if we believe with our hearts that He loves us,
there is no need to trust, there is no need for faith, there is no need
for anything. He has to give as much as I have to receive, but in the
right time, in the right way, in the only way which He knows is right
for us! Therefore that is the ultimate faith. If at all there is any
faith, it is faith that He knows what to do and when to do it.
So what is essential is belief in the system, faith in
the Master and third one you all know - dedicated practice of what we
have to do everyday. And the combination of these three, must without
doubt give us THAT for which we are here. And I pray to the Master to
grant us all THAT.
"When we have no faith in Faith,
we cannot have Faith!"
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