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Two: Aspects of the Path 63
God. If sincerely followed, this intermediate practice is bound to
bear fruit sooner or later and provide the aspirant with the subjective
“glimpses” of the great Reality in some way or another.
For instance, one may be able to see or hear without using the
gross organs of sight and sound; or perhaps even get established
on the Path itself.
But for the few who insist, from the very depth of their
souls and from the innermost core of their heart, on seeing the
Reality actually face to face, at all costs and consequences, there
is but one way. And that is complete renunciation. Such heroes
must not only possess the indomitable courage of renouncing
the world, forsaking all possessions and properties, tearing up all
external connections, but also of practicing internal renunciation
which means giving up all desires and passions, but entertaining
the aspiration for God-realization.
After renouncing fully and faithfully, both in the letter and
spirit of the word, as described above, the hero-aspirant must
either surrender himself completely to a Perfect Master, in
whom he has faith; or retire for good in a forest, or on a mountain,
or along the riverside, with the name of the Lord on his
lips, with the thought of God in his mind, with the aspiration of
seeing Him in his heart. In short, until the aspirant comes to the
goal, or the guide – a living Perfect Master, – he should lead the
life of renunciation, wandering or sitting in solitude, ever ready
to lay down his life in the cause of his aspiration. But this does
not mean he should never feel hungry or wherever or whenever
food is available he should avoid it. Renunciation certainly
means that one should, among other things, cease to think about
food. But hunger is not always the result of thinking. One never