3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

THE COMMITMENT53~nentality and ha1.e to work our way oursel\.es for thereare no short shrifts in the science of the spirit. It is a longand laborious process of unfold~nent for the spirit and weha\.c of necessity to take care of the higher values of lifeat each step if Ive are keen in our search for Truth. It isa steep path which, if we have to tread without stumbling,we ~iiust tread with our heart fore\w fixed on the goaland on the steps immediatel). before us, for there is notime to look behind; it can only make us shudder andtrenil~le. Ignorance is the only disease from which thesoul suffers. It can onlj. be cured by knowledge and theknowledge is the action of the soul and is perfect withoutthe senses, though on the physical plane it cannot dowithout the ser\.ice of the senses. True knolvledge onlyda~vns on the supramental plane where ph!,sical sensescan he of no a\-ail. But until that stage of direct coniniunionwith the Radiant Form of the Master is attained,one has to take care in everything, for the path is slipper);and strewn o\w ivith hidden traps that ma\. at an!. momentcatch the univary pilgrim on the path. Once oneslips, the golden opportunity is lost and one does notknow when one may be able to get a human birth onceagain. When we lay too much stress on the means, viz.,vegetarian diet and karmas, we should lay still more emphasison inversion and withdrawal from the senses andput in more time for that purpose. 'I7Consider the parable of the seed given by Christ. Theseed was sown. Some seed fell on the road; some fell inthe thorny hedges; some fell on the rocks; and some seedsfell on the quitc clear land which had been divested of all