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THE DEEPER ASPECTS OF SADHANA 191either of the two heaps of grass but went straight ahead, hungryand tired as before and not a whit better off for having come upontwo heaps of grass. If the ass had gone to one heap, withoutinsisting upon the theoretical certainty of having chosen wisely, hemight perhaps have gone to the heap which was not as good as theother; and despite any mistakes in his intellectual judgment hemight have been infinitely better off from a practical point of view.In the spiritual life it is not necessary to have a complete map ofthe Path in order to begin travelling. On the contrary, insistenceupon having such complete knowledge may actually hinder ratherthan help the onward march. The deeper secrets of spiritual life areunravelled to those who take risks and who make bold experimentswith it. They are not meant for the idler who seeks guaranties forevery step. He who speculates from the shore about the ocean shallknow only its surface, but he who would know the depths of theocean must be willing to plunge into it.Fulfillment of the Sadhana of Karma Yoga requires thataction should spring from perception of the Truth. Enlightenedaction does not bind because it is not rooted in the ego and isselfless. Selfishness represents ignorance, while selflessness is aSelfless servicereflection of the Truth. The real justificationfor a life of selfless service is to be found inthis intrinsic worth of such life and not in any ulterior result orconsequence. The paradox of selfless action is that it actuallybrings to the aspirant much more than could ever come within thepurview of ignorant selfishness. Selfishness leads to a narrow lifewhich moves round the false idea of a limited and separateindividual, but selfless action contributes towards the dissipation ofthe illusion of separateness and turns out to be the gateway to theunlimited life where there is realisation of All-
192 <strong>DISCOURSES</strong>self-ness. What a person has may be lost and what he desires tohave may never come to him, but if he parts with something in thespirit of an offering to God, it has already come back to him. Suchis the Sadhana of Karma Yoga.Even more important than the Sadhanas of Knowledge orAction is Bhakti or Love. Love is its own excuse for being. Itis complete in itself and does not need to be supplemented byLoveanything. The greatest saints have beencontent with their love for God, desiringnothing else. Love is no love if it is based upon any expectation. Inthe intensity of divine love the lover becomes one with the DivineBeloved. There is no Sadhana greater than love, there is no lawhigher than love, and there is no goal which is beyond love, forlove in its divine state becomes infinite. God and love are identical,and one who has divine love already has God.Love may be regarded as being equally a part of Sadhanaand a part of the goal; but the intrinsic worth of love is so obviousthat it is often considered a mistake to look upon it as a SadhanaThrough effort toeffortlessnessfor some other thing. In no Sadhana is themerging in God so easy and complete as inlove. When love is the presiding genius thepath to Truth is effortless and joyous As a rule Sadhana involveseffort and sometimes even desperate effort, as in the case of anaspirant who may strive for detachment in the face of temptations.In love, though, there is no sense of effort because it isspontaneous. Spontaneity is of the essence of true spirituality. Thehighest state of consciousness, in which the mind is completelymerged in the Truth, is know as Sahajawastha, the state ofunlimited spontaneity in which there is uninterrupted Selfknowledge.One of the
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DISCOURSES Volume II Sixth Editio
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“I have come not to teach but to
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Discourses by Meher Baba6th Edition
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IntroductionMerwan Sheriar Irani wa
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4 DISCOURSESfriends, song in praise
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6 DISCOURSESthat they are in no way
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VOLUME IICONTENTS1. THE SEARCH FOR
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The Search for GodMOST persons do n
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An illustrative storyTHE SEARCH FOR
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THE SEARCH FOR GOD 15of life. There
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THE SEARCH FOR GOD 17thing. The spi
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THE STAGES OF THE PATH 19from the s
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THE STAGES OF THE PATH 21does not a
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THE STAGES OF THE PATH 23mental act
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Fanas of fifth andsixth planeTHE ST
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Arriving at Self-KnowledgeWHEN the
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ARRIVING AT SELF-KNOWLEDGE 29At thi
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ARRIVING AT SELF-KNOWLEDGE 31its ac
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ARRIVING AT SELF-KNOWLEDGE 33means
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God-RealisationTO arrive at true se
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GOD-REALISATION 37emancipation of c
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GOD-REALISATION 41God-realisation.
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TRUE DISCIPLESHIP 43these relations
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TRUE DISCIPLESHIP 45himself to the
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THE WAYS OF THE MASTERS 53streets,
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THE WAYS OF THE MASTERS 55the crowd
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The Nature of the Egoand its Termin
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The Types of MeditationPART ITHE NA
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THE TYPES OF MEDITATION: I 113Many
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