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He never spoke a word to the Guru. Twelve years passed. TheGuru thought: "The student is now ready. His Nadis arepurified. He is Sattvic. He possesses all the divine virtues. Heis now fit for higher initiation." He bade the student sit infront of him and through pure Sankalpa made the KundaliniShakti pass into the Sushumna Nadi. The student enjoyed thebliss of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. The grace of the Guru alone isthe pass-port for the Yogic student to enter into the realms ofDivine Bliss. The grace of the Guru can only descend on thatstudent who is doing Purushartha. The Guru showers his gracein exchange for the hard-earned merit achieved by thedisciple. Considerable patience, faith in the Guru and rigidSadhana are necessary if one desires to achieve the highestgoal of Yoga. The other student missed the goal on account ofimpatience.Even if you are a senior student in the spiritual path, thinkalways that you are only a junior student recently initiated.Spiritual pride will not crop up rhen. Practise Yoga now withthe same fervour, diligence and enthusiasm as you did whenyou first took to this path in those days. The degree of successis in direct proportion to the degree of Sadhana and purpose.A selfish man is unrighteous. Attachment and sense ofseparateness are present in him to a remarkable degree. Hecannot develop those qualities which Yoga needs. The desireto become a Yogi and to learn Yoga can only arise in a manwho is free form selfishness, who is righteous and who hasreligious disposition and religious bend of mind. Selfishnessconstricts the heart and forces a man to do injury to others andto get hold of the property of others by foul means. It isselfishness that prompts man to do sinful deeds.Rajasic mind always wants new things. It wants variety. Itgets disgusted with monotony. It wants change of place,change of food and in short change of everything. But a Yogicstudent should train the mind to stick to one thing. He should38 LECTURES ON YOGA AND VEDANTA