________________ Lord, she developed undeterred faith in the words of Parmatma. Faith and devotion are like two sides of a coin. When faith develops, devotion increases and as devotion increases, faith is strengthened. With the increase in faith, the urge to surrender also increases. This enhances a devotee's worship, discipline and service towards attaining emancipation. A scarecrow is placed in the field to protect the crops from birds and other creatures. Seeing the scarecrow, birds fly away, but only temporarily. It only creates an illusion. Similarly, a learned man can get rid of his vices with some knowledge, but this is for a short period only. Without a Guru's guidance and blessings, a devotee may practice spirituality by himself, but it only creates an illusionary world around him, in reality, he can never achieve spiritual heights. A devotee without a Guru can obtain knowledge but cannot attain purity of soul. One can reach Parmatma, and become like him only by ardent worship, faith and dedication. As Chandanbala's attraction towards Parmatma increased, her detachment from the world also increased. She did not harbor any negative feelings for anyone, did not get angry with anyone. The reason being, she saw -- 1 =
