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I am the Soul
will easily get refuge with a Satpurush and the thirst will be quenched.
Whoever achieved this supreme bliss in the past has done so in the same way. No one has ever been able to achieve the atmananda, pursuing his own ideology. There is just one refuge and that is at the Guru's feet! The refuge at the feet of the Satpurush alone has rescued jivas in the eternal past, is doing so in the present and so will it in the future.
Whether you look into the entire literature of Srimadji or that of Sant Kabir, here-there everywhere the Sadguru has been given importance. All saints have in one voice accepted the refuge of the Sadguru. There can be no progress on the path of devotion without a Sadguru.
Why, the best of brains, intellect, knowledge and understanding that one may have, all these strengths come to a naught without the grace of a Guru! Hence, this point is stressed upon repeatedly.
Srimadji has said - seek refuge with and serve the Sadguru, give up your own ideology and do not be obstinate, only then will you be able to achieve the supreme goal - paramartha - and the yearning for self-realisation will be awakened.
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How and on the basis of what qualities, a sadhaka who has embarked upon the search of a Sadguru, identifies him, is the topic for another chapter.
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