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Sadguru's personal touch ...
To pursue the three-fold path, it is essential for the jiva to seek refuge with a Sadguru. Without Sadguru's refuge there can be no path in sight. Until now, since Sadguru's refuge has not been found, the jiva is wallowing in self-conceit, and has decided about the principles with his own understanding and imagination. Dharma, the means to Dharma, the devoted practice of Dharma and the result of Dharma we have been believing all these matters as and how our intellect has accepted them.
Hence, we have to seek refuge with the Satpurush who has experienced the truth - sat. Srimadji says -
प्रत्यक्ष सद्गुरु योगथी, स्वच्छंद ते रोकाय, अन्य उपाय कर्या थकी, प्राये बमणो थाय
When does the desire to avoid self-conceit arise?.... When the self understands that 'my behaviour under the influence of my intellect is improper. The reason why my sorrows have not been removed until now is also my self-conceit.' 'Now I want to be free from my sorrows' - he who is so determined within, finds selfconceit pricking him like a thorn, and he naturally exclaims -
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आज सुधी हुं रह्यो गर्वमां ने, मागी मदद न लगार आप बळे मार्ग जोड़ने चालवा, हाम भरी मूढ बाळ हवे मांगुं तुज आधार प्रेमळ ज्योति
But where is such eagerness? Mostly a jiva believes that what it does is right, as such even when he is in the Satsang of a Sadguru he does not give up his vehemence. Even while listening to the advice, he will absorb only that which sounds convenient to him, and if something is not convenient in spite of being true, he will not accept it. That is, since he goes in with a biased mind to hear the Gurudev, he is unable to receive anything from him.
The situation is like that of the ant which is carrying a grain of salt and expecting a sweet taste out of it. If sweetness is desired,
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