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True faith for him is foretold ....
The pursuit of the three-fold path acquaints one to the difference between self and the others. The ways of going about the devoted effort to achieve that difference have been indicated everywhere in the 'Atmasiddhi Shastra'.
Only when beliefs generated by own understanding and imagination are given up and the attention is directed towards the Satpurush, an unflinching faith is placed in him and his words, can one follow him in a proper manner.
Amongst us, such great Satpurushas have been called “34747 yhu? - apta purush. The word 'apta' has been used in all the Indian philosophical traditions and volumes have been written upon it. There is a treatise by name * 31757 freiht' which analyses in detail as to who can be termed an ‘apta’ from the spiritual view. Who is ‘apta’? One whose words, as they emerge from his experience, are always worthy of respect, emulation and pursuit is called an 'apta purush'.
In the practical life, our parents, elders and the aged are our ‘apta'. They have gone through many good-bad experiences of life, they have understood life, accepted it and evaluated it. They guide us on the ideal path of worldly life from their own experience. If we lead our life in accordance with their guidance, we will certainly be happy.
In the spiritual path, the words of those experienced great men who have experienced the Soul, who have attained success on the path of devoted practice in spite of the hurdles in their way, are worthy of respect for us, and to us they are the ‘apta purushas'.
Whether it is the path of worldly life or the spiritual path, there are bound to be hindrances. The path of worldly life is not so easy. In the worldly affairs, at every step so many types of difficulties crop up. So many people get to experience all sorts of hardships at a very young age. They say, “I have seen and
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