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I am the Soul face. His pleasant countenance did not disappear. Imagine such an old age when even taking one step is a big task, he was made to go up and down the hill in vain; how hurting it must have been for him. Yet he is an ascetic. He has attained equanimity. Whatever be the difficult time, he has learnt to control his self to the extent of not losing his balance. That is an ascetic."
“Brother! I have placed both pictures before you. Now it is up to you to choose whether you want to be a householder or an ascetic. But mind you, only being such a householder or such an ascetic is meaningful life. Otherwise it is a difficult life.”
Brothers! The disciple remembers the benevolence of the Gurudev and is willing to offer everything including his life at the feet of the Gurudev. He is confident that when he dedicates whatever he has at the feet of the Gurudev, no one will say a thing against it; whether that one belongs to the family or is an outsider. This is old tradition of our country. Such has been the dedication of the noble sons of our country.
Not just that, they affirm their slavery at the feet of the Gurudev. They don't say, 'Prabhu! I am your slave.” They say, 'I am the lowest of your slaves.' The disciple's ego has melted away totally. It is all right to become the slave of the Gurudev, but here he is prepared to even become a slave of Gurudev's other slaves. “I am absolutely dedicated to you through the three yogas of mind, speech and body. My mind is not my own, but yours. It will think only as much as you desire. Even my speech shall be limited by what and how much you desire. An every activity that this body performs shall be subject to your order. There shall be nothing mine in my self. I am but your “poor' servant.'
Brothers! Here “poverty' does not imply helplessness. “What can I do? I am powerless and I have no say here, therefore I have turned humble', this should not be the thinking.
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