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incessantly prevail on the path of liberation with utmost fondness indicates the acute degree thereof. That is not being referred here. Regarding Mumukshutä it can be said that it arises by dispassionately looking for one's own faults. That involves loss of self-indulgence.
"The extent to which self-indulgence is reduced, there arises the background for receptivity to teaching. Where self-indulgence stands mostly removed, the following three factors act as preventives in getting on the right path, a) slightest inclination for worldly happiness, b) lack of humility, and c) uncertainty about true nature. Before dealing with the means to remove them, let us first describe those factors at some length.
"Slight inclination for worldly happiness generally prevails prior to the rise of acute desire for liberation. That is due to the uncertainty about the true nature or about it being blissful. Alternately, the desire for liberation itself leads to some degree of pleasure; the factors of external comforts arising thereby seem pleasurable. As such, there prevails some inclination for the worldly happiness and that prevents the worthiness of soul.
"The concept of 'godliness within the saintly people has been laid as supreme religion by the enlightened. That concept indicates utter humility. Thereby one considers himself as the servant of every living being and that leads to superb worthiness. So long as utter humility remains concealed, one's worthiness stays at a restricted level.
"Even when both the above factors are overcome, there may be low degree of worthiness for realization and hence uncertainty may prevail about the true nature. In that case the mind may remain confused; there may prevail a phantom of equanimity and a fatalistic concept of truth. That cannot give rise to affection for the ultimate truth and that itself is the absence of superb worthiness.
"We have noticed prevalence of these three factors within many of the liberation-seekers whom we have come cross. In some cases we have noticed a bit lower level of the second factor. We know that if they endeavor to bring out the total loss thereof (lacking in humility), they would gain worthiness. Utter humility is the strongest of the three means, and the root of all the three lies in total surrender to a great soul. What else can be said? Ultimately that is the path.
"Get rid of the second factor in order to remove the first and third. Recognize the extraordinary nature of the great men by coming in contact with them. It would be possible to recognize them, if there is earnestness for the same. The eyes of liberation-seekers recognize it at ease.
"One, who has faith in the great, loses the delusive attachment and has conviction about the nature of soul. Thereby his confusion comes to the end and that leads to doubtless certainty. As such, he stays fearless of all sorts of misery. Thereby arises the loss of all types of entanglements, and that's it.... Within this we have covered very deep scriptural essence. ... The great men have laid that in this tough Kali-era one should not stay without contemplation of the essence even for a moment." (254)
The path of enlightenment:- "What is the reason for worldly soul's not getting to the path of liberation?' After thinking about it repeatedly, read the accompanying letter, when deemed fit. ... We feel that the path is easy, but it is tough to get it.
"Obeisance with unique devotion and undivided inclination to the nature of Truth.
“The enlightened beings continually stay without any sense of entanglement. Without developing firm affection towards their lotus-like feet, without having right conviction about them, one cannot gain the truth. When it is gained, the liberation-seeker attains the state of those, whose feet he has served. All the enlightened have resorted to that path, they resort at present and will do so in future. We got enlightenment thereby, it occurs at present by that path and that is the path of enlightenment in future. That is the objective of all scriptural teaching. Whoever wants to be free,
