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"Directives given in the scriptures are remote; they are meant for enabling the soul to be deserving. For attaining liberation one has to resort to the evident commands of enlightened.
This is the order on the path of liberation. It is not possible to attain it in any other way. One, who resorts to that secret, obviously gets the ambrosia and becomes fearless. (200)
Right course:- "The worldly attachment raises obstructions every moment. Retreat from its heat lies in the shade of the desire-yielding tree or in the state of omniscience. The former is adorable; without that there is no retreating from the heat. For recognizing the desire-yielding tree one needs to be worthy of it. The worldly attachment causes the obstruction in that regard. That obstruction does not give way unless one tries to minimize the attachment. In the hazardous state of ignorance the worldly soul has been moving millions of miles without giving any thought. How can that give any scope for worthiness? In order to avoid that, it is necessary to calm down, to the extent possible, the affliction resulting from the activities undertaken, to retreat from that in every way and to endeavor for coming to the right practical course. The activity, which is unavoidable and which has been destined to be undertaken, of course without attachment, constitutes the right practical course. (232)
The present time:- "The scriptures have described this as a continually deteriorating time and it has been happening that way. That deterioration mainly consists of the spiritual aspects. The time, when spiritualism can be resorted to with too much difficulty, is worth being called as hard. Though it is always hard to come in contact with those, who can lead to spiritualism, in the present time it is too hard. Since the inclination of the people towards spiritualism is continually going down, the strength of teaching by enlightened beings also goes down, and slowly it comes to nullity. In due course a time arises when the spiritual avenue comes to a close.
"In the present time and particularly during about last 100 years, spiritual inclination of the people has considerably gone down. Looking to the present level of behavior, there has evidently been a great change from the straightforward behavior prevailing at the time of Sahajänandswämi (the founder of Swäminäräyan faith). The sense of obedience, spiritual inclination and firmness prevailing within the society till then are not seen at present. There has been a lot of deterioration since then. Though spiritual inclination has not been entirely destroyed, nor has the land been devoid of saints at present, yet we know that the present time is very, very hard.
"On seeing this nature of Time, there uninterruptedly prevails within, a high level of compassion. The people can recognize the saint only if there is increase in the tendency towards spiritualism; that is the way to retreat from the acute misery; otherwise it is not possible. There always stays the compassion that such a tendency be revived and some (many, if possible) living beings get on the path of spiritualism. We, however, know that because of the factors mentioned above it is very hard.
"It has happened at present to have the contact of a person, whose access would have been hard even in the fourth era in Satyug). The inclination of the people towards spiritualism is, however, so worn down that it is very hard for them to recognize him. Besides, in view of the worldly life in which the person stays, it is tough, very tough to get convinced of it. In case the conviction arises, it would be hard to firmly maintain it in view of his prevailing destined state. If the firmness is maintained, it would be hard to come in his contact; and the main factor of spiritualism lies in getting into contact. In light of these circumstances the above-mentioned factors are perceived as far more powerful, and that leads to compassion again and again.
"God willing, those, who are destined to get well being at present, would gain that; and we believe that it will happen through us, not from other sources." (398)
"It may be that one may be destined to undertake an activity, which is not helpful in reducing unawareness. In that case he should turn back again and again and think that he has been undertaking a very violent and wicked activity and that the obligation arises only out of his
