A spiritual master can be compared to a mountain guide who must lead his party, connected to each other by ropes, to the summit | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68777498 Switzerland 03/31/2015 01:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: A spiritual master can be compared to a mountain guide who must lead his party, connected to each other by ropes, to the summit You should not ask that a spiritual master be all-knowing and all-powerful. You have the right to ask only one thing of him: that he serve as a link to heaven for you, that he show you the path towards God, that he guide you on the path of light. Moreover, a true spiritual master will not keep you for himself; he will take you to God. And if you insist upon staying close to him, he will tell you: ‘No, do not count so much on me. I cannot give you everything; only God can fulfil you. I can only help you to find the path. If you like, I am like a telephone booth that enables you to communicate with the divine world, with the heavenly hierarchies, and that is all.' That is what a true master will say. If he is not a true master, of course, he will tell you all sorts of other things, and then it is up to you to be discerning. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68777498 Switzerland 03/31/2015 01:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: A spiritual master can be compared to a mountain guide who must lead his party, connected to each other by ropes, to the summit The respect, admiration and veneration disciples have toward their teacher must serve, above all else, as a stimulus for their own work. Otherwise, their respect, admiration and veneration are a burden for him, and the disciples learn nothing. Some believe in their Master the way they believe in God, believing their faith will save them and the Master will work miracles for them. No, faith alone, whether in God or in a Master, has never saved anyone. So, disciples should stop counting on the miracles they imagine their Master can do for them, and they will progress more quickly, for then he will really be able to help them. If they are always looking to him, expecting everything from him, they paralyse him, he can do nothing for them and they remain unproductive. But if they work and prepare themselves, as soon as they are ready they will receive help. |