Brother Turiyananda; The Guru Disciple Relationship

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Masters accept maya so that there bodies can have visibility.
Jesus suffered more form the rejection of his children then the nails in his hands.
Don't feel discouraged because of the dryness of your heart. Do not feel that you are not making progress.
Meditate despite these adverse conditions. These are the tests...Moses crossed the desert--No man's land.
Laws in spiritual life:
1. Faith
2. Loyalty--one pointedness
Lift ourselves form sense enthrallment to spiritual consciousness.
Seed vibrations enter your brain through Master's books and help you grow.
The Guru does not force his will on you.

*Pratyahara - That which obstructs the light--(the senses--are turned off.)
Worst troubles are caused by doing what you think you ought to do and not what the Guru would like you to do.
Complaints are for the weak... Satan instigates such things.
At the end of meditation the disciple should concentrate on the image of the Guru and ask for that which which needs claiming.

*Pratyahara or the 'withdrawal of the senses' is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga, as mentioned in his classical work, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali composed in the 2nd century BCE.