Message #48579

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Many people think that following the Self Realization Fellowship Path would bring results quickly because of the ‘salesmanship’ promotion given by Paramahansa Yogananda. However Brother Anandamoy painted a different picture of the rigorous path ahead for devotees wanting to progress on the spiritual path.

As an example I remember stories he would give of devotees asking to be disciplined and trained by the Guru. This one is an example;

People ask for the Masters training but then like a rock that is being sculptured and having its true form created: when our Masters’ are working at our ego and it is being chiseled away at we say ‘No, don’t do that it hurts’ or when a chunk of us that is not helpful for our spiritual development is taken away … we cry out to ‘put that piece back please it is painful to have it removed.’

It is not that the Master make the path seem easy or less difficult so much as the fact that few people care to change the way their present attitudes are or their present circumstances. What I have found is that many people who take an interest in meditation are happy with the so called results and claims that a Master can give from meditation, although very few are interested in the training and discipline involved with meditation provided by a Master for his or her disciples.