Passage 3

In English

Do not accept even gratitude for service

March on with your eyes on the goal. Do not worry about the past, its mistakes and its failures. Do not follow the whims and fancies of the mind any longer. They will fill the ear with praise or blame and drag you away from the adhyathmik (spiritual) path. Follow the call of the Divine arising from the hearts of all living beings. Serve them in an attitude of worship, not expecting something in return. Do not accept even gratitude, having dedicated all your acts to the indwelling God. This will purify you so that you shall be able to listen to the '' that your breath repeats every moment. transmutes itself into when the distinction between He and I has dissolved in the process of . Believe that the merging into is the . principle 'S' stands for , 'A' for And and 'I' for the (spiritual aspirant) himself. Thus in fact symbolises the Vedhic dictum: (Thou art that). In the first stage the says, 'I am in ,' in the second stage, ' is in me, ' and in the third and final stage, ' and I are One,' the duality between the two having been shed. When truth strikes the individual like a streak of lightning in the midst of dark clouds, and abides, it confers Bliss, and in that moment of illumination is revealed in all its grandeur. By practising the teachings of , one gains that Illumination, the (Wisdom of Light), . 's flute is the expression, the elucidation of the four and is their quintessence. 'A,' 'U,' 'M' and the dot (signifying the reverberation of the Sound in the depth of the heart), are symbolic of the four . is also symbolic of the '-Principle. The four brothers, , , and , represent the .