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In plain words

"One has to accept the tendencies carried over from past births. I have heard that a man was performing the sadhana on a corpse, worshipping the Divine Mother in a deep forest. But he began to see many terrifying visions, and in the end a tiger carried him off. Another man had climbed a tree close by for fear of the tiger. Seeing the corpse and the other articles of worship all made ready, he came down, sipped water to purify himself, and sat down on the corpse. He had repeated the holy name only a little when the Mother came before him and said, 'I am well pleased with you. Choose a boon.' He bowed at the Mother's lotus feet and said, 'Mother, there is one thing I would ask You. I am astonished at what You have done! That man worked so hard, made such preparations, and practised Your worship for so long, and You had no mercy on him! And on me, who know nothing and have heard nothing, without worship, without sadhana, without knowledge, without devotion, You have shown such grace!' The Divine Mother laughed and said, 'My child! You do not remember your former births. Birth after birth you practised austerities for Me, and by the power of that sadhana everything has come together for you like this, and so you have seen Me. Now say, which boon will you have?'"