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will come when you will see that you are thinking about Brahman. if your son gets ill, then think that it is but the Will of Brahman. if left impoverished, then think it is because of the Will of God. if you meditate on him with a rebellious mind, you can in no way attain peace. a sage, when he was snake-bitten, said with tearful eyes, “Oh God, the Merciful, you have thus remembered me, it is but your blessing.” With such a state of mind, pray to him. The kind of practice you will have while meditating on him and praying to him will really be the perfect path of achieving Brahman.
how was your habit created? i asked Baba. Baba said,—“Grad- ually at Guru ashram.” When i was a boy, i learned something from Mahatma anubhav Devji and then from Mahatma Kala singhji. i was with him for a few years. he had more than a hundred disciples. he taught us scriptures. he was also an expert in herbal medicine. Baba said more about Mahatma Kala singh that he was generous in nature and learned in all scriptures. he ate once a day and left bed before the sun rise and meditated, then taught his disciples in the early morning. We also learned exercise and restrain of indriyas from him.
Baba learnt meditation and BrahmAvidya from avadhoot hirananda after completing a few years of training from Mahatma Kala singh. avadhoot hirananda was an enlightened Mahatma. During those days Baba would have to travel to different shrines with hiranandaji. sometimes he would starve for a whole day or have very little food while he had to spend a day and a night under a tree. We are all worldly creatures. What do we expect? Without the grace of God, any human being cannot move alone on this path. Only his grace is the main resource in this path.
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