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Qualifications of the Aspirant: Faith β€” Faith in a Master

Faith in a Perfect Master becomes all-important because it nourishes and sustains faith in oneself and faith in life-in the very teeth of setbacks […]

Qualifications of the Aspirant: Faith β€” Secure basis of self-confidence

Unshakable faith in oneself is as rare as implicit faith in some other person. Few have developed it to the degree that ensures effective […]

Qualifications of the Aspirant: Faith β€” Importance of faith in oneself

Unqualified and implicit faith in each other belongs to the world of ideals. In actual practice it exists only in special cases. Though it […]

Qualifications of the Aspirant: Faith β€” Faith and its forms

One of the most important qualifications for the aspirant is faith. There are three kinds of faith: faith in oneself, faith in a Perfect […]

“Your mind is useless! All it does is confuse you!”

Baba resumed: “Is everyone here prepared to obey me 100 percent? You should be very honest. [Everyone raised his or her hand.] Can you […]

Turn into dust; only then will you do my work!

The Poona Centre lovers would come to Guruprasad and describe all the work they were doing for Baba, boasting: “We held such and such […]

Defend yourself but never beat up anyone

Once Rustom and Sohrab had a fist fight with some other boy. Baba heard about it and warned them, “Don’t raise your hand against […]

Nothing but mere words!

Joanna Smith and Olivia Maugham. Joanna Smith was from Westchester, New York. She was a large, strapping woman who had become very involved in […]

Qualifications of the Aspirant: Readiness to Serve β€” Ideal of service

When the Master serves others, he does so not because he is attached to the work but in order to help, and also to […]

Qualifications of the Aspirant: Readiness to Serve β€” Service without fuss

In cooperation of this type the aspirants are in a way serving each other because the Master’s work is accepted by them all as […]