Conscious Immortality

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

The disciple surrenders himself to the master. That means that there is no vestige of individuality retained by the disciple, and thus no cause of misery.

Without understanding it correctly, people think that the guru teaches the disciple, 'Thou art That,' as something which will make him more powerful than anything else. The man is already vain; what will happen if the same 'I' is greatly inflated?

He will be even more foolish and ignorant! This false ‘I’ must perish. Its annihilation is the fruit of 'guru service'.

Q: Does education make a sage more useful to the world?

M: Even a learned person must bow before an illiterate sage. Education is learned ignorance.

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