Something to Think About

‘Unconditional surrender,’ to which you have referred, is a wonderful thing, but it is not an intellectual or a theoretical proposition. Before you can surrender yourself, you must be master of yourself; or how else can you surrender? You can make a gift only of what is your own and not what is claimed by others. In Sant Mat this is achieved by physical, mental and spiritual service to the Guru, and the spiritual service is no more than joining the spirit to the Shabd.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Light on Sant Mat}

Mysticism is not a path for the weak minded. “Easier by far is to fight a battle than to seek union with the Lord,” says Paltu. It is not the path of the defeatist, of men and women who give up the world because they cannot face its difficulties. The highest form of mysticism requires the disciple to remain in the world, to discharge his worldly duties and practise the spiritual discipline in the midst of a hectic life. As Maharaj Jagat Singh says, “Enter the garden of the world. Take a walk in it. Enjoy the fragrance of the flowers. Eat fruit and behold the beauties of nature, but do not get entangled in thorns and prickly shrubs, lest you get abrasions and wounds.”
_{Saint Paltu, His Life and Teachings}