At first the soul had no real knowledge of its freedom, but now it knows itself.
Who is it who can twist the twine in the opposite direction and make it free of knots? It is the Sadguru. If one were to exert force and try to pull the knots apart, there would be the risk that the twine would break. To come down after realizing God the twine must be preserved intact. Otherwise, the abrupt and haphazard breaking of the threads here and there — to clear its intermingling — would render the person unconscious after Realization and he would be a majzoob [conscious of God but unconscious of the world].
So it is best to surrender yourself to a Perfect Master, who then takes upon himself the responsibility of eradicating your sanskaras and emancipating you. Once you surrender to him, it becomes his duty to lead you toward Knowledge and God-realization.
One of the mandali then asked, "But why don't you do something tangible for us?"
Baba replied:
My working for you is always there, and the easiest way to reach the Truth is to surrender to a Perfect Master by breaking off all connections with the world. As Jesus said, "Give up all and follow me." The Master's working to detach those in his contact from worldly entanglements is always happening. His inner, secret work is incomparable to the work he does openly.
Explaining about miracles, Baba pointed out:
It is child's play for a Sadguru to make the dead come alive, and it is of no importance to him as he has to work for the whole universe. He works only at the proper time for the good of the world. A rupee coin is shown to a feverish child and he is told that if he takes quinine, the rupee will be his. Succumbing to the temptation, the child takes the quinine. But as soon as he reaches for the rupee, it is snatched away. The reason for this is that the rupee was only a means to make the child take the medicine so that his fever would lessen. In the same way, performance of miracles is necessary to attract the worldly minded toward Truth; they are done only for the benefit of the world.
If I were to ask Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it?1 Never!
Footnotes
- 1.Henry Ford was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company.