DISCIPLESHIP AND GURUSHIP

Guru, who is inwardly identical with the Love-aspect of
the Divine. Ceaseless contact of the mind with the Divine
Name means the continuous Godward flow of conscious-
ness, which thereby remains in a fit condition for the Truth-
unveiling operation of the Divine Grace. Along with the
continued remembrance of the Name, the Divine Grace
progressively purges the mind and the body of all
impurities, of all worldward propensities, of all egoistic
impulses, of all attachments to the diverse objects of
sense-gratification, and of all obstacles in the way of the
realisation of the Truth, Love and Beauty of the Spirit ;

and in this purified mind the self's innate Love for the
Supreme Self manifests itself in its perfect glory, and
having spiritualised the entire being of the devotee unites
him with the Absolute Beloved.

Yoga is truly accomplished by the Divine Grace. But
the Sadhaka's will ought to be in a fit mood to receive the
Grace, to accept the blessings, to co-operate with the Power
descending from above. The Divine Name obtained from
the Guru is the most potent medium through which the
Sadhaka's love is refined and concentrated and ascends
upwards to God, and God's love is focussed and condensed
and comes downwards to the Sadhaka's soul. The Name
has the power of charming up the human spirit to the
Divine and charming down the Divine Spirit to the human.
The Name, if rhythmically repeated with every breath for
a sufficiently long time, mingles with the circulation of
blood and the formation of flesh and bones, regulates all
the mental, vital and physical processes and virtually
spiritualises the mind and the senses and the body. All
functions of the psycho-physical organism dance in love
and joy with the sweet Name of the Beloved Lord. The
whole being of the Sadhaka becomes electrified with

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