Doing Your Part
You, a prospective initiate, should keep in mind that you will, at or before
your initiation, be required to agree, or formally make a vow, to obey the Master. This
obedience is in two fields:
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regarding your character; and |
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regarding your spiritual practice. |
That is, before becoming an initiate, you will have
to agree to do what the Master instructs regarding your spiritual practices —
whatever is necessary in the development and consolidation of your higher consciousness.
For example, the Master may require you chant a mantram
** a few hundred times
each day, or direct your life force up and down your spine one hundred and eight times
daily.
You may be required to keep your body healthy. You
may be required to read or study various scriptures or to faithfully attend regular
classes — whatever manner of consciousness-evolving practices the Master requires.
While you enter the relationship voluntarily, entirely free of duress, and while this is a
relationship of love, you will be required to do your part. Your obedience in spiritual
practice and character development is fundamental to your success.
Remember, the Master does not have to...
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