The Holy Science

by Yukteswar Giri

SUTRA 17: "What is needed is a Guru, a Savior, who will awaken us to Bhakti (devotion) and to perceptions of Truth."

SUTRA 18: "Emancipation (Kaivalya) is obtained when one realizes the oneness of his Self with the Universal Self, the Supreme Reality."

Egoism results from a lack of discrimination between the physical body and the real Self.

Those who remove our troubles, dispel our doubts, and bestow peace are true teachers. They perform a Godlike work. Their opposites (those who increase our doubts and difficulties) are harmful to us and should be avoided like poison."

"Some consider the deities to exist in water (i.e., natural elements) while the learned consider them to exist in heaven (astral world); the unwise seek them in wood and stones (i.e., in images or symbols), but the Yogi realizes God in the sanctuary of his own Self."

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Regard the Guru with deep love. To keep company with the Guru is not only to be in his physical presence (as this is sometimes im possible), but mainly means to keep him in our hearts and to be one with him in principle and to attune ourselves with him.