So long as one is ill, one should strictly follow the medicines prescribed and obey the dietetic regulation laid down by his doctor. But when the illness has left and full health has come back, the individual pursues his normal habits of healthy living. Similarly, the disciplines of life, laid down by the kindly Masters, are all meant essentially for the rediscovery of mental equipoise in the agitated bosom of the one who is groping in the darkness of ‘ignorance’.