Master, Can You Not Journey with People for Free?

S: I would really like to know.

M: You would really like to have your desire satisfied. I am not here to satisfy your whims, student.S: Why is it a whim?M: Because you do not have seriousness in your eyes.

S: There is no point in arguing. I must confess that I do not have seriousness for this question. But I am serious about my frustration, Master.M: You may speak.S: I am frustrated . . . And also envious, Master. In a way, I find myself angry with you. You have done nothing to me. But I am frustrated that I have not found the answers, despite years of effort. And I am angry and envious that you have. Why should these come to you and not to me? Please forgive me, Master.M: There is no need to apologize, student. For now you are serious. I thank you for your sincerity. Let us approach the matter head-on, shall we?S: Please, Master.M: I am not special, that things should come to me and not to you. I am a man like any other. And I too have felt the frustrations you feel.

S: Then why does the Truth come to you and not to me?M: Because I am more serious than you.S: That is indeed head-on. The universe does not give lee way, I suppose.M: Why should it, student? Why should it give its most glorious riches to one who is not sufficiently sincere? This world is full of pretenders, my student. Every day they beg to have an audience with me. They say lofty things. They feign sincerity. If I agree to seem them and begin to speak of what it will take to realize the Truth, they make all kinds of excuses. They cannot do this. They cannot do that. They will have to wait until the time is right. Someday they will return. True sincerity, being All-in, the willingness to beg, borrow, and steal if one must . . . Such humans are one in a million, student. One in a million.S: I am ashamed of myself, Master. Why shall I ask for something if I am not yet worthy of receiving it?M: What you have said is true. And it is also insincere.

S: Why?M: This is yet another cleverly-disguised excuse. If you do not make yourself worthy today, you will never be worthy. Your life will continue to free fall into the ground. You will never find Truth, my student. You will struggle for the whole of your life.S: Master, may I ask you a question?M: Yes.S: When I came to you, you asked my family to pay you large sums.

M: Yes.

S: They did not have it. But they borrowed from banks and sold goods and they raised the sum that you asked. Do you ask the same of all those who come to learn from you?M: Every one of them.S: Master, should you not Journey with them for free?M: I am not so irresponsible as to do such a thing, my student?S: Irresponsible, Master?M: Yes.

S: I do not understand.

M: Student, today you come to me with a question of not having yet solved all of your problems. You are still learning. But what is your life like today compared to the day you first came to see me?S: I cannot begin to describe how different my life is today, Master. I was lost. Fits of rage, being eaten alive by the mind, destructive habits, endless confusion. I have a long way to go. But today I feel as if I am standing on my own feet as a true human who is looking for the Truth. When I came to you I was crawling on the ground unaware that Truth even existed.M: I have allowed you to help the people who come here. You have spent time with them in closed quarters, helping to guide them toward freedom. What has happened with these people?S: They rarely return. I am ashamed to say so, but I must confess that I was eager to see how effective I had been in helping them. This was born of ego, so please forgive me, Master. But in checking up on them, I noticed that their lives did not change. Not even a little.M: Did you ask them for any sum?S: You instructed me not to, Master.

M: That is correct.

S: I see your point.

M: Do you?S: Unless someone gives something, they get nothing.M: What you have just said can be viewed in many different ways. So I am not certain if you understand.S: Kindly explain so that I do not misinterpret the message, Master.

M: The human mind seeks only to satisfy its desires, student. If it sees that another has something that it does not, it becomes hungry for it. If you satisfy its hunger, now it has it. Its job is done. It had no interest in the actuality of the thing. It only had an interest in resolving its envy. It simply wanted to receive it. And once received, it tosses it away. Understand, student, that there is nothing in this world more futile than Free Advice. A car cannot run on soda water. It runs on gasoline. The mind does not function in an environment of Free. It only functions when there is a cost. And the heavier the cost, the more serious it becomes. If I accepted you without asking for a large sum from your family, you would be the same person today as you were the day that you came to see me. This is as certain as the sun having risen in the East. Unless a man feels constrained by a heavy price . . . Unless he feels the pinch of having given something of his own . . . He will never succeed. He can never arrive at The Ultimate. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.

S: It matters not if one is rich or poor?M: Whether a man is rich or whether he is poor, the mind is the mind. The poor man must find a way to beg, borrow, and steal. The rich man must part with enough that gives him pain. If this does not happen, my time is wasted. But my wasted time is nothing compared to the mans wasted life.S: And for those who say they cannot afford it?M: Never accept such excuses, student. The sincere will always find a way. Always. And the one or two who do, will become Masters. They do not understand that what they truly cannot afford is having wasted their lives. A life that will never return throughout the end of time.

S: Thank you, my Master.

Dr. Gupta is a personal advisor to CEOs, Professional Athletes, Celebrities, and Performing Artists around the world.His books include:Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living GodA Masters Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living.

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