The greatest obstacle on the path of surrender
is egoism and mine-ness or possessiveness .
It is something that has been inhering to
your personality since ages, sending its
tentacles deeper and deeper with the
experience of every succeeding life.
It can be removed only by the twin
detergents of discrimination and renunciation.
Bhakthi is the water to wash away this dirt
of ages and the soap of repetition of God's name,
meditation and communion will help to remove it
quicker and more effectively.
The slow and the steady will surely
win this race; walking is the safest method
of travel, though it may be condemned as slow.
Quicker means of travel mean disaster;
the quicker the means, the greater the risk of disaster.
You should eat only as much as you feel hunger,
for, more will cause disorder.
So proceed step by step in spiritual effort;
making sure of one step before you take another.
Do not slide back two paces when
you go one pace forward.
But even the first step will be unsteady,
if you have no faith. So cultivate faith.
