[question from a disciple] It is not possible, is it, for the surrender to be total from the very beginning?
Generally, no. It needs time. But there are instantaneous conversions; to explain all that to you in detail would take too much time. You know perhaps that in all schools of initiation it used to be said that it takes thirty-five years to change one’s character! So you must not expect the thing to be done in a minute.
If one is to be indifferent to everything, why are prizes given to the children?
You do not expect a schoolboy to be a yogi, do you? I have just said that it takes thirty-five years to attain that and to change one’s character.
[The Mother: CWM 4]
