As to the question of pursuing the Path without an embodied Guru – well, we may not be able to see Her, but She is able to see us, and yoga depends primarily on the Divine rather than on human end. Swami Sharadananda, who was blind on both eyes, came here for a Darshan of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, and when asked why he did come here, he replied that it is having Them put Their gaze upon a person which matters the most…
If I could get thus displeased in presence of the human weaknesses, I would certainly not be fit to do the work I am doing, and my coming upon earth would have no meaning.
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