Contents
| Publishers Note | ix | |
| First Words | 1 | |
| What is our Objective? | 3 | |
| 1 | Our Present Position | 5 |
| Words or action? | 5 | |
| Why did we ask for initiation? | 8 | |
| You have a living master | 9 | |
| 2 | How Far Can Words Take Us? | 11 |
| Prisoners of words | 11 | |
| Myths and metaphors | 13 | |
| Paradoxes | 14 | |
| Concepts | 17 | |
| Mud can Have many flavours | 19 | |
| 3 | The Choice is Ours | 21 |
| An 'expiry date' on concepts | 21 | |
| Truth is simple - we are not | 24 | |
| An individual choice | 25 | |
| Words, Concepts & Illusion | 29 | |
| 4 | About Spirituality | 31 |
| Illusion: Physical objects have spiritual power | 31 | |
| Illusion: Spirituality demands blind faith | 35 | |
| Illusion: Spirituality means morality so who needs meditation? | 37 | |
| Illusion: Spirituality can be measured by appearances | 39 | |
| Illusion: A Spiritual path should meet our social needs | 40 | |
| 5 | About Initiation | 43 |
| Illusion: Only four births after initiation | 44 | |
| Illusion: Our way of life can remain unchanged | 47 | |
| Illusion: No return to the animal kingdom | 48 | |
| Illusion: Hey! We need those guarantees! They help us! | 50 | |
| Illusion: Six months of meditation ensures enlightenment | 52 | |
| 6 | About the Sangat | 55 |
| Illusion: Satsangis are special, and non-satsangis are… | 56 | |
| Illusion: It's our duty to enforce Sant Mat values in the sangat | 59 | |
| Illusion: The RSSB sangat represents an 'ideal world' | 61 | |
| Illusion: Representatives are evolved souls | 62 | |
| Illusion: The master's close associates must be spiritually elevated | 63 | |
| Illusion: He or she is a very important person | 66 | |
| 7 | About Darshan | 71 |
| Illusion: Being closer means better darshan | 72 | |
| Illusion: Darshan on the screen is not real darshan | 73 | |
| Illusion: The more darshan we 'do' the more we 'get' from him | 74 | |
| Illusion: There's right way to do darshan | 75 | |
| 8 | About Satsang | 77 |
| Illusion: Attending satsang is mandatory | 78 | |
| Illusion: Attending satsang is enough | 79 | |
| Illusion: Satsangs Should be entertaining so they engage us | 80 | |
| Illusion: Some satsangs are 'good', some are bad' | 82 | |
| Illusion: Satsang speakers are elevated souls | 85 | |
| 9 | About Seva | 89 |
| Illusion: Physical seva can replace meditation | 90 | |
| Illusion: No common sense is required in seva | 91 | |
| Illusion: The tangible rewards of seva matter | 93 | |
| Illusion: Certain seva positions confer power and prestige | 94 | |
| Illusion: Seva needs us | 97 | |
| 10 | About Meditation | 101 |
| Illusion: We must make progress… now! | 102 | |
| Illusion: Progress means light and sound | 103 | |
| Illusion: Bhajan is not essential to meditation | 106 | |
| Illusion: Meditation is about getting result | 107 | |
| 11 | About the Master | 109 |
| Illusion: The master just waves a magic wand | 109 | |
| Illusion: The master does it all | 112 | |
| Illusion: A perfect living master should… | 114 | |
| Let's Get Real | 119 | |
| 12 | The Mystery of the living Master | 121 |
| Our beloved master - who is he? | 122 | |
| Trust | 124 | |
| Dancing on the edge of a sword | 126 | |
| Infinite is his freedom | 128 | |
| 13 | A way of life to Be lived | 131 |
| Living in obedience and surrender | 132 | |
| Living gracefully and cheerfully | 133 | |
| keeping a balance | 135 | |
| Taking refuge | 137 | |
| Loving him | 137 | |
| 14 | The Mystic Path | 141 |
| We are making a choice | 142 | |
| Meditation | 143 | |
| Getting real | 145 | |
| Last Words | 149 | |
| Glossary | 151 | |
| Books on This Science | 153 | |
| Addresses for Information and Books | 155 |
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Contents
| Publishers Note | ix | |
| First Words | 1 | |
| What is our Objective? | 3 | |
| 1 | Our Present Position | 5 |
| Words or action? | 5 | |
| Why did we ask for initiation? | 8 | |
| You have a living master | 9 | |
| 2 | How Far Can Words Take Us? | 11 |
| Prisoners of words | 11 | |
| Myths and metaphors | 13 | |
| Paradoxes | 14 | |
| Concepts | 17 | |
| Mud can Have many flavours | 19 | |
| 3 | The Choice is Ours | 21 |
| An 'expiry date' on concepts | 21 | |
| Truth is simple - we are not | 24 | |
| An individual choice | 25 | |
| Words, Concepts & Illusion | 29 | |
| 4 | About Spirituality | 31 |
| Illusion: Physical objects have spiritual power | 31 | |
| Illusion: Spirituality demands blind faith | 35 | |
| Illusion: Spirituality means morality so who needs meditation? | 37 | |
| Illusion: Spirituality can be measured by appearances | 39 | |
| Illusion: A Spiritual path should meet our social needs | 40 | |
| 5 | About Initiation | 43 |
| Illusion: Only four births after initiation | 44 | |
| Illusion: Our way of life can remain unchanged | 47 | |
| Illusion: No return to the animal kingdom | 48 | |
| Illusion: Hey! We need those guarantees! They help us! | 50 | |
| Illusion: Six months of meditation ensures enlightenment | 52 | |
| 6 | About the Sangat | 55 |
| Illusion: Satsangis are special, and non-satsangis are… | 56 | |
| Illusion: It's our duty to enforce Sant Mat values in the sangat | 59 | |
| Illusion: The RSSB sangat represents an 'ideal world' | 61 | |
| Illusion: Representatives are evolved souls | 62 | |
| Illusion: The master's close associates must be spiritually elevated | 63 | |
| Illusion: He or she is a very important person | 66 | |
| 7 | About Darshan | 71 |
| Illusion: Being closer means better darshan | 72 | |
| Illusion: Darshan on the screen is not real darshan | 73 | |
| Illusion: The more darshan we 'do' the more we 'get' from him | 74 | |
| Illusion: There's right way to do darshan | 75 | |
| 8 | About Satsang | 77 |
| Illusion: Attending satsang is mandatory | 78 | |
| Illusion: Attending satsang is enough | 79 | |
| Illusion: Satsangs Should be entertaining so they engage us | 80 | |
| Illusion: Some satsangs are 'good', some are bad' | 82 | |
| Illusion: Satsang speakers are elevated souls | 85 | |
| 9 | About Seva | 89 |
| Illusion: Physical seva can replace meditation | 90 | |
| Illusion: No common sense is required in seva | 91 | |
| Illusion: The tangible rewards of seva matter | 93 | |
| Illusion: Certain seva positions confer power and prestige | 94 | |
| Illusion: Seva needs us | 97 | |
| 10 | About Meditation | 101 |
| Illusion: We must make progress… now! | 102 | |
| Illusion: Progress means light and sound | 103 | |
| Illusion: Bhajan is not essential to meditation | 106 | |
| Illusion: Meditation is about getting result | 107 | |
| 11 | About the Master | 109 |
| Illusion: The master just waves a magic wand | 109 | |
| Illusion: The master does it all | 112 | |
| Illusion: A perfect living master should… | 114 | |
| Let's Get Real | 119 | |
| 12 | The Mystery of the living Master | 121 |
| Our beloved master - who is he? | 122 | |
| Trust | 124 | |
| Dancing on the edge of a sword | 126 | |
| Infinite is his freedom | 128 | |
| 13 | A way of life to Be lived | 131 |
| Living in obedience and surrender | 132 | |
| Living gracefully and cheerfully | 133 | |
| keeping a balance | 135 | |
| Taking refuge | 137 | |
| Loving him | 137 | |
| 14 | The Mystic Path | 141 |
| We are making a choice | 142 | |
| Meditation | 143 | |
| Getting real | 145 | |
| Last Words | 149 | |
| Glossary | 151 | |
| Books on This Science | 153 | |
| Addresses for Information and Books | 155 |
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