5 November 2006

Everyone is alone in the face of life and the ordeals associated with it, however well people rally around. It is in one's own presence that everything is settled and integrated, within a system that surpasses the framework of this incarnation. In one's own self also reside the powers necessary to face up to things under all circumstances. Without the reaction [of interiorizing oneself] one cannot easily face up to occurrences. Outside help, however invaluable it is, cannot resolve everything.

"The human being must grow on this Earth. Since from childhood difficulties arise, the personality must start to assert itself in that overall test, determining for the rest of the process. In that connection, a spiritual process is an individual commitment, an investment capable of transforming a being under the higher competence of the chosen Master. There too, the aspirant is left to himself in the sense that the transformation takes place in him based on a daily practice highlighted by the remembrance of the one to whom his heart was offered. Perseverance will bear fruits, but in that process, no one else can do his work on his behalf. Man can assess his life from stage to stage, and make good resolutions. Mistakes analyzed with lucidity become positive if they make him progress in the right direction. At any age one must struggle; the journey on Earth is not safe. What results from it, determines the continuation of that long process leading a soul to its higher level of realization. In that spirit, each test is an opportunity bestowed on man to grow."

Babuji

--First Selection (Messages referring to the Master, Mission and method of Sahaj Marg)