Cultivate, with utmost care, the love that you developed in yourself for your Master. It is like a plant of great scarcity; its species is very special and cannot be reproduced at will.

"Arriving at this quality of love is a grace that commands unbounded gratitude. In our mind, it is not about loving the physical person of Master. Here, we are talking about the unfailing bond of soul between Master and disciple, beyond the attachment and admiration that can be aroused by a human being. This bond should not at all incite rejection of the successor who will lead the Mission after him. We all will die in this existence; the Mission will continue expanding in the world and will require a guide of a high stature to accompany it on all levels of its development.

"The true disciple, aware of this irrefutable fact, accepts the succession with gratitude. Knowing the need for a living Master, he offers his services with equal enthusiasm and faith, as the cause that needs serving remains the same. This essential point is to be considered. The true mystic can put things into perspective; he has reached a degree of maturity that protects him from this kind of drifting. Loving one's Master is to accept the successor who was selected to succeed him.

"Our long time aspirants are no longer in spiritual childhood. Loving truly is also that: showing all one's generosity of soul in the face of events in this life, of which what interests us here is paramount for them."

Babuji --Reflections