Until the end, the candidate has to fight with some aspects of his personality. As he advances, he realizes by himself what must be eliminated because it is disturbing. Having reached this decisive point, it is necessary to be lucid and to know what one really wants.

"There is a step to get through; it is a delicate point. How far does one want to go so that superfluous things do not weigh the process down? Decisions requiring a certain degree of surrender must be taken.

"It sometimes takes courage to give up all that constitutes the environment with which one is related. Every stage, in this respect, requests a reassessment. One needs to prepare for it, weigh up the pros and cons and make a choice with no regrets.

"Detachment is a way of life. The candidate is not requested to live in a state of destitution, but to be capable, if need be, to break with the past and turn over a new leaf."

Babuji

--Second Selection (Messages to all Members of the Human Fraternity)