Sahaj Marg: Denial of Self and Surrender to the Master

Translation of an article by Elodie: "Négation de L'Individu et Abandon au Maître", on her blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.


Nov. 29, 2014 

Denial of the Self and Surrender to the Master

You are an abhyasi of Sahaj Marg and you wonder about your practice? Do not tell anyone, especially do not share your doubts.

I have experienced that; it was in 2005, with the release of the first "Whispers".  In no time, I found myself on the witness stand.  Bad abhyasi with an oversized ego, I did not love Chari enough, I was causing him pain and I was doing harm to the Mission. In a word, I was accused of all the evils.
 
Do you have a question, a doubt?  Blame your ego. The answer does not change, it's always the same. The Whispers of Babuji, dead and buried for more than 30 years, says the same thing: "The resistance in some abhyasis sadly denotes an ego, let us hope that years of spiritual practice will bring a state of surrender to the mind."
 
A question, a doubt? Your ego is oversized, you must adopt a mindset of surrender, (you must) become a living-dead, as one with a dead body.

"What should be the ideal attitude of the abhyasi? According to the Master's own words: "he must be like a dead man in the hands of a funeral director." That is to say, the abhyasi should be like a dead body, free of personal desire, personal opinions and completely devoid of any resistance. Such an abhyasi is the ideal material because he offers no resistance of any kind, no more physical than mental, to the spiritual powers of the Master." 
(Chari in: "My Master")

"The easiest and surest way to achieve the goal is to surrender to the Great Master and become oneself a living-dead.  (...)  The abandonment of self is nothing but a complete state of surrender to the will of the Master, with a complete lack of interest in oneself. Remaining permanently in this condition leads to the beginning of the denial of the self.  (...) In this state a man thinks and does what the will of his master orders him.  (...) He will be completely subordinated to the will of the Master." 
 (Babuji in: "The Role of the Abhyasi in Sahaj Marg")

Your ego is oversized, you have to surrender yourself in the hands of the Master, becoming a "living-dead". For that you need to perform a lot of work on your character and really surrender yourself  to the will of the Master.

This is the beginning of the state of denial of your ego, or self-neglect. Your will is subordinate to that of the Master, you do not think, and you do what the Master commands you.
  
You will not have any doubts or questions. They will tell you that you are participating in the egregore of Sahaj Marg, the collective entity devoid of individual egos.

This is wrong, they will simply have brainwashed you; (or gotten you to brainwash yourself) your ego has not disappeared, it will only be subordinate to that of the Master.

So,  you are an abhyasi and you wonder about your practice?  Do not tell anyone, especially do not share your doubts. Run Away! (Save yourself!) 

Élodie  

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