Ask The Master: 10 Dec 2007

Q. To fall in love with a master is also a kind of ‘falling’?

Yes and no.
Ordinary ‘falling in love’ is an obsession with form. With the master, This is only a preliminary step towards moving beyond form. Normally, when you fall in love, you ‘fall’ in a lot of ways because possessiveness, jealousy, domination and anger are sure to follow. Lovers play subtle games of hide-and-seek with each other. Though each needs the other to make them feel complete, the ego also resents the power of the other over itself. This resentment expresses itself as covert physical or psychological violence on the other. With the master, the same love and the same fear exist - but there are no halfway points. You have to fall completely - fall from the head and fall from the heart! The master offers total love and demands total surrender. Love and surrender both mean the sure death of the ego.

When you come to the master, you cannot play the games of deceit and domination that are so essential to keep your ego alive. This is the ultimate test for your ego; there is no running away. You have to choose, once and for all, between love and fear.

If you welcome the master into your being with total love and trust, the flame of the master’s presence can simply burn your ego and transform your being. In the master’s hands, you experience a new birth. That is why falling in love with the master always results in a tremendous upward surge. You may fall in love with me - but I will never let you stay fallen. I will ensure that you rise in love instead!

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Uncommon Answers to Common Questions