The Faith That Every Sadhak Must Have to Support Him Through Every Obstacle or Setback

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When we travel on a major
highway, we do not doubt or

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question that the destination at
the end of that road is where we

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will eventually end up.
We may need to face various

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difficulties along the way.
There may be stops for food or

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fuel.
There may be automobile

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breakdowns and needed repairs.
There may be storms and

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temporary halts or diversions,
but if we remain focused on the

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objective and continue to stay
on the highway, we will one day

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reach the end.
If we get turned around,

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confused or convinced to take a
different Rd. in a different

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direction, or to simply settle
down somewhere and give up the

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attempt to reach the
destination, then we will not

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make it there.
We need patience, persistence,

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and a constant faith that
regardless of any opposition,

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any obstacles, any setbacks, if
we remain on the highway, we

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will reach our goal.
Our family, our friends, our

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society may try to change our
plans, denigrate the

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destination, claim.
There are better places to go

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to.
If we respond to these voices,

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we will wind up somewhere other
than where we first intended.

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For the spiritual seeker,
following the path of spiritual

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growth is similar to this
highway.

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To start on this path is due to
an act of faith.

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In many cases, this faith arises
as a result of an experience of

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the Divine and an intuition of
the divine truth of existence

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and the purpose of the Divine
manifestation.

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We tend to believe that we are
the originators of our actions

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and that we are in control of
what we decide, where we go, and

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what we wind up doing with our
lives, as if the entire

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universal creation is just there
as a backdrop for our decisions

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and actions.
In reality we are constantly

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subject to influences,
vibrations, energies that

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originate outside ourselves and
which shape who we are, what we

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value and how we act.
Our role is to choose to open

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ourselves up to 1 influence or
another, one highway or another

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so to speak, depending on how we
choose.

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The universal energies guide and
propel us along the way.

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If we choose to open ourselves
up to the ego personalities,

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fulfilment, to the forces of
desire, craving, lust, anger,

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hatred, then of course we wind
up mired in those things and

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cannot reach the goal as long as
we remain fixated on the desire

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fulfillment of the individual
life experience.

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If we remain firm in our choice
of a spiritual purpose, those

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energies bring us to the
spiritual realization we have

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chosen.
Trior Bindo notes quote.

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If you desire only the Divine,
there is an absolute certitude

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that you will reach the Divine.
But all these questionings and

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repinings at each movement only
delay and keep an impending

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curtain before the heart and the
eyes, For at every step when one

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makes an advance, the opposite
forces will throw these doubts

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like a rope between the legs and
stop 1 short with a stumble.

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It is their metier to do that,
one must say.

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Since I want only the Divine, my
success is sure.

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I have only to walk forward in
all confidence, and his own hand

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will be there secretly leading
me to him by his own way and his

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own time.
That is what you must keep as

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your constant mantra.
Anything else one may doubt, but

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that he who desires only the
Divine shall reach the Divine is

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a certitude, and more certain
than two and two make four.

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That is the faith every Sodek
must have at the bottom of his

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heart, supporting him through
every stumble and blow and

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ordeal.
End Quote.

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Reference Sri Orobindo and the
Mother, Looking from Within,

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Chapter 5, Attitudes on the
Path, pages 131 to 132.