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THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS
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MISCELLANEOUS I
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The Spiritual Motive Is Service
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS
MISCELLANEOUS I
The Spiritual Motive Is Service
What do I expect from my mureeds? I expect a right attitude towards that motive for which they have taken this journey in the spiritual path. What is the right attitude? In the first place to be clear as to their spiritual motive. - It is not promised to my mureeds that they will be made wonderful people,
- that they will work wonders,
- that they will perform miracles,
- that they will make prophecies,
- that they will show phenomena,
- that they will cast out devils.
- It is not meant that they should see colors or lights, or phantoms, fairies or houris, in order to become spiritual.
- It is not wished for that my mureeds will become so learned that they will dispute and argue, and gain success in arguments and disputes.
What we mean by spiritual attainment is that my mureeds will try and make themselves best fitted to serve their fellowmen. If I, at the end of my life, could claim this, I will be most satisfied, and the purpose of my life will be fulfilled. And if I will see this motive, in whatever degree, being fulfilled in the lives of my mureeds, it is this which will bring me satisfaction.
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