Hello William,
I can't remember the last book I read.
The path of Sant Mat will be strange for most. I can only say to judge it by what is written rather than what is practiced. Like most religions or belief systems, there is human weakness within the body of it.
I've never had any contact with it other than with the master Charan Singh. He sent me a very kind letter in response to some questions I had. He passed on a short time later.
I've never taken initiation or even had contact with the modern community. I just placed the idea of what needed to be done in my minds eye and lived my life according to what I could FEEL.
Any idiot can think.
The road to realization is paved with the ability to feel.
But first, you must convince the mind that it is a servant rather than a master.
Its not just going to lay down and say "do me". But once you can present enough evidence and argument to back it up, you can convince this 800lb gorilla to stand aside and sit in the co-pilot's seat.
It will listen to reason when describing higher realms, but it will always be in pain in knowing it can never experience it, itself.
Hell, you see, is anything the mind can't figure out.
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