*MASTER - also see TEACHER, LEADER, GURU, RABBI, JESUS, PRACTICE, ENLIGHTENMENT, LORD, SAVIOR,
To be a good disciple - get up early and pray to your God, hone your virtues, be a good neighbor, respect yourself and others, master your cravings. (Eat, Pray, Love, p175)
Yoga teaches that a man, when aided by a perfect Master, can consciously unite with the divine while living in a physicalbody. The teaching of the Masters is sometimes called a religion, but has no organization, no ritual, no ceremony. It differs significantly from those religions whose followers are accustomed to place their reliance on belief and faith alone. Yoga is a
scientific system, yet at the same time it is the very essence of real religion. Entering the kingdom of heaven for religions is a hope that might be realized after death, rather than a definite and vital personal experience here and now, made possible by the spiritual power of the living Master. (Yoga, p14)
The journey of salvation, the safe return to the higher regions, can never be made without a Master. Happy indeed is the soul who takes shelter with a Saint and undertakes the journey in company with him. (Yoga, p157)
Do I secretly want to master the Mystery instead of letting the Mystery master me? Appreciative abandonment to nothing but God is the surest way to pull away from deception. To try so hard is to fail. Instead of being grateful for its effects, we long to repeat them. (Dark Night, p73-4)
What am I trying to master? You are trying to master mastering itself. You have nothing to learn. You have only to remember, that is, re-member Me. (Conversations, p203)