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The dust on the furniture should be cleaned again and again. Just the same way, the mind should not be affected by the dew of the acquirement of the objects desired and the dust of the jealousy of others' hatred etc. - the dirty feelings do not stick on the mind. For this, it is necessary that at intervals we check up the inclinations of the mind.
5. Spirit of Submission The fifth important limb in the Sadhana of Gulabchandbhai is his spirit of submission towards the Navakara. In the normal course, man will chant the Navakara, but is not able to cultivate a spirit of submission towards it. This is because he has not realised that all his desired Siddhi results from it.
Men of the scriptures state that there is no work in the world which the Navakara cannot attain. Not only through the scriptures but through self-experience also Gulabchandbhai had this comprehension. He therefore placed his head on the lap of the Navakara and submitted his entire burden on it. He meets his mother, father, brothers, wealth etc. everything and everybody in the Navakara.
Man finds no difficulty in submitting himself if he is full of faith. We go to Poona. Who worries about the big mountains, rivers etc. Which could be the calamities to be crossed? You do not sit with a map in hand. We purchase a ticket and sit in a train; all responsibility of our reaching Poona rests with the railway company. It is for the railway to manage all else. You have full confidence that you will certainly reach Poona. Just the same way, have full faith in the Navakara, submit yourself to it and all responsibility rests with the Navakara about you.
