| | Publishers Note | ix |
| | First Words
| 1
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| | What is our Objective?
| 3
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| 1
| Our Present Position
| 5
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| | Words or action? | 5 |
| | Why did we ask for initiation? | 8 |
| | You have a living master | 9 |
| 2
| How Far Can Words Take Us?
| 11
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| | Prisoners of words | 11 |
| | Myths and metaphors | 13 |
| | Paradoxes | 14 |
| | Concepts | 17 |
| | Mud can Have many flavours | 19 |
| 3
| The Choice is Ours
| 21
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| | An 'expiry date' on concepts | 21 |
| | Truth is simple - we are not | 24 |
| | An individual choice | 25 |
| | Words, Concepts & Illusion | 29 |
| 4
| About Spirituality
| 31 |
| | Illusion: Physical objects have spiritual power | 31 |
| | Illusion: Spirituality demands blind faith | 35 |
| | Illusion: Spirituality means morality so who needs meditation? | 37 |
| | Illusion: Spirituality can be measured by appearances | 39 |
| | Illusion: A Spiritual path should meet our social needs | 40 |
| 5
| About Initiation
| 43
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| | Illusion: Only four births after initiation | 44 |
| | Illusion: Our way of life can remain unchanged | 47 |
| | Illusion: No return to the animal kingdom | 48 |
| | Illusion: Hey! We need those guarantees! They help us! | 50 |
| | Illusion: Six months of meditation ensures enlightenment | 52 |
| 6
| About the Sangat
| 55
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| | Illusion: Satsangis are special, and non-satsangis are… | 56 |
| | Illusion: It's our duty to enforce Sant Mat values in the sangat | 59 |
| | Illusion: The RSSB sangat represents an 'ideal world' | 61 |
| | Illusion: Representatives are evolved souls | 62 |
| | Illusion: The master's close associates must be spiritually elevated | 63 |
| | Illusion: He or she is a very important person | 66 |
| 7
| About Darshan
| 71
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| | Illusion: Being closer means better darshan | 72 |
| | Illusion: Darshan on the screen is not real darshan | 73 |
| | Illusion: The more darshan we 'do' the more we 'get' from him | 74 |
| | Illusion: There's right way to do darshan | 75 |
| 8
| About Satsang
| 77
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| | Illusion: Attending satsang is mandatory | 78 |
| | Illusion: Attending satsang is enough | 79 |
| | Illusion: Satsangs Should be entertaining so they engage us | 80 |
| | Illusion: Some satsangs are 'good', some are bad' | 82 |
| | Illusion: Satsang speakers are elevated souls | 85 |
| 9
| About Seva
| 89
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| | Illusion: Physical seva can replace meditation | 90 |
| | Illusion: No common sense is required in seva | 91 |
| | Illusion: The tangible rewards of seva matter | 93 |
| | Illusion: Certain seva positions confer power and prestige | 94 |
| | Illusion: Seva needs us | 97 |
| 10
| About Meditation
| 101
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| | Illusion: We must make progress… now! | 102 |
| | Illusion: Progress means light and sound | 103 |
| | Illusion: Bhajan is not essential to meditation | 106 |
| | Illusion: Meditation is about getting result | 107 |
| 11
| About the Master
| 109
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| | Illusion: The master just waves a magic wand | 109 |
| | Illusion: The master does it all | 112 |
| | Illusion: A perfect living master should… | 114 |
| | Let's Get Real | 119 |
| 12
| The Mystery of the living Master
| 121
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| | Our beloved master - who is he? | 122 |
| | Trust | 124 |
| | Dancing on the edge of a sword | 126 |
| | Infinite is his freedom | 128 |
| 13
| A way of life to Be lived
| 131
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| | Living in obedience and surrender | 132 |
| | Living gracefully and cheerfully | 133 |
| | keeping a balance | 135 |
| | Taking refuge | 137 |
| | Loving him | 137 |
| 14
| The Mystic Path
| 141
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| | We are making a choice | 142 |
| | Meditation | 143 |
| | Getting real | 145 |
| | Last Words | 149 |
| | Glossary | 151 |
| | Books on This Science | 153 |
| | Addresses for Information and Books | 155 |
