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visitme,sothatyoucanlearntheprocessdirectly,tobesurethatyouaredoing
everythingcorrectly,togetthebestresults.Whenyouarrive,Imeetwithyouand
youtastesomeofmyicecream.Youareonceagainblownawaybyitswondrous
taste.Yourswasverygood,butcomparedtothis,yourealizehowmuchroomyou
haveforimprovementinthepreparationoftheicecream.Tolearnthis,youmuch
beabletocomeandspendtimewithme,toreceivetrainingundermysupervision
andinstruction.YoumustwatchmeasIprepareit,givingtheinstructionsasIgo
along.Next,youmusttrytomakeityourselfwithmydirectguidance,thenyou
musttryonyourown.Ifitstilldoesnotcomeoutcorrectly,thenyoumuststudy
somemore,watchingandobservingthemethodology,helpingwiththeprocess,and
thentryingagaintoduplicatethetechniqueonyourown.Ifyouwishtobesuccess-
fulinyourbusiness,thisprocessofobserving,listening,assistingandpracticing
mustbecontinueduntilyouhavegainedtheunderstandingandmasteredthetech-
nicalskillstocompetentlyreproducetheicecream,howeverlongittakes.Itmust
bepursuedwithpersistenceandpatience,otherwiseyouwillbecomeupsetbyyour
seeming“failures,”andstopyourpursuitoutoffrustrationanddefeatism,insteadof
regardingeachseeming“failure”asasteppingstonetosuccess,whichiswhatthey
are.Eachseemingfailureisinfactteachingyouhowtofurtheradjustyourtech-
niqueorunderstandingsothatyoumovecloserandclosertoyourgoal.Thus,un-
derstanding what “not to do” is part of the process of learning “what to do.”
Theaboveexamplegivesinsightintotheinitiaticprocess,whichbeginswithaspira-
tion.Aspirationbeginsasadeepinnerdesireorlongingtoexperiencesomething
higherandmoresublimeinlife,evenifinitiallyonemaynotknowexactlywhat
thathigher,sublimepursuitis.Thisinnerdesirewillleadonetopickupabook,
suchasthisone,orattendaspiritualprogramwhereoneisabletoreceiveinsight
intothesublimegoaloflife,theattainmentofEnlightenmentorSelf-knowledge,
andthelightofaspirationbecomesalittlebrighter.Thisislikefindingoutthatsuch
awonderfulthingasrawveganicecreamexists.Youfeelthatthereissomething
realthereandyoudevelopadesiretopursueit.Howevertoproperlypursueit,you
mustundergoaprocessofcontactwithsomeonewhohasalreadyattainedthatgoal,
andseektheirguidanceandcontact,atfirstthroughindirectmeans(books,letters,
telephone,E-mail,etc.,),butevenmoreeffectively,throughdirectcontact(beingin
theirphysicalpresence),soyoucanhavetheopportunitytogetatasteofthatDivine