110 TheSpiritual Life.
fixingtheattentiononblemishesrather thanon
beauties,byseeing only the sun-spots and not
theSun. Furthertherecognitionof excellence
showsthecapacitytoreproduceit; sympathetic
vibrations are given outonlybya string tuned
to produce by itself a similar note; the soul
knowshiskin,even though theybeelderthan
himself, and only those akin to greatness are
awakenedbythegreattoresponse.
WhentheGuruisfoundandthetiewithhim
is made, the first great step is taken. Then
follows the steadycultureof devotion to him,
and through himtoThose beyond and tothe
SupremeSelf, manifestedin form. This must
neverbeforgotten,forthe Guruisameansnot
an end,a transmitter not an originator of the
divine light, a moon not a sun. He helps,
strengthens,guides, evolves his pupil; but theendistheshiningoutoftheSelfmthedisciple,
theSelfwhoisone,andisin Guru and chela
alike.Devotion to the embodiment of the Self
spokenofastheAvataramaybenourishedand
increased by reading and meditating on His
sayingsand the incidentsof His life onearth,
itisagood planto read overan incident and
then vividly picture it in the mind,using the