Can the study of the Sastras help?
They can, to some extent. They are like signposts. They indicate the direction and perhaps the distance to be covered. But they cannot give you an idea of the ups and downs which you will have to encounter when you go along. Only actual journey will reveal them to you Engage yourselves in karma in a dedicatory spirit, then you realise that He is omnipotent and omnipresent and the spirit of adoption and surrender becomes well established in you. At last, you will realise that you and He and all else are but One. Thus, Karma leads to Bhakti and Bhakti to Jnana. A cow is tied by a rope to a post; it can graze all round the post, within the radius of the length of rope. When it has grazed that area, the master will untie it and take her to another post or he might lengthen the rope, so that she can graze over a further area. But first, the allotted area must be grazed, otherwise there can be no gift of Grace.
(From the book "The Light of Love")
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