A saint in India was wont to say, "I am like a drum:As you beat me,so I sound". A master is not what he appears to human
eyes.Yet his human appearance is an aspect of what he is.But he is infinitely more than what he appears.For those who see in him a great and wise techer,he is that.Those who see him as a dear friend,he is also that.
A master is like a mirror:Whatever qualities we present to him, he reflects back to us:He is whatever each of us wants him to be; at the same time,he is beyond our mental concepts,unshakably centred in
infinite conciousness.
Inevitably a master attracts people to him though his one desire is to draw them to God,not to his one desire is to draw them God,not to his humanity.Indeed,it is his magnetism that carries the soul on a magic carpet up to the Infinite Light.The devotion a master receives is directed by him to God alone.And he patiently teaches others to direct their love to God also,viewing him as but a window to
infinity.