Evolution of love

SUTRA

"One who cultivates the heart's natural love obtains the guidance of a guru,

and starts his sadhana (path of spiritual discipline). He becomes a Pravartaka,

an initiate." It has already been explained what Sat-Guru is and how to keep the

company thereof. Man, when endowed with the heavenly gift of pure love,

naturally becomes disposed to avoid the company of what is Asat and to keep

the company of what has been described as Sat. By affectionately keeping the

company of Sat he may be fortunate enough to please one who may kindly stand to

him as his Sat-Guru or Spiritual Preceptor. By keeping his preceptor's Godlike company

there grows an inclination, Pravritti, in the disciple's heart to save himself from the

creation of darkness, Maya, and he becomes Pravartaka, an initiate in the practices

of Yama and Niyama, the ascetic forbearances and observances necessary

to obtain salvation...