“How can you pass along on the Path of Truth, unless you step out of the boundary of your own nature?"

Baba: "This Path (of Spirituality) is full of difficulties and sufferings. Even the yogis and saints have not fathomed the State of My Reality. Just now, we heard in Hafiz' couplet, his saying ‘our nature.' What is that 'nature of ours?' I am not going to repeat the theme of Evolution and Consciousness now. I have said much about this in the books. We start with the birth of a child, one human child, for example. The birth of this human child is due to his past 'Karmas.' No sooner has he taken birth than he begins to experience the 'sanskaras' acquired out of his past lives. So, what will be the nature of the child? The nature of the child will, of course, be his past 'sanskaras.' That child must act, feel and think according to his sanskaras accumulated in past lives. There is no way out, and he must experience them. That is the LAW of 'MUST.' To add to this principle of 'must,' the environmental circumstances are such that they help the child to act, feel and think according to his past sanskaras. No sooner does the child see the light of earth (whether it be male or female), it begins to grow older day by day. It has to weep as soon as it is born. It must be given milk-diet. The child must grow bigger and bigger. It must have a name. Its sex, etc., are determined by the 'principle of "must."' The child knows not whence he or she has come from. It has no thought of all that. It takes for granted that it is born and it begins to live. It gets a sex and a name, cries, eats, drinks, later studies in school, and enjoys life—all this because of his or her 'nature,’—not 'Nature.' Hafiz refers to the nature ('swabhavam') of a child. It is the law of 'must.' That is the 'nature' referred to by Hafiz. It is your very nature that makes you think that you are a man or woman, that you have a body (sickly or healthy, beautiful or ugly, etc.). It makes you think that you are hungry, robust, unwell, etc."

Baba continued: "Now, we come to the difficulties on the Spiritual Path. What are the difficulties? It is always impossible to fathom My Original State of Reality, on the Spiritual Path. Why? I shall explain to you the reasons. What does Hafiz say? Hafiz says: 'Step out of the boundary of your nature.' It means 'Go against your own nature.' Your nature makes you think that you feel hungry and want food. When you feel hungry, you demand food and eat, etc. Hafiz wants you not to eat; that is going against your nature, i.e., 'stepping out.' If your nature says you are not feeling hungry, according to Hafiz, you must go against it and you must eat, and eat much. When you feel like sleeping, according to Hafiz, you must not sleep; this is what we gather from Hafiz' couplet.