2. Love is that a feeling of reality?
Love? No, it is not the feeling of reality, it is the way to reality!

3. How universal love can be achieved?
The real thing is to transfer all love to God. Remembrance of one brings remembrance of all. If I love you, I love your children also.

4. Does love develop attachments?
We should love all but without feeling attached towards individuals as such.

1. I find the problem in the form of sleep embracing me whenever I start to read any of Master's books.
It is a matter of common experience that persons who read Masters work get into a state similar to sleep. It is nothing but the effect of the words and thereby the thoughts of the Master being received by our real self. Do not bother, but continue to hear Master or read his books. That will clear lot of mala, klesha and avarana.

2. I am also spending fair amount of time in reading and contemplating the works of Rev.KCV and the Master in an attempt to enter the consciousness of the Masters and try living in that as far as possible.
Any amount of reading and searching for consciousness in the books will not help you in getting at them. Not that you should not read them but that is not enough. We may read about Sacrifice and will never do it, unless there is something that is more dear than our life that is felt in the core of our being. The love of self is far superior to any of the other loves we have. I think sage Yajnavalkya is least understood here thanks to the Vedantic blue glasses.

3. During Basanth predominant thought was every one is developing true love and devotion towards Master and all are taking benefit of His grace.
During Basanth our approach should be to be totally oriented to Master instead of thinking that others should benefit etc., If we do not have the condition required to help others what help can we do?

1. My trainer asked me to contemplate the given condition through out the day. I am not able to do that. Sir how can I make a thought remain active while doing day to day works.
The conditions endowed during meditations range from total lack of thoughts to disturbance and yet absorption. It is not easy to remain in that condition consciously through out the day while discharging our duties. If a suggestion is given at the end of the meditation that the condition is retained at the subconscious level it will help to remember the same while we are not actively associated with any other thought or work.

1. Thoughts that were noticed were on the Goal and yielding to the Master.
That we have feelings of yielding means, there is some resistance. Please find out the thoughts that are hindering such a submission to his will and try to avoid them. The thought of yielding is only a phase, we should move on to the stage where we do not feel the need for yielding and should have a state of mind of submissiveness.

2. I did not fully understand yielding
Yielding so far as I understand is accepting the version of our good nature and rejecting our lower nature. Do you know in great religions both in the west and the east, in the early days Good is the word for God.

3. Spent days thinking of how can I make my yielding complete.
This is done easily by thinking that you have already yielded and go on strengthening the same thought.

4. I need to do More and More yielding. Feel Gentle vibrations at Sikhar. Felt expansion through out.
Yielding means that there is something to yield and so far as there is something to yield the statement of Nothingness etc., has no reality content. Expanded awareness is possible in Brahmand but who is expanded and who sees it? The locus is self and so long it is there rings of Egoism are not even touched.

More on Determination
1. I feel that the task seems to be a big one and I hope that I can do it properly throughout my life because at the age of 50 or 60 years I do not want to have the feeling that I did not do my sadhana properly.
I am happy to find that you are determining yourself to reach the goal and that is half the task. You can and you will attain the desired goal within this life time only, by following the meditational practices as advised with love and devotion to the Master. Following the commandments is a matter of time and with the Imperience you have, it will not be difficult.

2. Started feeling that miseries are not in my control & thinking of them as Divine blessings.
Quite a brave attempt. Masters blessings may be remembered to maintain this attitude.

3. I pray that I develop the 'Yearning' to be with Him all the time.
Prayer does not help much in this regard. It is our determination and girding up the loins as Master puts alone helps.

4. How to generate the craving for internal transformation in abhyasies. Can a trainer really do something in this direction or Karmic matters play their own role and one has to be patient with those.
If there is a little inclination towards the goal and the aspirants are serious the method we have of diverting the flow to the upper portion of the heart and also to the Atma chakra will have better effect. Even in the case of X the work we have done is not lost and will return to the path either in this life or later. True it is that Karmic influence will be there and one has to clear off the debts before any movement in the real sense towards the homeland happens.
I think you feel that despite working on a person there is a slip. As I always say that disinterestedness in sadhana develops even after a good start because of the necessity to go through Bhog. If a person is wise he clings on even if he does not practice as prescribed and picks up later; otherwise the great Master helps him in the way he should be. We should never feel attached so much to abhyasis as we are only trustees and Master knows how to help them.

5. I am realizing my own defects and shortcomings. From the bottom of the heart feeling repentance for the lapses committed. I am willing to change.
It is not enough to realize our lapses. We should have firm determination to get rid off them and for that we should gird up our loins as Master puts it. We can always find excuses and explanations for not doing our best and also feel satisfied with what we do. Also certain times we simply accept our mistakes and expect the Master to rectify them.

6. There was predominant feeling of helplessness, which I am unable to describe. I feel that only Master’s instructions and his ideas are to be done through me and all my own thoughts, which obstruct to follow his commands to be removed from me. I am unable to put in words.
Until and unless our wishes die down thoughts relating to other than the Master will not go. Any amount of lamentation is of no use. We should clean ourselves well and also give up notions very consciously that are detrimental to the implementation of his commandments and attainment of the goal. Asking some one to remove will not work and that is not the system.

2. How does it come?
It is no doubt effected through the medium of the Master who is Himself connected with the immortal.

3. Speaking of faith, is it a gift or is it an act of will?
Both things are right.

4. How to have faith, or develop it in oneself?
Master says “Really speaking, faith is not necessary. What we have to do is to trust in someone and begin. And then if you find you are progressing, Faith will automatically develop. Now I will tell you, people speak so much of conscience. Conscience should guide us but we guide our conscience as we choose. Now what is conscience? It is really of four levels, the manas, the buddhi, chit and ego. Where these are balanced and merge into the one original thought, then that is the real conscience.”

5. Is faith necessary for meditation?
Faith is really the foundation of entire structure of spirituality. Faith in reality, faith in the right course you have adopted for realisation. Faith in the worthy Master whom you have submitted to, this is the rock upon which you must build your edifice of spirituality if you really aim at success.

6. Not being able to discharge duties in complete thought of Master with strong faith in God and justice
I have a definition for faith. ‘Faith is belief under circumstances that are impossible.’

7. I have had the problem of expecting from the Divine knowing that this is incorrect. Sometimes I have the feeling of expecting the same feeling that I had experienced before. I find it difficult to come out of this feeling. To certain extent, I have succeeded to come out of it.
Faith in God when it is properly understood would teach you also the knowledge that He is Samavarthi and therefore whatever we deserve we always will get. When this matures you will be in a position to come out of expectancy. Wait, watch and progress with practice.

8. Confidence in self seems to be lost at times and there is utter helplessness.
This is a tight rope walking that needs to be done. We can never lose Confidence and faith in ourselves and at the same time we should know we cannot reach the goal without the help of the Master. Please catch the spirit of what is said in this regard.

More on Faith
Life is a complex game. Play it with confidence in yourself, and the Master and adopt the ways of the Master. One thing in life we should note is fear is not justified in any circumstance. We are God in expression what fear have we got? Fear arises out of lack of confidence in God. The goal of life is happiness only and we can get it in full measure when we are totally in tune with the Master/God. Goal clarity would develop as you practice and exposures to Pranahuti would remind you of the Homeland. Do not worry too much about anger, but try to see whether your habitual reaction is necessary at all and whether alternative methods of action are not available.
The point we should remember is that though we now and then find that our tuning to our beloved friend is not all that fine, His tuning to our situations is excellent. When things become tough it is not time to stop is a proverb that applies to the spiritual field more than others.
More than anything else it is the confidence in the Master and ourselves that weaves our destiny.
Regarding Faith in the Master as a precedent to practicing our system of sadhana, it is not necessary. Meditation on the Divine light without luminosity coupled with the meditation on points A and B should give ample evidence for seekers to know the effectiveness of our system. Ofcourse diligence in practice is a must. Also the assiduous practice of cleaning in the evening is very essential. For practicing yoga there is no necessity to have faith in the Master or God. As a matter of fact Faith and Surrender are states of consciousness gained in sadhana. But one faith is a must: that is faith in oneself that he/she can achieve the task.
Losing confidence in oneself is almost saying I am committing suicide.

2. I am yet to observe big transformations in my day to day routine and external behavior though definitely the quality of thoughts that take my time has improved tremendously
Transformative process take some time and it is by small increments that changes occur. Once we know that the force is working it is wisdom to wait.

3. Last 3 weeks felt long spells of silence with awareness and steady attention. Thoughts about the goal to reach the MASTER and to be waiting for HIM with a will is also felt during my morning meditations.
The work I have done requires quite sometime to sink in and show its effect. Any growth is a steady and painful process. Waiting is another word for patience.

Will

2. Two weeks ago I was able to own up this condition for more than 4 hours after satsanghs and was able to recall for brief moments later during that week.
Owning up of the condition would always mean the spiritual condition that is had during the meditation with all the feelings and thoughts that are superior and belong to higher realms. Please try to note the thoughts of higher level that you have and then try to own them through manana(recalling) and nidhidyasana(contemplation).

1. When we concentrate on any thing we can also get it before us as a vision either during waking state or during meditation. This happens in cases where one concentrates on the Master or Gods and Goddesses.
2. The visions seen in the dreams are of a different category and do not fall under concentration.
3. But it is a fact that Masters and Gods and Goddesses also bless the aspirants by their presence.
4. How to differentiate between the items 1 and 3 and be sure of the actual presence of the Master and that it is not due to one’s concentration?
The following are very important points to note.
In the case of (3) actual arrival of the Master, the mind will feel that the connection to the Master will acquire force. In the case of (1), which is due to mental construction of the form etc., due to concentration the connection to the Master will not have the force associated with it. These two states can be understood if one is blessed with the Master’s actual presence and observed carefully through feelings in the heart. When the Master is really before us, pure sincerity in the heart will be observed and this will have nothing to do one’s spiritual aspirations etc., No expectancy will be there. We will just be waiting on Him with sincerity. There will also be lightness felt in the heart automatically due to the flow. One will feel nothing of this sort in the case of mental structuring (artificial).

1. I am not making any specific efforts because by default almost always my mind goes to some thoughts on Master.
Please do try consciously to feel the presence of the Master in the heart and you always get necessary guidance.

2. This month feeling very lowly or humble before the Master.
The lowliness or feeling of nothingness has to be not only with relation to the Master but that should be our general condition. Before the Lord all are lowly: the path of the saints is that one feels lowly under all circumstances

3. Today I felt absorbed with a feeling of thankfulness to the Master for all He has bestowed. There was a feeling of my insignificance also.
The more we feel our lowliness the more we advance in spiritual life. Of course this should not be something that is done artificially.