Sri Chinmoy continues:
“Now, how can we conquer these forms of temptation? We can conquer them only by surrendering — not to them, but to the divine Light, to the divine Will. How can we do this? We can do it by consciously trying during our meditation to feel that we are the instrument and somebody else is the player. And who is that somebody? It is the Inner Pilot. If we feel that we are the doer, the undivine forces will mock us. They will come and make us proud, haughty, undivine, impure and insecure. So we have to pray to the Supreme during our meditation: ‘O Lord, I am Your instrument. I am so grateful that You have accepted me as Your conscious instrument. Please use me in Your own Way.’
“Just because we have accepted the spiritual life, we are fully conscious of the fact that we are the instruments and God is the Player. If we can maintain that kind of feeling, there will be no temptation. As long as we want to be the doers, wrong forces will come to attack us and devour us. But if we become absolutely helpless and feel, ‘I am the instrument, O God. You play, You utilise me,’ then all the temptation will come and attack our Inner Pilot, God, and He will not be affected at all.
“When we become the lord, when we feel there is no other lord, then the temptation forces will come and attack us. But if we become clever and wise and say, ‘No, no, no, I am not the doer; I am the instrument. The doer is somebody else,’ then those forces will come and attack the Doer, the Omnipotent, the Supreme. And then we will be safe.”
– Sri Chinmoy