“However, one whose gnãn, vairãgya, dharma and bhakti are not extremely firm will most certainly suffer a setback. For example, a thread dipped in wax remains stiff in winter and monsoon, but when summer comes, it invariably becomes slack. In the same manner, monsoon and winter represent the period when the devotees here are happy in every way and are also honoured in Satsang. During that period, gnãn, vairãgya, dharma and bhakti appear to be very intense. But with the advent of summer – the period when a devotee is insulted in Satsang or when he becomes physically distressed – his gnãn, vairãgya, dharma and bhakti become limp like the thread dipped in wax. Even then, I do not forsake such a person. But he, of his own accord, becomes obliged to withdraw from Satsang. Thereafter, even if he is supposedly a satsangi, he does not experience the bliss of satsang within.

[Gadhadã III-21]