And as you are all following my instruction, in that matter, the initiator is already there. Well, initiation or no initiation, first thing is knowledge. Initiation is formality. Just like you go to a school for knowledge, and admission is formality. That is not very important thing.
Initiation is a formality.
If you are serious, that is real initiation. My touch is simply a formality. It is your determination, that is initiation. Thus, the key was for 1 and 2 to have been completed in order for diksa to be given. The actual ceremony itself is not what constitutes the diksa, but merely the formalisation of diksa, as seen both from the definition of diksa given at the beginning and the quotes above.