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Introduction to the Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra
even this theory would have to provide for the Yoga which entails the rejoining or linking up of the lowest and lowliest with the Central Original Force of the Divine, so that these may have continuous flow of divine energy which remains Divine even in matter. The necessity therefore to conceive of the Divine as remaining divine even when it has descended into matter becomes more and more clear and this means that we have to conceive of a second or third or fourth force different from that which has descended to form the levels and is seeking experience in each of them. God then has to be brought down to the lowest level if there is to be divine evolution.
Ancients knew that the Divine is indeed the Guru or Teacher who constantly undertakes this task of linking up the outermost with the innermost - and not only does he himself do it but also provides for the constant working of this process through those whom he had trained in it. The Avatars also are considered to perform this divine function of linking up the Divine with the manifestation from the centre which is Himself to the fringes of matter or the inconscient gross being, all of which are the extensions of His thought-force or Manas or prana.
Ordinarily Yoga or linking is the attempt at union by the individual with the Divine Centre. But really it is the conscious assistance that one gives to the Divine in linking up itself with the Divine. In other words whilst
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