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SPIRITUAL TRAINING
this stage is all sadhana. Deviating from the traditional approach Master has advised us not to take up the different steps of Ashtanga Yoga one by one separately. Under our system Asana, Pranayama, Dhyana and Samadhi are all taken up simultaneously during the course of meditation. Meditation in due course leads us to concentration or the state of samadhi.
Samadhi has been classified by the Master into 3 stages. In the first the man feels lost or drowned, his sense, feelings and emotions are temporarily suspended in a way that they seem apparently dead for the time being. We all know that this state comes to us often during meditation and lasts for some time. It is also true some of us crave for this condition to repeat itself and some times perhaps to seek to be in the same state for ever. This is mainly because such a state has been the only one that has been praised by others and is considered as very great traditionally. Most of the abhyasis are not clear about this and therefore feel not very satisfied when it is not continuously had. The fact is in this system we are not satisfied with this state as much ground has to be covered yet. It is necessary we should get out of this
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