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PURIFICATORY PROCESS
formidable. The best thing to do is to ignore them and fix our mind on Master as naturally as we can. Master states that the meditation on points A and B (Efficacy of Raj Yoga) help the aspirant get rid of many impurities in the system.
Moderation of desires and checking of the perverse tendencies of the mind is not all that easy. Assiduous practice of the methods suggested by Master and absolute devotion to God alone can accomplish this. Many persons have asked me as to what is meant by the word ‘Co-operation’ used by Master. As far as I know, practicing these methods carefully and with all reverence to Him is what can be called as Co-operation with the Guru in Sadhana..
‘Aavarana’ may be considered as the grossness or perverse tendencies of the mind that got solidified and became part of the nature of the aspirant. These are either consequent on bad actions or Karmas. The Jains have a very complex theory of explaining the accumulation of matter (‘Pudgala’) on Soul. Master in His work ‘Reality at Dawn’ states that these Aavaranas are gained by souls almost from the beginning. “From the primary state of existence of the soul in its most
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