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Bhakti in Sri Ramchandra’s Raja Yoga
that is ritualistic. If you keep a constant rememberance of the Master in your heart that is bhakti. That is what Krishna wanted, Matchitta Matgata pranah - that is the bhakti he was talking about. That is what yogis know, to live in the consciousness of God. What is the consciousness of God? not play, not dance. Reformation and transformation of man to the higher level that is what he wants. That is what God wants. There are several ways of putting it, we can view it from the scientific angle also but the whole struggle has been some how or other we must move on. Move on to the higher plane of consciousness when we start thinking about the good of others and not exclusively our concern. If you take the excellent work done by Imperience trying to bring in sayings of Dr.K.C. Varadachari and how he understood Babuji Maharaj, the saying of Varadachari reads “The usual method of Raja Yoga that is being practiced without the help of the Divine connecting you with the Ultimate is of no avail. There is no yoga otherwise”. There is no Yoga without that connection. There is no yoga without this link that is being established and that is what Ramchandraji gives. Yoga is not sitting in a asan, trying to do pranayama, yama niyama etc. All sorts of practices trying to somehow or other control the body physically and mentally, but not trying to take the assistance of the Divine. Remember Him, the remaining things follow. I am sick fellow, I know many of you are also sick, but what is that makes you sit like this and think about the Master. It is the connecting link that has been established between you and the Divine. That is what Pranahuti does.
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