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ASPIRATION AND SURRENDER
the portals of the realms of the Divine. Our impurities are physical and psychical. In fact in the first Commandment of Master, it is stated that purity of body and mind has to be specially adhered to while we offer our prayer. Physical impurity can be easily tackled through time tested methods of religion. As for the psychical impurities that are stored in us as samskaras, real aspiration alone through cleaning processes graciously bestowed on us by the Master can help in tackling these. Unless the aspiration is real there are always chances that the aspirant may leave sadhana due to various effects that purification of samskaras bring in its wake which are testing the ego of the aspirant.
We therefore aspire through proper processes of purification, proper meditation and proper contemplation. Methods of Aspiration cover aspects of both meditation and prayer. In the practices adopted in the Western countries, there were many saints who did not give much attention for meditation. They realized God through prayer. He who is praying feels he has an inner cry to realize God and he who is meditating also feels the
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