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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
coming from him. The more we think about him the more we get the grace from him. This grace helps to purify us.
Our orientation to the master must be total for the reason that master works on us not only during our individual sittings and satsanghs but also during many other times. It is clear from the below sentences.
“The reason for much of the spiritual work to be done during the deep sleep of the abhyasi or the Samadhi condition or the deep dhyana shows that what real transformation can be done is only during the period of the astral life.” (BP Vol1 page 435)
Because most of the work is done when we are asleep we should try our best to orient to our master before going to bed also. After the bedtime prayer we should think about our Master and then sleep in his thought. This way we will be in his thought even while we are sleeping.
Another very important attitude that we need to develop in our sadhana is the attitude of yielding to our guide. Yielding means allowing our guide to work on us with out any resistance. The more we think about his help the more we will yield. The Pranahuti offered by our trainer works on us only when we yield to him. The more we yield the more the trainer’s work will be effective on us.
Patience is another important quality that we should develop. Rev.Sir told this in one of his lectures that it is patience with our own self than with others. When our trainer attends to our cleaning the thoughts, which are there in the core of our heart, come up for fruition. When they are going out we become aware of them. During this period we have to be patient. We need to depend more on the master for his help. We have to undergo whatever we have done so we should have
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