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forgot that along with becoming preceptors, they continue to be abhyasis. They started injecting their own personal ideas into the detailed rules and methods of meditation practice decided and laid down originally and started teaching abhyasis the considerably altered methods of their own practice. Some preceptors teach something and some others some other way. It does not occur to them that in the very fine (sookhsma) rules of practice achieving the Infinite, even the slightest variation of change can have the dire consequences”.
Here we should be careful and follow the method given by Master in toto without deviating or altering a single word. Once I wrote to Rev.Sir that I felt like continuing 9 PM prayer for more than stipulated time of 15 minutes. He has replied me back saying that “Do it for the prescribed 15 minutes and be happy that you complied with the instructions of the Master. Do not tend to improve the Masters’ instructions”. So, it is very important that we should strictly follow the method or practices given by Master.
5. Constant remembrance: We generally confuse ourselves with the term “constant remembrance”. We think that it is the remembrance of the Master with conscious effort. Our Pujya Sir says that “The constant remembrance I think is unfortunately misunderstood in our system. By which it is not that we should go on repeating the name of Babuji Maharaj or Ram Chandraji Maharaj, as if it is some sort of a mantra. If we are going to repeat His name several times just like that of a mantra, grossness will be developed. It is very difficult for any trainer to get it removed. Because this grossness is of a peculiar variety which is fine by its very nature and since it was solidified in that particular thought it becomes
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