Page 577 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

“The difficulty arises when we remain held up by our own resourcefulness applied for our advancement”
vol I - 475- Sri Ramchandra’s Rajayoga- Principles and
Practices)
All perceived capabilities of self would be kept aside passively before God. This will be experienced very frequently during meditations. This must be put into practice during daytime. If we ponder more on this, capabilities are gifts of God, owning the same might be considered as stealing thereby violating one of five essential virtues of 'U' (the upper heart). This requires help of Pranahuti to come out of it; any amount of individual effort will not be fruitful.
Divinity is present in everybody. That is our Primary resource. All other resources or capabilities (awareness of them) are to be got rid off at one time or the other. In this system, highlighting the available resource is done. Here connection with Divinity is re-established and it is reiterated that Divinity is already there in person’s heart at the time of introduction. The practicant is made to feel the necessity of higher thinking, which is done by giving awareness of such conditions. Here if he is not keen about the necessity of support from and by the guide, he is bound to halt at one or other time / stage. Many of us appreciate well that the more sensitive/ abstract the subject is, the more help is required from learned ones having command / authority in that subject.
Mind is gift of God to humanity and thus human beings are considered as most fortunate beings. Master says God has no mind. Raja Yoga means union with the use of kingly thing in man i.e. thought. In meditations passive awareness is desirable and in fact one who is sincere in meditation will get into that awareness inevitably. Pranahuti enables us to refine this passive awareness to simple awareness.
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