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“Some are deluded by their own thinking and some are illumined by Divine Grace”
how to extricate himself from the mesh and mess of his own making. Until his exposure to this most sophisticated system of Sadhana, he may not even be aware of the fact, that misdirected tendencies of his mind, led by the craving of senses are the root cause of such a helpless situation. It is actually the WILL of Master which is the Divine Will / Force that infuses Divine Impulse into the heart of the abhyasi. Thus, the master offers his life force (viz. Pranahuti) for upliftment of the willing sadhaka for his
advancement in the path of realizing his own self.
It is really a matter of great luck that one gets introduced into the rare and unique type of Sadhana. Unless backed by Divine will, a person will rarely come into the fold of a Master of this greatest achievement in life of attaining complete unity with Ultimate. For unfailing success and advancement on the Path, it is essential that certain minimum procedures and practices need be scrupulously followed to achieve ones’ life ambition of getting rid of the cycle of birth and death, while higher stages are also possible for a really deserving sadhaka, provided Divinity chooses to bestow His grace on him.
Before discussing how one can get trained to become eligible for Divine grace and a deserving vessel for it, a few items of practice daily and all through the day are to be mentioned. Taming a wandering mind is no mean task. Advice to sadhaka to engage himself for an hour before dawn (observing certain formalities of place position, asan etc.,) keeping constant attention on Divine Light in the heart (mere supposition). This is an important and fundamental item of sadhana in this system. The method helps in abhyasi’s practicing the calming down of the mind, of course, not by forcible means. In the early stages of Sadhana, it may have an adverse effect of mind’s rebelling against the method of enforcing
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