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“Some are deluded by their own thinking and some are illumined by Divine Grace”
confronting man with duties of the society or towards the society nor by confronting with formula of Vedanta- Advaita, Visistadvaita, or Dvaita or any in betweens, as we may know. Nor is it alright to say it is enough to say we are listening to Puranas and Ithihasas and spend time chanting the names of God only. What really matters then, is, we do require a higher consciousness into the consciousness of the unliberated. The slave must certainly safely feel the presence of the emancipator and one who emancipates man from his past and his bondage
is real emancipator.” [Dr KCV Vol I, page 618].
Need for a spiritual trainer. By now it should be obvious to all that experimenting with life can be done endlessly but to get a meaningful purpose for life, one has to get serious and walk with adepts seeking the goal of nothingness. In my own case, I remember before joining the Institute how difficult it was to assimilate so much of tradition and seek the true path. The connections to the traditional approaches have largely got shaken due to various social, political and historic reasons in the past few centuries. The various practices advised by the seers of the past is being followed very ritualistically lacking the spirit behind it. When I meditated during my young age going to a mutt, my only prayer was – I wish if there is someone to talk to, so I can relate my thoughts, get help and do any other meaningful exercise. Then the blessing of the Divine came to me when I got in touch with ISRC in 1993. I continue to feel that the need for a spiritual trainer is indispensable in spiritual path. I would like to note few points below:
A. Progress on our own is quite possible but it is limited to the first few knots of Pind Desh. As Pujya K.C. Narayana garu makes a note in Path of Grace, “It has been observed that most of the sages of the past who had tried it by self-effort
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