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PRAYER
Prayer in Raja Yoga or the method of meditation has to be primarily understood in the context of varied ways of working of Buddhi (intellect) and Manas (feelings).
It is very clear that in the Prayer that Master has given us, what is to be specifically noted and presented before the Master is that we are slaves of our wishes or desires or cravings or urges or aspirations. By saying so we clearly understand and state that we are all the time under the influence of feeling or Manas. When we apply these terms in the context of our life we realize that we have not found meaning in our lives and we are running all the time looking for some meaning to our lives. We think that the next car, the next house or the next job may be the answer. On analysis we find that we are governed by the ‘pleasure principle’ which works in the domain of manas exquisitely and do not yield to the more rational domain of intellect. To be intellectual by itself is no virtue as it has its own limitation in the realm of spirituality but it is to be kept in mind that it is the root of Viveka. We find in course
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