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SPIRITUAL ESSENCE
conscious works is not known fully though considerable research is going in this area. The manner in which we can use the sub conscious mind through subtle suggestions in the field of education is going to determine the effectiveness of value based education. Our ancients knew much in this field and moral education for the infant started prenatally and during the child hood through stories carrying divine messages involving where necessary the religious beliefs. The ways in which Prahlad son of the asuric Hiranyakashipu learnt moral principles and the way in which Abhimanyu son of Arjuna of the Mahabharata learnt martial arts prenatally are some examples I recall in this connection.
Many genuine experiences had during meditations are doubted by the aspirants entertaining the idea that perhaps it is all their imagination. Critical study of our condition is necessary however. But when we have not given any suggestion that we will be seeing an elephant or a swan or a lotus and if such a symbol appears on its own to think it may be due to imagination is not
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