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Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra
actual realization of the difference depends upon practical experience (anubhava) alone. Under Sahaj Marg, our system of spiritual training, the teacher at the very outset weakens the downward tendency of the abhyasi by the effect of his own power, so that it may get automatically diverted towards the Divine. This is the philosophy of trainingandalsothefoundation. Thisstateofmindrelates to the higher plane of consciousness whereas the former one relates to the lower. This basic principle of spiritual training under the system may offer a chance to philosophers to ponder over. I have dealt with it very briefly. In this connection I may quote the following remarks of a great saint. “The Lord has closed upon man the door of every query.” A poet has also said: “One can acquire the intelligence of Sahban (a Chinese philosopher) in eloquence and rhetoric but none can attain to the knowledge of the Real." I may say that when we ponder over God, our imagination creates a circle round it. This is the knot which bars our approach to the answer of every question. If possibly we can get over this knot and remove the limitation of thought, then the subtlest things can be revealed to us. But there is also another circle within for which this one is but a reflection. When we force our entry into that one also the mystery of the Centre can be revealed. But the breaking through of these limitations will be possible only when one is able to shatter the particles of his being. But this is rarely possible since the means required for the purpose cannot be brought
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