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Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra
Shri Ram Chandraji herein introduces the real function of the Guru. It is He who having attained the Ultimate Central Anubhava is capable of introducing that supreme superfine thought into the heart of the seeker or abhyasi so as to evoke the processes of mental control and spiritual aspiration and ascent. He is the Ignitor, initiator of the spiritual union. All others, however, learned and scholarly and even walking encyclopedias can hardly do this work. Thus we find saints among the unlearned or those who have unlearned their book knowledge and not among the scholars of knowledge. Hence the need to select a proper Guru on the Yoga path who could train is imperative.
Further in the real Raj Yoga, since it starts with the meditation on the heart wherein the Master or Guru introduces the Ultimate living force (prana), the other steps seem to follow naturally. The natural formation of spiritual nature or reformation of individual behavior is something quite natural and effortless because of the nature of the force that works from the centre of one’s heart towards the periphery of all behavior. There is a superconscious development, which almost makes this reformation of one’s behaviour miraculous and evolutionary. Yama, the fivefold virtues of truthfulness (Satyam), chastity (brahmacarya), non-injury (ahimsa), non-robbery (aparigraha) and non-theft (asteya) as well as niyamas or cleanliness and godliness happen as the very nature
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