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Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra
in it one acquires command over the element of fire. When we cross this sub-point we come to the consciousness of its original state, which serves as a ladder for our further approach towards fuller apprehension. Merging has developed in us the knowledge of the condition of the place. It is now ours and we have acquired mastery over it, and have become jnani up to that level. This is what jnana really means and such is the actual condition of the jnani - the knower of the divine knowledge. The real knowledge of a state means complete identicality with the state we have merged in. It brings us to full consciousness of the condition and for this very reason it is interpreted as the real life, which can be experienced only by an animate being. Being thus encouraged we now begin to aspire impatiently for further knowledge.
Fourth knot
We proceed on and come to the next higher region. The state of fire now disappears. This shows that we have now entered the state which is quite opposite in character to the previous one and it is that of water. If we settle down at this merging, then in spite of all our wanderings in it we can but master this element alone. The help that knowledge offers us is that it infuses us with a longing for the search of the Ultimate. If this longing is absent or one does not crave for Reality in true sense, he stops at the point and begins displaying miracles. We can truly realise the
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