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Towards Infinity - Knots- Granthis
promotes a tendency for the feeling of “It is what it is.” A slight tinge of this state does exist after every merging but there it is more obvious because we are now present in the vast sphere of divinity - ishwari mandal. When we go ahead and merge into the state of “It is what it is,” we have then no other experience than “All from Him.”
It is a mighty vast knot comprising of innumerable different states. One peculiar feature of this region is that after sufficient progress when an aspirant views a thing outside, he does not actually feel its presence though its physical form is before his eyes. That means his heart remains free from the impression of its existence. I have herein dealt with only the main features of the region. If the aspirant has sufficient interest and eagerness for it and also a capable guide to lead him on, he then gets the happy intimation of proceeding on to the next knot after the state of identicality gets matured.
Eighth knot
Our craving now brings us to this eighth knot. The entire scene is now changed. The conditions, which had been experienced at the seventh knot, come to view now in a more subtle form. Here the abhyasi feels that the world is like a dream or the playground of Nature. Sense of dissociation or unattachment - vairagya - becomes very strong. Beyond it, even vairagya, as it is, has no access,
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