Page 247 - Complete Works of Dr. KCV Volume 1

All spiritual teachers, therefore, specifically prescribe the necessity for good conduct, as well as for cleanliness and aspiration to attain Peace that comes from Above, or for the descent of Grace (Isvaraprasada).
In Sri Ramchandra's Rajayoga, Sri Ram Chandra shows that once an individual determines to follow the path and is accepted by the Guru (who signifies this by transmitting the superfinest consciousness to him), the sadhana takes on a dynamic aspect. The individual discovers that the qualities so essential such as sama, dama, etc. which can be said to be sattvika qualities, develop rapidly and the rajasic characteristics of anger, infatuation, intemperance and violence, as well as the tamasic characteristics of sloth, ignorance, dejection, rage and so on, recede or get diminished. This is very similar to what Sri Krsna Himself stated, that once the individual has chosen the Divine path and goal, he speedily becomes righteous, a sattvastha, who moves upwards. The devotee or seeker after divine life begins to find that is devotion becomes the love of God rather than of one's own salvation or liberation; his philosophic insight perceives all reality from the speculum of God rather than from his egocentric vision. All actions take on universal significance and effectuation, and they become cosmic conscious and cease to be private actions seeking little happiness and pleasures, or such ends as are circumscribed by one's body, community and interest.
Thus bhakti, as love, gets transformed into jnana and kriya, and they in turn become saturated with devotion, and become divine.
This naturalness of the change of perspective, vision, feeling and being is one of the first fruits of the transmission of the Guru. However, it is necessary that the individual should offer himself, desire the Ultimate, and surrender completely his person, body and mind, for this experiment with transmission.
While the rigours of the other practices prevent many from turning towards God, admonished by the Bhagavata as it were that those who are beloved of God are precisely to be recognized by the amount of suffering and loss that they suffer in respect of wealth, children, name, fame and even life, it is clear that the Sri Ramchandra's Rajayoga doesn't demand heroism or courage in resignation or renunciation. On the other hand, it reveals how