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prana or breath to be a variant of the air (vayu) rather than the source and fountain of all life. God is Existence, Divine Consciousness and Bliss.
The method of securing and introducing it into the seeker after peace, relaxation, freedom from tensions, self-realization, and liberation, was lost mainly because it was thought that the individual must evolve before this force could be introduced into his heart. Individual fitness alone determined the initiation or introduction of divine thought, and for securing this fitness, adhikara, it was emphasized that several practices should be followed. While it was essential and obligatory to do them, it nevertheless became almost impossible except for a select few, to attain such fitness or adhikara or arhata. In this manner the original method of introducing divine life- breath that makes possible spiritual evolution and emancipation, got lost. And this also put Raja Yoga beyond the reach of the common man, and made it also appear to be a difficult self-torturing process.
In order to restore this supreme divine thought which is also the divine life- force to its pristine position, some thinkers envisaged the necessity to make a direct attempt to gain it through prayer and meditation on the traditional forms and patterns of religious worship. But it also fell into gross complexities. Purest surrender to God alone as the Ultimate Guru became clearly the only alternative.
Such a prayer of mankind brings down the Godhead himself. The Raja yoga, which secures the Divine Descent into the seeker's heart, is natural, and is without the efforts of the human individual. It is the most beneficent, provided the aspiration is kept alive by constant remembrance of God. But all this was mostly theoretical, or speculative and imaginary.
During this century a remarkable personality tried to secure this divine possibility and experiment on its potentialities. He showed that practically every human being can be made fit for the higher approaches by means of the Divine thought itself without introducing complexities and knots. Not only peace from mental confusion and riot of thoughts could be secured, but also even the divinisation of man's nature could take place, once this force is introduced into the seeker. The practical operation of this divine thought in man was simple, uncomplicated by rituals and learning, and even bereft of all that pass for devotional methods. The Guru who has secured this