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with which it was linked, we must similarly take up something grosser to attain our Ideal of Reality. We should, therefore, create in ourselves a form of contraction or withdrawal similar to that at the time of Pralaya or Dissolution. The creation is the result of Kshobha - the primary motion or stir; it is the seed in which the entire cosmos or universe was contained; as an unexpanded condition of Divine Scheme of creation. The state of Pralaya comes in when contraction begins to take place. Similar contraction in man leads to his individual Pralaya - a refinement of the soul from grosser to subtler real state. The contraction always starts from below and proceeds gradually upwards because of the upward tendencies of subtler or finer or lighter states. So, in order to move to higher and subtler states - upwards - one must start contracting from below. The form would only be to bring one\u0027s legs and other limbs to one pose and keep them steady. Whatever way it is postured, the form would finally be that of \u2018Asan\u0027. The posture must always be the same - reason being that in this way one gets associated with the Great Power - the very thing we take up in the beginning for the attainment of our particular objective. The form of contraction which is associated with Reality, therefore, helps one in primary initiation. It inculcates a capacity to meditate for the specified time without physical-related\u000A74\u000A