Page 6 - Introduction to Prananhuti Aided Meditation

Pranahuti Aided Meditation - Introduction
For a modern man, whose endeavours are mostly directed towards gross materialism, ego satisfaction and sense gratification, it becomes all the more difficult to take up a spiritual pursuit aiming at the emancipation of self by resorting to the practice of some methods of the past.
The contemporary man has access to many texts and commentaries on various types of yogic methods like Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Raja Yoga and inquisitive mind gets attracted to one or the other with the idea of getting benefit from it. Raja Yoga which is in fact a synthesis of Bhakti, Karma and Jnana Yoga is the only effective means of attaining perfection of highest levels.
RAJAYOGA
Raja yoga is the old system of science followed by great rishis or saints to help them in realising the God (Ultimate). Sage Patanjali who is held to be a great authority on the science of yoga has enunciated the principles of this science in the forms of much celebrated aphorisms of Patanjali. The Patanjali Yogaprinciples contain eight limbs or angas. They are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.
So in those days our ancients used to practice the system in that order to attain finally the state of Samadhi. Much effort and time used to be lost in perfecting oneself with the practice of initial steps before one could reach the stage of Dhyana, which could finally lead the aspirant to the state of Samadhi.
In the present age of science and technological excellence and consequent preoccupation of the human mind with the matter and materialism, men in general find it very difficult to practice the age old AstangaYoga of sage Patanjali to realise the truth. To help the man groping in darkness and lead him to light, a Divine Personality in the form of Samartha Guru Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of Fathehgarh (U.P.) affectionately known as Lalaji Maharaj descended