Page 135 - The Path of Grace

BRAHMAND MANDAL
difficult to move further without the help of the Master.
While in the point 1 in Pind Desh the state of Avadhoothood was the only barrier towards the further movement in the journey to the Infinite in this knot the problem gets doubled because of power joining hands with Avadhoothood (Ecstasy).
During the progress of the sadhaka in the realm of the third layer a feeling that he is expanding in his consciousness throughout the Universe is felt. Master says here we can experience the plans of the Divine even before they are effected in the physical plane. The cosmic plane supports the material plane. This is in fact the astral plane of the Pind. The saying as in the Brahmand so in the Pind is due to this only. Also the feelings of piety and holiness are felt. These feelings slowly resolve themselves into an awareness of the Brahm.
The contact of the Jiva with the Brahm produces the feeling of Aham Brahmasmi at each knot as was explained earlier. But this feeling is felt vividly in this knot. All the while in the Pind this
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