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PRAPANNA GATI
Devotion when not contained in the vessel of the heart bursts itself into tears and emotional expressions manifest. This of course starts at the Pind desh itself in knots 3 and 4. That is mainly because the soul seeks the Lord and it is happy at the signs of liberation from mundane consciousness and an awareness of the Divine it perceives in its inner core. At this stage the memory of the Lord is so revived that a feeling of repentance starts for having left the homeland and for being away from the Lord.
If the knot 1 is not thoroughly clean the chances are here also the aspirant may get into emotional fits and the chances of becoming an Avadhoot are there. Cleaning processes advocated by the Master should be assiduously followed. However, the chances are it may not be attended to all. This is because the aspirant gets into a network of feelings of purity and nearness to Lord. A capable guide alone can lift a person from this stage. Further the next stage in which the emotional over tinge is
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