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PRAPANNA GATI
The aspirant now feels a type of coolness and calmness coming from within and accepts it as Divine in its origin and nature which of course is true. The condition can be compared to that of a person who stays in a Royal house permanently and feels regal naturally. This is called Prabhugati. The feeling of being a part of the regality or part of Lord extends up to the feeling that one has a share in the lordship.
However, the stage gets passed over soon and the real nature of the aspirant, namely, that of being a devotee ever in wait of the Master comes to view and the aspirant feels now that he is only a Prapanna and a surrendered self before the Lord. Presumably this attitude or posture of the aspirant rings in the inner core of Reality and as Master says ‘the Master starts sensing that one of his slaves is in wait for Him’. This condition is called by Master as Prapanna Prabhu gati. These are all the stages that have to be covered before one can enter into the Kingdom of God in the real sense. At this stage divine qualities tend to get expressed in the aspirant. A sense of sameness with the Divine develops to a
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