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PATH OF GRACE
The peculiarity of experiences in these grandhis are the sadhaka does not feel anything spectacular. Everything seems to be ordinary and the thought of one’s helplessness is predominant and occasional memory of the Master is the characteristic feature. Master says ‘Dryness which you feel is the foundation of the state that will lead to Negation. Regarding invasion of thoughts I want to know whether it happens at all times or at meditation hours or satsangh. ... What I find is that they are only at the outer surface; the inner layer being quite clear. This process will help you in breaking Manomaya kosh (mental sheath).’ Master states “At the stage of liberation one is relieved of all the five Kosas or sheaths, without which one's naked form could not have come into view. Complete freedom from these Kosas is an essential feature of Realisation, and that is possible within the life-time of a man too. All these things shall come during the course if only one remains adhered firmly to his final object or goal. It would be the greatest blunder to apply effort for the shattering of these sheaths
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