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PATH OF GRACE
Rajayoga and is an entirely modified version of the original system of Rajayoga.
Some aspirants asked whether there is any necessity to know the spiritual condition at all and whether it is not enough that one practices a system as best as one can and trust in a master who is supposed to be the person guiding one in the spiritual journey. This is a very ticklish question. If the Master is one who has accepted the sadhaka in toto and is leading him in his sadhana under his watchful care and carries him with control and caution perhaps there is no necessity to know one’s condition. But it is necessary to note that even this total dependency is not a matter of words but is a spiritual condition that is called Prapannatva. More often than not one is too painfully conscious of the various thoughts and disturbances that occur during meditation which does not permit one’s conscience to accept any significant progress to have been made at all despite the fact the so called master has taken care of him. Further the behaviour and thoughts during the day does not reflect often the conditions expected of a sadhaka and thereby
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