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PATH OF GRACE
last state of TAM is something that is not referred to in the traditional books of yoga.
Nature of knots:
The heart is the physical organ which can be considered as the gross manifestation of Mind. It is univocally held by all authorities that the heart holds the secret of the higher or spiritual possibilities. However, this is possible only when the soul within is not unduly restricted to the lower vrittis or the physiological and biological needs and related feelings but is enabled to move freely in the body from the lower to the highest point of the crown and beyond and is capable of living in all the realms of consciousness – i.e. a triloka sanchari – from the baser instincts, through feelings and emotions, to the state of pure consciousness which lives and moves for the sake of the divine.
The heart contains some points or knots, which are centres of force on one hand and on the other they also prevent the energy from flowing freely from above to the heart. Though this is good
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