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he does not like to part with it even for a moment. So he can no longer meditate either on God or on himself. If, however, he attempts to meditate for a while, breathlessness will follow, since he is swimming in the sphere where there is no density. At this stage they say that self is realised; but that is a wrong impression because there one knows what he is, and this is what they lay so much stress upon. What happens at the stage is that the cells of the body begin to get transformed into energy and then finally into its ultimate. There is no charm, no attraction and no anandam (in the popular sense of the word). It is a tasteless state, unchanging and constant. It can more appropriately be described as „sang-e-benamak' — a lump of salt stone from which saltishness has been taken away.
Having attained the state of realization one develops an unfailing will in the spiritual sphere. Though in a state of forgetfulness, he is the knower (in a limited sense of course) of all the sciences of the world. God is the knower of all things and one who is absorbed in Him must also be the knower
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