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conditions which an abhyasi passes through during the course of Abhyas. It relates to the practical realisation of those states which can be attained by proper Sadhana. There may however be elevated souls present in the world today who may be able to give you a glimpse of it or to create at least for an instant the same state in you.
13.Concentration is not the initial step for meditation. The right course is, to take up meditation in a natural way avoiding forced restraints. Meditation is a process of thinking over and over again on a divine aspect so as to form a connected line of thought. It aims at gentle diversion of mind towards divine thought. Sadhanaprescribed for this purpose by others are mostly mechanical and deal with only the physical aspect. That is why, despite these teachings the masses are still wading through the mire of ignorance.
14.Meditation can be successfully followed only when it is backed by power of Pranahuti, Transmission. It is a great psychic science by which the Master through his own psychic power awakens the dormant intuitional forces of the abhyasi to action towards spiritual evolution. In Ramchandra's Rajayoga the entire responsibility of success rests upon the Master when the abhyasi has duly submitted himself to His Charge.
15.Begin your work dedicating everything to Master. Believe that Master within you is doing all acts in home, business and amusements. Even while meditating, think that the Master himself is meditating.
16.When one sits for meditation in the first days there will be abnormal rush of thoughts. This may appear to be annoying but in fact it is not. The ceaseless flow of thought is not confined only to the meditation hours but it occurs every moment. But it is felt during meditation because at that time we try to make ourselves empty of all thoughts and ideas. We create a thought vacuum in our conscious mind and like the rush of air to vacuum, so do the thoughts rush towards thought vacuum. The huge store of thoughts lying buried in the deeper layers of consciousness rise up and force their passage into the void effecting our grosser consciousness. The mind being unregulated begins to move in conjunction with them. In fact it is not the rising of thoughts that is annoying to an abhyasi but his own over attention to them. The common but erroneous remedy prescribed for dealing with the situation is suppression of mind by forced restraints and physical mortification. The restive horse i.e., the mind may be kept under control by a sharp whip. The effect is that it is suppressed for a