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VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL TRAINING
on Nirgunopasana will prove that we are connected to the Divine. Otherwise it is an impossibility. All traditions have so far proved that it is an impossibility and said that we should live for years and years together, “Bahunaam Janmanmanthe”, then one will get into a superior type of life and then in that superior type of life one has to put in effort of 22 or 23 years then one is entitled for Nirgunopasana. Because we did not appreciate this angle we have been projecting our system as if it is one more system to others. I don’t know the damage done to others but the damage has been done to us. We have not understood the importance of the system. Then, once we understand the amount of uplift or the lift that we get in the beginning itself, some handicap in the race, is literally almost putting us near the goal. This is a very peculiar handicapped race where we are almost near the goal. Nirguna is the goal with which we start. That is why Dr. Varadachari goes to the extent of saying we start with the Yoga. We don’t reach the union, we start with the union. Please do understand the implication of this sentence. We start with yoga we don’t end with Yoga. Again Yoga is another word, it is a much abused word in the west. Yoga there actually means
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