Page 124 - Wisdom Unfurled

them in the fold of their gurudom. Sage Patanjali cautions the aspirants on the path of yoga regarding the development of siddhis or miraculous powers during sadhana declaring them to be veritable obstacles and harmful distractions in the march towards Realization. Such has been the view of all great saints and sages and our Masters have been no exception in this regard. We are all advised not to attempt to alter the outer circumstances but adjust our living accordingly thus expressing our submission to the Divine will. When a close associate of our Revered. Lalaji Maharaj, unable to withstand the suffering of the Master, implored Him to apply His spiritual powers for the cure of the ailment causing unbearable pain to Him, the Master merely replied that He would abide by the will of the Supreme Beloved.
The only miracle is the transformation of ordinary man into the Real Man. The method we are following, namely the Natural Path is declared by the Master to be based upon the spiritual science, the science of superfine thought or Pranasya Prana and its application through the process of Pranahuti and there is no magical, mythical or miraculous element about it.
Proper idea of God and method for Realization
As we observed in the beginning, the idea that we entertain regarding the nature of God, the Highest, influences the method we adopt for His realization. God is really very simple and subtler than the subtlest. His very simplicity has become the veil to Him. The method adopted to attain Him should also be of the same order of subtlety. One will not use the mighty and gigantic crane to lift a tiny needle. The method also shall be such that we may be able to remove the barriers created by the things produced by our own will, imagination, action and surroundings. The Master is referring here to the artificial constructs we have made for representing God through picture, images and idols, the elaborate rituals fashioned by us for His worship and the superstitious beliefs and fanciful notions we have built around the whole process of spiritual development. All these have formed artificial walls around Reality obscuring its view entirely from us, the seekers of that very Reality. All our thoughts are to be regulated and the individual mind should be cleared of the burdens lying over it making us progressively lighter and lighter like cotton so that we may soar higher and higher for uniting with the Lightest. In the system of SRRY, the capable Master infuses Reality itself in the very beginning by the first stroke of His will and this forms the seed for the further development of the abhyasi on the path. The Master’s will also serves to add to the momentum to the abhyasi’s progress. The Master also watches over the growth of the plant of spirituality and protects it from the scorching sun of adverse samskaras and environment in which the abhyasi may be placed. The duty of the abhyasi is to water the plant by constant