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intermingled according to the knots traversed. But all these chromatic visions end in the realm of the pind desh or realm of localized or individuated consciousness and it is all achromatic when the person moves into brahmand or higher realms ahead. Since the yatra in any knot is not completed to perfection, luminosity continues to be witnessed even in the case of persons who have moved on beyond the pind desh. In the finer realms of the Divine it is the grey with a shade of light pink, soothing and conferring a quiet and blissful state on the practicant as one would experience the Dawn. The real light is a faint reflection of colourlessness. The word light is not the exact translation of the thing because it is far heavier than what it is chosen to represent. The sign of real progress is the feeling that one is becoming lighter and lighter and the thoughts do not cast their weight upon the mind. In reality the ultimate is a substance-less substance and losing of one’s substantiality or solidity is what is felt as one moves ahead on this path.
The Master lays great emphasis on eschewing all artificiality and misdirected stress created by one’s desires and preconceived notions regarding the experiences on the path, i.e. insisting upon having visions, seeing light and hearing voices from above and so on. Lot of curiosity is generated in the practicant’s mind by reading literature in this field and he tries to project unconsciously the experiences had by other sadhakas practicing the various disciplines and with basically different objectives. The seeker’s mind gets fascinated by the various miraculous powers supposedly attained by the pursuit of spiritualism and occultism which have nothing to do with genuine spirituality at all. This causes a tremendous distraction from the pursuit of the Real and there is a real danger of the abhyasi losing the way altogether. The Master advises strongly that the aspirant shall develop a deep personal attachment to the Ultimate goal of realization and hold fast to it till the very end. An instance is the unnatural and misdirected emphasis on the state of concentration and in particular the state of total thoughtlessness and the effort put in by some practicants to get at that state by forcing the mind to it.
This desire to get into the state of samadhi losing all outward consciousness for hours together has been generated in the minds of seekers in general due to the fascinating accounts given about such experiences had by some saints and avadoothas in the mystical literature. The Master says clearly in His guidelines on meditation that the abhyasi should not mind if extraneous ideas haunt him during meditation. He should not struggle with the ideas and go on with his work treating them as uninvited guests. Concentration, which He chooses to call as absorption is the natural result of proper meditation.
Real nature of concentration
Master has thrown new light on concentration or Dharana of the yoga school