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and the cycle begins again with the dawn.
The abhyasi should maintain a separate seat for himself/herself using it always whenever he/she sits for observing the various practices enjoined in the system. This is because our thought force is capable of influencing the environment and every thing is only consciousness in a gross or subtle form.
When we meditate using the same seat, the seat also gets in tune with us so to speak and enables us to achieve stability in our practices. As we develop finer sensitivity, we will be conscious of the disturbances and contrary thoughts produced say for instance when we happen to be in contact with things used by another person such as his/her seat or pillow. We have to use our viveka in making best use of the environment. Master also mentions the importance of selecting a separate place for our sadhana practices. The place when used constantly for the purpose of meditation starts reverberating with Divine Consciousness gradually and the whole frame of our mind changes, the godly thought being revived in it whenever we go to that place. Even persons who are advanced on the path and hence can meditate wherever they may go and can be in His thought constantly and continuously have the unique experience whenever they meditate at the place reserved by them for the purpose. The Master has said that if a great personality had meditated in a particular place we should be able to feel him and that is how the Master Himself discovered or located the places where Lord Rama or Lord Krishna and others have lived and moved in their times. It is a fact of spiritual science that the consciousnesses of a great personality leaves its mark or influence on the place associated with him, hence the importance of reserving a separate place for our sadhana and maintaining the same for the purpose.
Lastly the Master advises that the abhyasi should remain oblivious to the various thoughts which may arise during meditation. It is unnatural not to have any thoughts which really come up for bhog. We should think that they are not coming in but going out. In fact too much preoccupation with them and exerting to avoid them strengthens them and makes the meditation stressful and distracted. Actually one is then meditating on the disturbances instead of on the chosen ideal. We are advised to think instead that they are in away helpful to us as they are reminding us the need for cultivating greater interest and absorption in the practice.
Prayer
The Master goes on to describe the great significance of prayer and its importance in the practice of SRRY(PAM). Prayer remains the most important and unfailing means of success according to the Master. It is a sign of devotion and establishes our link with the holy Divine. The abhyasi is advised to offer the prayer, ‘Oh Master thou art the real goal of human life;