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turns into identity in its final aspect and continues to exist till mahapralaya when it gets abolished in a sense to be fused with all other identities to become a common identity which becomes the cause for the next round of manifestation. We have to liberate the self from several shades of pride and self importance and sense of separateness before the final state is attained. All of us want to be free from the fears and desires of the separate ego, the ego of nations included and one can be really free from fear, all fear including the fear of death only when the ego is abolished totally at least in its initial forms, such as the idea that body is the doer through identification with it, that the rather fictitious entity termed ‘soul’ is the doer followed by the idea that it is the mind or the unfolding of the karmic effect is responsible for all action with the individual being only a helpless witness.
Later the idea that it is the Master to whom one has submitted is doing everything takes over and matures further into a finer state in which there is a transition from its initial state where though outwardly he thinks his Master is the doer inwardly he is yet unable to give up the idea of his doership resulting in duplicity. This stage matures further into mere awareness of the work being done automatically without an assertive sense of doership, the ego having assumed a subtler shade. This is the state where bhakti has assumed its finer state when the abhyasi‘may not feel what he loves and what for’ as the Master has put it and also corresponds to the maturity of the surrender developed earlier in the Pind desh. It is marked by total dedication and the aspirant feels that he is a limb of the Master. The ego continues to transform into still finer shades before it becomes just bare identity for the determined sadhaka who pushes on relentlessly all the time yielding to the Master, though only the selected few manage to go all the way till the stage of swimming in the Eternal Ocean of the Absolute is reached. The only antidote for the problem of the ego is yielding to the Master from all levels of one’s being all the time seeking His grace for success even in this endeavour. Undoubtedly the aspirant should have absolute goal clarity, a strong will and unwavering determination to go the full distance undeterred by obstacles, disappointments and slippages which are bound to occur in various combinations as one makes his way towards the Infinite.
The diligent sadhaka goes through various states of interdependence on the ultimate during his march on the path and it is found that the ego progressively transforms itself during the progress made towards the state of surrender and beyond, the sense of separateness changing into states of negation. The contemplation of the few moments of total unawareness granted to the abhyasis of PAM in every session of their meditation assisted by the influx of Pranahuti leads them to the state wherein all opposites are resolved, conflicts dissolve and all existence is unified. Further one is made to