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word and deed), astheya (non-stealing), aparigraha (non-covetuousness), brahmacharya-a balanced life in tune with and dedicated to the Divine Consciousness, kindness, moderation, concord, compassion and contentment. This has been called by the Master as the inferior type of Super- Consciousness residing in the ‘heart’. This is the growth from the pashu- animal or creature state through the nara-man-animal state to the manava the thinking and willing human being who has become really ‘humane’ governed by the aforesaid values. Now he is moved by considerations of parahita or the common good of others and has progressively overcome by his assiduous sadhana and the assistance of a capable guide through Pranahuti, in the context of the system of SRRY. The growth towards stabilization in the ‘upper’ or ‘U’ plane we have talked about can take a very long time and even several lifetimes for the most dedicated aspirant without the assistance of Pranahuti and the practice on the part of the sadhaka of the special meditations invented by the Divine Master on points ‘A’ and ‘B’ which help immensely in balancing the twin most powerful urges of ‘kama’-desire, lust and passion and ‘krodha’-anger. These two urges, which in a sense are really one because anger is nothing but thwarted desire, have been responsible for the downfall of so many spiritual stalwarts. The Lord states in the Gita (Ch. 3- 37, 39) that kama and krodha are ‘great craving and great sin’ born out of rajoguna and a formidable enemy in this world of manifestation to the soul set on achieving the ultimate goal; desire itself is fire unappeasable. Before discussing the further transformations in consciousness possible to the aspirant on the path towards the Infinite, we will do well to consider the nature of the goal towards which the aspirant in PAM is moving for getting a proper perspective.
The Goal
The goal before the abhyasi can be described and looked at from different angles. It can be taken to be oneness with the God as expressed in the 3rd Commandment where the term God indicates that it is the final one independent of all else and there is really nothing beyond or behind That. That is the ultimate state one has to aim at.
The Master has stated elsewhere that the goal of life for an earnest seeker interested in the real solution of the problem of life can not be merely deliverance from the pains and miseries of life or achieving the greatest possible comfort and prominence in the world. It can neither be the enjoyment of the eternal joy of paradise after death nor even salvation which is but a temporary pause in the cycle of birth and death. The problem before us is not merely to find out a solution of our present life but for all lives we may henceforth have. The endless circle of rebirth ends only when we have