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tranquility and poise and if one has to keep pace with Divinity he has to adopt a similar posture. The process of Pranahuti introduces equanimity and moderation in the lives of the aspirants thus enabling them to lead a balanced existence. The ancients of this land had recognized the problem posed by the animal nature in man and thought that the only solution to the problem was total annihilation of the animal nature essentially expressed through kama and krodha, the instincts of preservation and propagation. This approach will only introduce yet another skew or unbalanced character. The Master has stated clearly that both kama and krodha are God-given, hence can not be annihilated but can be moderated for leading a balanced existence and has given the method to arrive at the state of balanced living through His unique inventions, namely the location of the points ‘A’ and ‘B’ and the meditations to be performed thereupon.
Stages of Progress
The Master uses a diagram of twenty three concentric circles drawn around the Centre ‘C’ (Ref. Fig. in the original text) to roughly denote as He says, the different spiritual spheres we come across during our progress. Beginning our march from the outermost circle we proceed towards the Centre crossing each circle to acquire the next stage. It is a very vast expanse. The stage of Liberation which is thought of by persons in general as a far off thing to be attained after persistent efforts over a number of lives (at least seven according to tradition) lies between the 2nd and 3rd circle with the various conditions required to be secured for attaining that state being acquired within a circle and a half. Considering the same state from the point of view of the knots in the human frame which will be discussed subsequently, the state of freedom from birth in the material plane is acquired after the person crosses the five knots in Pind Desh and enters the sphere of Brahmand or the Cosmic Consciousness of the first order so to speak (D1 (Divine) Consciousness as called by the Master in Practice and Efficacy of Rajayoga). After achieving the state of liberation we go on crossing further circles till we cross the fifth one. This is the Un-differentiated state or Avyakta Gati. At this stage a man is totally free from the bounds of Maya. Very few of the sages of the past could come up to this stage. Raja Janak was one of those who could reach up to this stage and this was considered such a great attainment that even the prominent sages of the time used to send their sons to him for training. The Master links the descriptions of Regions given by Him in Efficacy of SRRY at this point to state that the Heart Region is crossed when the fifth circle is crossed and the person enters the Mind region. From the point of view of the knots the Ten knots and the sahasrara are to be crossed before one can enter the Mind Region which is comprised again of eleven circles or stages of egoism. The condition is more subtle and grows finer as we march through the region. By