Page 216 - Wisdom Unfurled

The Master states in this context that this power had grown abnormally great in the case of Rishi Durvasa making every one from the ordinary mortal to Indra, the king of the gods, tremble at the very prospect of inviting the slightest displeasure of the sage lest he be burnt to ashes through his curse. The knot is also represented by the Third Eye as in tradition of Lord Shiva. It is not possible to go into all the details of the characteristics connected with this vast and powerful centre for which account the reader may refer Path of Grace. We may sum up however the criteria of Brahmand as the feeling of Anahat which may also be experienced as an intense throbbing sensation around the middle of the forehead and the shadowy darkness around objects and impressionlessness of the persons and objects whom one comes across in daily life.
The Master in His message on the Efficacy of Pranahuti (SDG p 109-10-2005 ed) traces the evolution of the soul or consciousness beyond the fifth knot stating that one reaches theBrahmand Mandal, the cosmic region or the macrocosm after the yatra is over in all the five knots in the Pind Pradesh, microcosm. It is a very big region but vaster are the regions coming after. All the powers of Nature are at work here and we try to absorb in them. The readers may recall from our earlier discussion that the mighty power behind the great wheel of Lord Krishna, the Sudarshana Chakra (its purpose being destroying evil and promoting the good, the mission of all divine descents) resides here. The still mightier power, the wheel of Time, Mahakal Chakra being used by the Special Personality for the overhauling of nature is also present here. Both these powers inhere in the knot 7 of the Brahmand mandal. The aspirant enters the Parabrahmand Mandal on crossing the Brahmand Mandal and then into the Prapanna gati(surrendered) where he feels the utmost devotion and greatness of God. After this comes the condition of Prabhu where he feels his share in creation followed by the condition of Prapanna Prabhu wherein both the conditions stated earlier are in rarefied form. Thereafter one comes across the 64 points which are all Master’s discoveries. The aspirant becomes potentialized when he crosses these points with yatra. Upon crossing these points one gets the tidings to enter the Central Region which is purely the Realm of God. There are the seven rings of splendour which can only be crossed with the help of a capable Master who has gone the full distance and is firmly established in the Highest.
The cycle of conditions relating to Viveka, vairagya, swaswaroopa jnana, devotion and surrender get refined in the knots 6 to 10. There is no journey as such in these knots and no master cell as such in them with the corresponding master cells being only in Pind Desh. It is to be noted by discerning sadhakas that progress and growth in the realms of Brahmand and higher are possible only when the quality of purity is improved in the various knots of the lower