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the swimmer in the act of his heavy swimming sets up waves of energy that erect a barrier against progress. Only the experienced capable and watchful Guru helps in settling the waves and teaching the swimmer the art of swimming which is almost akin to floating but still is not floating, the important aspect being that it does not set up opposing waves. Another important role of the Guru is to see that the swimmer does not slip into enjoying the state of light- swimming which will impede his further progress and take him on the further journey. The traveler now enters into the sphere of the Dormant Centre which seems to be surrounded by something like a ring.
The Master, the irrepressible experimenter that He is, attempted to enter into the ring for the sake of experience only to be thrown back by a sudden and forceful push after He managed to have a moment’s peep into it. The Master concludes that this is the highest possible approach to the human being and wishes with His unbounded generosity and universal good will that every one may have access up to this stage and even beyond if it were possible! The aspirant at this stage has secured a position which is near-most to the Centre, the highest possible approach for man. He is in close harmony with the Real condition. The form of (dense) gross identity has been all the time getting finer and subtler to the last limit and when he gets into close touch with the Bhuma, the Ultimate or God in His absolute state, what or where he is, is beyond his understanding. As the Master puts it elsewhere, having arrived at the Destination the seeker does not know where he is.
The Master places before the reader the wonderful possibility, the highest approach open to man and states that such a destiny awaits every one who has his eyes fixed upon the final state as described above right from the beginning and has the support of a Master of caliber who has traveled the entire distance and is endowed with the power of Pranahuti.
It is an emphatic declaration by the Master it is through Pranahuti alone such wonderful results can be brought about in such a short time, that is, within one lifetime. Very few of the yogis or saints of the past could have ever had the conception of the last limit of human progress on the spiritual path. The farthest the best amongst them could have been up to the 2nd or 3rd circle and the unfortunate aspect of it was even at this very early stage they considered their achievement to be very great. The Master ends His account of the Stages of Progress by stating that the only purpose behind His above account being to enable the people to judge the so called great Doctors of Divinity who are said to have attained perfection and are generally accepted as such by the gullible masses who are carried away by their outward appearance or elegance.
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