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leading to spiritual transformation and spiritual work either carried out on a human person or other entities such as the atmosphere have been introduced not only at the theoretical level but implemented in a practical manner. Transformed individuals and changes brought about in the atmosphere are the results of such work. Obviously work needs workers and energy to work with. The workers are capable yogis and energy is of the dimensions of consciousness in the sense that it is of the nature of thought or suggestion and the yogi of caliber exercises his will behind it, which is called the ‘special will’ in the case of realized yogis(?). If such a will is supported by or in tune with the Divine Will the energy for the work flows from the original repository. There are different levels or types of suggestion, subtle, subtler and subtlest which could be given by a yogidepending on his stage of evolution.
The Master’s statement in His message,” Thoughts have life and they also work on the lives of others”, is significant in this context (SDG p25- 2005 ed). The main feature of Rajayoga itself by definition is the utilization of the power of thought, the kingly thing in man, for bringing about the required transformation in him and solving the problem of life.
At this point we need to review the Master’s statement terming spirituality as a science. We have seen above, the ordinary material science as we know it deals with matter, motion, life as limited to its physical manifestation and the various forces and energies governing above. As He puts it in a message, ’Material science cannot explain after matter is left out’ (SDG p 156-7), which is the truth because science today has rather arbitrarily restricted its own scope under the influence of the naturalists, analytical philosophers and logical positivists to the things and phenomena perceptible to the senses and measurable through its instrumentation. Thus it cannot account for the events, imperiences and the forces or causes behind them as they occur in the spiritual domain. But what the Master has in mind is the method and character of the scientific practice, namely, there must be a systematic enunciation of its basic premises, a logical development and clear formulation of its methods and processes, strict repeatability of the methods and procedures for achieving set ends, the scope and possibility for proper training for the practicants and more importantly, for the preparation of the trainers who will train the practicants.
Further science as a discipline of enquiry after the true nature of things revolves around observation, experimentation under carefully controlled conditions and verification through analysis of the results in the light of the starting hypotheses and the predictions of experimental outcomes made as a consequence of the underlying scientific theory. The chosen scientific field is