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Atman (Soul)
Art & Science of Meditation
The Final Challenge To Enlightenment by Swami Kriyananda (The speaking Tree, The Times of India)
"What will we do, when we stand on the threshold of enlightenment Gn that final moment of separation from the Divine, the soul must stand firm in its determination to merge with Divinity. Where there is ego, there is separation. To realize our oneness with the Infinite, we must surrender the ego itself. By our own free choice we must say, "I want the infinite Self, not the little self.”
It is not easy. That highest and final test is the most challenging of all. At that moment the ego recoils and says, "No, no—wait!”
Paramhansa Yogananda's chief disciple, Rajarsi Janakananda, was just at the point of attaining the highest state, when suddenly his meditations became filled with darkness. For years his meditations had been filled with thelightand bliss of God, but suddenly it was gone. He felt tempted to give in to doubts and disbelief, but he nonetheless kept trying and continued to meditate.
After days of darkness, Rajarsi saw a little point of light. Gradually that point came closer until it became his line of gurus - first Paramhansa Yogananda, then Sri Yukteswar, then Lahiri Mahasaya, then Babaji. And then finally Rajarsi
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