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Atman (Soul)
doesn't find himself straining with desperate zeal. Rather, one relaxes, supremely, into perfect Bliss. Strain, tension, ardour, zeal: all these end forever. What is left is Sat-ChitAnanda: ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new bliss.
You reach a point where you've gotten rid of all selfdefinitions. There's nothing to cling to anymore. You're not a woman or a man. You're not Indian or French or American. You're not rich or poor. You're not young or old. You're not beautiful or ugly. You're none of these things.
Art & Science of Meditation
So, in the beginning, the process of finding God is a matter of continuous struggle until, as Yogananda puts it, "efforts end in ease.
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However, only by mental attunement with the consciousness of an already-liberated guru can we make that leap. The guru works from within, on our thoughts and feelings. Gradually, his ego-less consciousness seeps into our ego-centred consciousness and transforms us with a new understanding of our own reality.
The storm of duality is finally stilled, and the self, no longer in rebellion against God, merges completely into the Infinite Self, becoming the Infinite.
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