Pushkarmuni Abhinandan Granth

Author(s): Devendramuni, A D Batra, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Rajasthankesari Adhyatmayogi Upadhyay Shree Pushkar Muni Abhinandan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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Sometimes a misunderstanding as to the most suitable path for an individual may retard the growth of even the most sincere seeker. The path that begins from man, from the known, is naturally much easier for most people to follow. The path of will and action is readily understood and practised by most Westerners, who have habitually relied upon logic and reason. Total surrender and faith are very hard to come by in this age of reason and science.
The path of prayer-the path of surrender-is a difficult path for most beginners. The beauty of yoga lies in the fact that each individual can follow the most suited to his nature, for yoga teaches that all paths lead to the same place to the divine within.
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There is a fixed state; sleep, learn and working states are mere movements in it. They are like pictures moving on the screen in a cinema show. Everyone sees the screen as well as the pictures but ignores the screen and takes in the pictures alone. The jñan, however, considers the screen and not the pictures. The pictures move on the screen but do not affect it. The screen itself does not move but remains stationary. The state is called Turiya and it is not a separate state but that which underlies the three states. Another name for it is the Self.
-Raman Maharshi
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of the ego. Exhalation makes one impersonal and hence is a fit instrument of surrender to the Lord. It is the highest form of surrender to the Lord.
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Exhalation can also be understood as a cleansing process. As the breath is gently exhaled from the heart, the heart is cleansed of evil desires and emotional disturbances. This cooling-cleansing process initiated by the lungs can be compared to the aradhana or abhişeka performed each morning for the idols in the temples. Or again as the waters of Ganga drip on the Sivalingas. So exhalation flows over the life-giving linga within, keeping it ever clean and pure. This surrender to the Lord has there is a period of stillness after inhalation begins.
to be accepted and so exhalation for the Lord to accept this surrender before
Meditation is a subjective experience and the transplanting of subjective fall short of reality. To use a trite example; no amount of description of how a mango tastes will ever equal the delight that the first bite into that delicious fruit brings, so too with meditation. The sure and safe techniques can be given, the state of the mind can be described, but the savour of the fruit is only granted to those who "taste and see that the Lord is sweet."
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