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Ans. Generally, all these five maxims accepted at the
time of initiation, imply a movement against the current. To swim with the current is easy. A little piece of straw, when dropped in the flowing stream, would be carried along the current for thousands of miles. But, if it tried to flow against the current, its movement is stopped. Man, too, by nature, swims with the current. To swim against the current requires extra strength and courage. When the sadhak of preksha dhyana accepts initiation into meditation, he thereby takes the pledge to move against the current. As his determination matures, the practice of the five rules mentioned above also becomes natural. With the weakening of one's resolution, the practice of the rules appears to be very difficult and complex. In order to assimilate these five rules of initiation, the sadhak will have to commit himself to his objective. In the face of full commitment to his aim, no situation can become a hindrance in the sadhak's path.
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