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Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra
producing good thoughts which helped us further in our pursuit. Thus we were doubly benefited. We had already resorted to means for the internal purification and now the external ways too began to help us a good deal in the work, and both combined together helped us immensely in the attainment of the objective. When both these get harmonized with each other, it becomes in itself a power which makes our path all the more smooth and we go on soaring higher and higher. Thus our feeling of purity helps us so efficiently in the attainment of the ideal.
Our first and the foremost commandment relates to the proper observance of Sandhya and Upasana. By following it we begin to attain power which we have finally to attain naturally over a period of time. Another important point in this connection is that when the currents from the Ultimate (Zaat) Divine currents began to flow, the flow by itself got twisted creating a state of grossness which led to the formation of atoms (Anus) and sub-atoms (Paramanus) and many forms of elements that began to appear in their particular forms and shapes. The continuance of the flow created heat which was the very basis of life and which gave further stimulus to existence. But though the heat remained in existence, its force got diverted downwards. One may be at a loss to understand the real significance of the words ‘up’ and ‘down’. When we conceive of the highest, our thought takes into account the opposite view too, i.e., of the lowest. Besides, when we have sprung up from that which is the greatest and the
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