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Efficacy of Rajayoga : Meditation
are now. The dazzling light now begins to fade because you are going forward. You come in contact with different stages of maya as well. The dazzling light is there. When you cross it you find yourself in a totally calm atmosphere.
Here the kingdom of God begins. There are stages and stages after it which all pass through. Since it seems out of place to discuss them here under the head of Meditation we leave them aside. Now your meditation is leading you to the main goal. No practice of hatha yoga can bring about such a result. It fails after ajna chakra. Meditation - a part of Raja Yoga - is the only thing that can lead you to the end. There is no other means of approaching the Centre.
We have seen that one thought arising out of the Centre created so big a universe. We have got within us the same central force, though marred by our wrong doings. We utilize the same power which is automatic in us. We take work from the same force through meditation. This is how we proceed naturally and with Nature’s force, so to say.
When we meditate, the central power we have remains in force. It disperses the overwhelming clouds which are greatly fried up by its force. Only an abhyasi
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