Page 138 - Ecstasy and Agony in the Journey to Infinity

63. ఆతమ్􏰀ోభ (Atma Kshoba)
This is a spiritual state where the person is unable to come out of his obstinate attachment to various methods and at the same time being aware of the possibilities of freedom from all this, suffers from a crisis of conscience. This may be the stage of change over of gurus, change of paths and certain times this may be also due to the weakening in the original determination of the goal. This is a preliminary state of experience of hell.
The electrons are orbiting around the nucleus in different orbits (or different energy levels). For the electron to change its orbit would mean shedding away or gaining enormous energy causing a great disturbance to its existing state. The mental anguish of a person at this state is similar.
Turmoil is a physical concept, anguish is psychological concept. In some sense, they may be the same, this is psychological equivalent. Master passed away, that is a physical problem. You are attached to him, you don’t know the alternatives. Should we continue with him or 120