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though He used to be sitting in the verandah, there was no occasion for any one of us to sit for meditation before him in the verandah. He always asked us to get into the room, and He used to give sitting only in that room. A principle today most of the masters are forgetting, giving sittings anywhere they like. That is not the approach and that cannot be the approach. Even when we go to the house of an abhyasi, we should ask him where he meditates and go for sitting only there. Because this is another mistake we do, generally we don't feel absorbed and we do not take into consideration the consciousness or the imprint of the consciousness already happened in a place. It is true that a house of abhyasi totally has this cover of Sri Ramchandra's Consciousness, this effect is there, but there is still a place where he meditates and that is the place where we should give the sitting.
The Commandment further adds that the purity of mind and body is specially adhered to. Why purity of mind and body? Revered Babuji says the original condition is purity itself, it does not allow any particular speck to be there. There is nothing but purity in its essence that is available there. If we are seeking that condition, we should be pure here and imitate that condition. And physical purity becomes necessary for the mental purity. Just as the withdrawal of senses is a must for the withdrawal of mind, purity of body is essential to maintain the purity of mind. Some abhyasis come and say, "Shall I sit in meditation in the morning without taking bath", then we advise "Please read the Ten Commandments." It is to be impressed, that this is not just a commandment asking us to get up early in the morning to get rid of our laziness. If we are serious about reaching the balanced state of existence -our Goal, if we want the oneness with the Ultimate condition, there is no alternative, except to follow what he has given. That is what is stressed. But then some sort of self granted concessions we hear now and then is, that if we cannot do a thing cent percent we may start some where at 10% and work up slowly to 40% to 50%, 60% and 100%. Even that can do good to some extent. Whatever one can, one of these commandments may be practiced and say that this commandment is complied then follow the other. This is the only concession we may take for ourselves. After 30 years of sadhana suppose someone were to come and state this, then it only shows the type of Goal clarity he has and the quality of sadhana he has done. There is nothing more to say for such a person. We all believe we are practicing sadhana with the explicit purpose of reaching the Reality that is behind all existence. We should endeavour to achieve that goal as early as we can.

































































































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