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PIND DESH
ridiculousness of the idea should be clear to any person who is serious about the spiritual science. All that is required is that the form of the abhyasi that comes to the mind’s eye of the trainer. This is a serious form of concentration taking into consideration the physical and physiological features which is required as a frame or body so as to limit the area of study. However, in those who have gone beyond Pind-desh it becomes difficult to give a boundary to them. While meditating or when an attempt to study the condition of self or others is made, usually one closes his/her eyes to study the inner condition and this is mainly due to the need to cut off the external stimuli from interfering with the study of the inner condition. When we close our eyes to study the condition of the heart, the first thing that is clear to us is a screen before the eyes that is oval in shape. This screen is not a bright one and we find fine particles spread through the area before us. The relative density of the particles in the lower or higher portion of the screen before us gives a clue as to the nature of thoughts and feelings the person has. These areas and particles when probed
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