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Two: Aspects of the Path 55
(even if not perfect) is persisted in, a stage is reached when mind
is permanently at peace. It sees God, but it is not yet destroyed.
If through Bhakti a state of love is achieved by which constant
devotion is attained, then this peace of mind and seeing of God
comes. So if one says, “I am God, I am not body,” and persists
in this saying with 100 per cent faithfulness at the cost of everything,
then this peace of mind is achieved. But for Man-O-Nash
there is always the need of help of the Perfect Master. One who
is free from the binding of impressions can “uproot” the minds
of others, even of masses.
In short, there are all these ways to attempt Man-O-Nash
and to make one feel superficially “I am God, Infinite, Eternal,
etc.” But it is rightly said, “You cannot step out of your nature,
so how can you aspire to enter the threshold of your Beloved”
Following different paths, different people encounter
different difficulties. Some who do not know the technique
of meditation go mad. Some say that they should never see a
woman. They get so nervous about it all.
The fact is all is God, but you are misled by this shameless
mind. The mind is so shameless that the more you wish to get rid
of it, the more you get entangled in it, just when you try to take
out one foot from the mire, your other foot gets stuck more
deeply. All the same you have to get rid of this troublesome mind.
Man-O-Nash is real Samadhi for the mind. The mind is
uprooted and this is the death of mind; the ego immediately feels,
“I am everything,” and it is disassociated from all experiences of
the body, for it has now no concern with the body. At this
moment either the shock is too strong and the body falls, or the
momentum keeps the body going for some time and then it falls.