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Shahjahanpur, U.P
Dated 28th March, 1956
My dear brother,
Signs of Progress
Received your kind letter of 21st March, 1956. I thank you for your appreciation of my humble appeal.
I am glad to note that you feel more recollected and peaceful internally. That is a sign of progress. In fact, that is the very thing which we all strive for in the beginning.
As for the inner vision which you say has not developed in you so far, I think it will grow clearer and as you advance with internal peace and calmness and develop the habit of remaining absorbed in divine thoughts all the while. But I do not understand what you mean by saying, 'The meditation has always been on my lips.' Please explain it further.
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, UP
Dated 30th March, 1956
My dear brother,
Received your kind letter of 27th March, 1956 from camp Waltair. Your thirst for speedy progress encouraging. I feel greatly elevated to hear that you feel greatly relieved of materiality and the effect of reverses. It is all due to the benevolent grace of the Great Master. I do not actually know the exact nature of your worries, though I am able to guess some, from the general state of affairs and circumstances prevailing in that part of the country, revealed to me by my associates in South India.
Making of a Man
You say, you always think of me alone. That may probably be due to your own feeling of love and attachment towards this humble self. If it continues, it shall be greatly beneficial to you as thereby you shall be knocking at my heart continuously. You say you are now in my hands. I rather feel myself to be in your hands, as you seem to have captured my heart by your sincere love and devotion. However be it as it may, probably you shall not be a loser either way. I wish you to be another Vivekananda but my expectations waver with the thought that I am no Ramakrishna Paramhansa. It is however up to you and your efforts to be 'He' if you desire to be so, earnestly. In fact to transmit Power is a matter of but a second. But power without proper moulding is of no avail, rather it is detrimental and even dangerous. The making of man involves the purging of the mind of all darkness, physical and mental grossness and the unbalancing conditions of senses and indriyas. Thus it is not an easy job. It is a long and tedious process which requires continued strenuous labour and combined efforts on the part of both the teacher and the taught.
The book Ten Commandments of Sahaj Marg is in Urdu and I am afraid you might not be acquainted with the language. It is no doubt a wonderful book, dealing with the dynamical relation with man and God. .....
I am very glad to find that you now seem to be fully alive to your own senses of duty in this respect and it shall be of great help to me in my work.
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, UP
Dated 20th April, 1956
My dear brother,
Humility
Your kind letter of 10th April, 1956 to hand. Humility, so far as it serves as a safeguard against pride and vanity, is a virtue. But when it leads us to underrate our talents and inner capacity, it is harmful. The Master can without doubt do any and everything, by his own unlimited power. So one who is attached to Him in true sense can never entertain any idea of weakness or inefficiency because the great Master's power begins to work through when there is need for it.
You say that you know yourself to be most unfit and unprepared but I seriously differ with you on that point. We are so, only so long as we think ourselves to be so, only so long as we think ourselves to be so. That is probably the only hindrance in our path. 'A man can do what a man has done,' is a common saying. If Swami Vivekananda could attain that high level of spiritual elevation, why can't we, who are endowed with all the powers of body, mind and soul like him. Despondency is the real stumbling block. If it is removed our march becomes smooth and easy, and we begin to develop the feeling of resignation and surrender. In fact we are the real makers of our destiny, hence much of our future depends upon us. There is no limit of time and age to it. Spirit is never old, hence spirituality is not affected in the least by old age. Spiritually a man feels himself always young, at all stages of human life. It is therefore never too late to attain anything in the spiritual field.
With best wishes.
Yours affectionately
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, UP
Dated 23rd April, 1956
My dear brother,
Spiritual Service
Your kind letter dated 20th April, 1956 to hand. I am happy to note that you are feeling mental peace. Before replying your letter I must confess that I want to take some spiritual work from you. I am fully convinced of your ability and spiritual capacity so during this age you take up the spiritual work, of course you are doing a little. I was also holding a Govt. job and retired from service on 24th February, 1956. I did not request for my extension in service because I wanted to spend the remaining part of my life to the spiritual service of mankind. Although there where circumstances that I could very easily get extension for a year or two but I neglected it. As regards my present income I have only to feed upon miserably because unhappily the abolition of Zamindari adversely affected my financial position. I have got some agricultural fields no doubt, but owing to the work of the Mission I personally can not attend to them with he result that the profit is not very much.
Now I come to the point of which you invited my opinion. I pondered over the question and came to the conclusion that you must not try for the Directorship of he Oriental Institute in which you worked previously. This will also keep you aloof from further humiliations. Depend upon God do your duty.
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With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
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shahjahanpur, UP
Dated 6th July, 1956
My dear brother,
Received your affectionate letter of 29th June, 1956.
I can not express the feeling of affection for you which I find present in my heart and which is all due to the reaction of your thoughts. So in fact the credit is due to you alone. It may be true that you sometimes feel the torture of the past memories but if you judge minutely, you will find their weight considerably reduced.
I earnestly wish for your transformation through Divine Grace, which you crave for so eagerly. I am ceaselessly busy with my job for you, expecting closer co-operation from your side, to ensure the desired result. The words 'Divine Grace' used in your letter reminded me of the Supramental of Shri Aurobindo, for which his disciples are still waiting with eager expectations. To my mind that which he meant by Supramental, has already descended on earth with the advent of the Special Personality in existence today.
You are sensitive enough and intellectually advanced too. Please try to feel whether the huge tidal wave of Divine Grace is overflowing the atmosphere or not, filling every nook and corner of the world. What one needs under the circumstances is only to prepare himself to receive the Divine Grace, so lavishly available all over.
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With good wishes,
Yours affectionately
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 27th July, 1956
My dear bother,
Humility of Master
I do not, my dearest brother, claim in any way to be the messenger of God nor the special personality, but only as one of the humblest servants of humanity. May God grant me strength and means to play my part well in this respect. I say only what I feel and believe when it comes to me automatically. Trusting my associates full well I open my heart to them without any reserve. The same was the basis of my letters to you. You are perfectly justified in disbelieving it unless you have experienced it personally. I am, after all a human being, liable to mistakes and errors and the same can sometimes be the basis of my views and expressions. If they have, however, injured your sentiment in any way, I feel repentant for the same and apologise to you for it, As my spiritual services it is and shall always be at your disposal, so long as you may be pleased to welcome it.
I only try to invoke God's blessings by means of prayer through the medium of my Master. In case I apply my own insignificant force for the purpose, my thought gets connected with the Main Channel in prayer for the accomplishment of all that is needed in the aspirant. Thus I can in no way be called a Master in this respect. I may however be only a helping factor in the spiritual growth. But after all, my dear brother, it is but a bare truth that one can be successful only when the good Gracious God by His own Divine Grace pulls him up, out of the mire of worldliness.
Special Personality
I am however, deeply impressed by your extreme eagerness for an experience of the presence of the Supreme Personality who has already descended. It is of course very difficult to recognize him, amid so many claimants to the title. The difficulty becomes greater when we try to judge and recognsie him in his outward form, according to our own conception of him as an avatar. But that does not at all concern him nor does it affect his presence in any way. He is, as he may be, busy all the time with his own programme of he Nature's work, unknown and unnoticed by almost all, especially by those drowned in absolute materialism. His authentic Voice may be resounding in every heart, though it may not be audible to any one of them on account of the clamour of innumerable voices within. All these voices, my dear brother, must necessarily be silenced in order to catch the vibrations of the Voice of Silence, and that in fact is all that we are to endeavour for during the course of our spiritual march, in order to gain a direct experience of the Eternal Ultimate.
With kind regards and best wishes.
Your most affectionately.
Ramchandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 10th August, 1956
Dear brother,
Your most affectionate letter of 1st August, 1956. I appreciate highly your firm faith and devoted resignation to Divine will which is the surest means of Realisation.
Philosophy of the System
Shri Ramanuja and Shri Aurobindo have no doubt been great personalities who have done immense work for the welfare of the people on the Divine path. I have a great regard for them and think highly of their services. My humble help is always available without any reserve to all those who are needful of it without any regard to class or sect. Spirituality pertains only to Infinite Reality devoid of all differentiations and complexities removed as early as possible. The philosophy at the root of the system is simple. We try to dissolve the tiny creation of our own making. Our individual existence in the form of a tiny creation is in fact the miniature copy of the God's creation. So like mahapralaya, the final phase of the God's creation, pralaya of our individual creation is essential for our return to the Origin. The method too is quite simple, Negation of everything is the only process to bring about dissolution. This is what we do throughout. My oft-repeated words, "Give up all your belongings," convey the same sense and for this we have to discover means. That is our only pursuit.
As regards your ignorance of philosophic conditions, as you call it, I may say that some of the thinkers hold that doubt is the basis of philosophy. But would prefer to put in the word 'wonder' for 'doubt'. Doubt implies a latent sense of knowledge, whereas wonder implies ignorance. We doubt when anything appears contract to our knowledge but we wonder when anything appears to be un-understandable to us. That indirectly indicates our ignorance of the thing, and inwardly induces us to try for its realisation. We start from total ignorance and end in complete ignorance. Will you my dear brother, like to agree with me on this point? This stage of complete ignorance is almost the last state we have necessarily to achieve, and blessed are those who acquire it in this very life time.
I am glad to note your earnest craving for the knowledge (which is beyond knowledge) and vision of the Divine Personality incarnate in he world today. May you soon be blessed without it.
With best wishes and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 28th August, 1956
Dear brother,
Liberation
Your affectionate letter of the 18th August, 1956. I am glad to note that you seem to agree with my views regarding the liberation process. But it is not all we aspire for.
Zero Point
We take into view the farthest point, which can but be where every thing ends. As such it must be the point wherefrom everything had started at the time of creation. For expression's sake let us call it the Zero point or the Origin. This is our destiantion as it must be of every one who aspires for the highest.
Liberation is but a far lower level as compared to it. Now whatever the nirvana of the Buddhist may be taken to mean, I do not feel contented with anything short of this highest mark. I no doubt agree with you that theories are useless. Blind philosophy too is of no avail in this respect. The solution lies only in the direct experience of things and for that the only process is the total negation of all things of our creation.
I am glad to learn about your experience of growing peace for which the Lord is to be thanked. It is but a preliminary stage. I wish you to be blessed with higher experiences.
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 9th September, 1956
My dear brother,
Received your kind letter dated 28th August, 1956. It is a matter of pleasure to me that you witness peace. I hope it is not long before that you will be able to win up the disturbances. I am after all at your service.
Submission
I appreciate your idea of surrendering to the Master. The easy method of doing it is to acquire the state of submission to the great Master which will ultimately develop to self-surrender. I do not want to discuss its philosophy before my learned brother but only add a sentence that in this way you make yourself negative for the Divine power to rush in torrent.
I am writing below a meditation which was proved efficacious. If you do it will help you a good deal in your spiritual progress. This is my tried meditation and recently I made it compulsory to all my associates.
Ocean of Bliss
"Think that you are drowned in the shoreless ocean of bliss and the waves of the ocean are passing from the front through your entire body (which should be supposed as transparent at that time) towards back side, carrying along with them, darkness, grossness, dirt and al the ills of the body which are impediment to spiritual progress. It should be done 10 or 15 minutes in the morning and then start the meditation of light on heart".
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 25th September, 1956
My dear brother,
Received your kind letter dated 17th September, 1956. ... You are really a true seeker and I think it a pride to serve you spiritually what my poor self can do. There is a Persian saying that even the leaves of the tree do not move without the Divine dictate so you are perfectly right in saying that without His grace peace cannot reign, and one cannot sway over indriyas. We always try to invoke His blessings through our Master.
I am always hopeful to your case due to your eager desire to attain the goal.
May the day dawn when you taste the nectar of life that is real.
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 1st October, 1956
My dear brother,
Your kind letter dated 27th September, 1956 to hand, I am happy to note that you have begun our new meditation. You may adjust it according to your own convenience, either in the night hours after japa or in the morning.
Importance of Meditation using Ocean of Bliss method
Reality dawns on him, who proceeds steering, away to the main goal. Goal, of course, is within you, but the thoughts are traveling at the long distance. Now the distance you have created yourself; and that you have to cross with the help of the same force which has created the distance. Now to cover that visionary distance we take some methods which seem to be artificial in comparison to Reality. But how can we leave them? The meditation I have written to you is not to gain anything so that you may develop idolatory but it is for the cleaning of the different forms of idolatory which have entered into being. We do not conceive it as a paraphernalia of shanti or bliss so that it may bring artificial trend, but we make it a source to bring the standard of Reality which is yet to dawn. It is not the case here. We are only setting up an equation having X as the value to solve the problem of life. You have expressed in your letter your revolting nature against imagination etc. I have taken all these points into consideration, before prescribing the meditation to our associates. Sometimes a peculiar meditation, prescribed under the avowed authority, becomes dangerous and my revered Master had strictly warned not to prescribe such meditations unless one has become capable of hitting at the root or the Divine wisdom has developed. I have taken all these precautions while laying down the prescription.
I do not take a single step, my dear brother, unless I get light from my Master and a representative of a great saint must have that faculty. So by this method even the sleepy idolatory will dig its own grave and grossness will bid farewell. I assure you, brother, I do not take childish steps in these matters.
Effulgence at the base of the brain
The effulgence you have expressed at the base of the brain is real and I congratulate you for this. Please do not think it to be a hallucination. The love you are developing accounts to your own merit. I assure you for good that I take it as a pleasure if you ask me for anything; and the more I am delighted, when you depict in your letter the true picture of your thoughts.
Before writing the reply to Dr. Nicoll's statement I must go to hundreds of years back to tally the statement of the Western thinkers, who are yet to learn spiritualism from India. Scientifically they have dealt with our thoughts as far as it was possible within the limits of the mind. The Western thinkers stop where the mind ends. It is we the Hindus, warm salutations to our sages, who start where they end. Dr. Nicoll, whom I will study, as according to you described Sahaj Marg as fourth way. I have not been able to make out as to what was his actual notion about the fourth way. Whether he had laid it down in order of preference or he mentions it as one of the numerous ways. However you name it as zero or X, the efficacy remains the same.
Sahaj Marg
The word sajah samadhi was occurred in the songs of Saint Kabir praising it thoroughly well. Guru Nanak has also written it as sahaj avastha. As far as I remember Swamy Shankaracharya adopted this word in his commentary of Vedanta philosophy. My Master used to call this method as 'Sant Mat'. Afterwards he named it as sahaj marga (Natural Way for God realization) because we proceed side by side with nature. I agree with the opinion of Dr. Nicoll that the nature of consciousness must be changed. I have dealt with this thing in Efficacy of Raja Yoga.
Levels of Transmission
After proceeding a long way in spirituality, consciousness grows subtle and subtle till it turns into potentiality itself and as soon as we get rid of it we reach the Reality pure and simple. We go far above the elements and the nature of transmission depends upon the caliber of the guide. The pure sort of transmission is free from all these mayavic character which ultimately develops in elements.
I agree with Dr. Nicoll that Hydrogen 6 is the highest because the subtler potency of the elements works more effectively in the system, which as a Homeopath you can understand very well. To tell you the truth the highest form of transmission is its subtlest state which the Guru of high caliber does at one's deathbed when he wants to make him perfect in the shortest possible time. It sometimes can shatter the nerves so the saints reserve it for the last moment.
Value of Zero
I have gone so far to say that we have to become zero where number is gone and the wreath is broken. If you add zero to any number it becomes tenfold. So the value of zero is greater than all the numbers. I have tried to express myself as much as this poor self could afford.
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra.
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 20th October, 1956
My dear brother,
Received your kind letter of 4th October, 1956. I was greatly moved by what you have written about yourself and it shall be highly gratifying to me if even patches of my heart are applied to cure up your wounds in the form of numerous complexities and afflictions received during the course of your search for Reality. My very flesh and blood is meant for the service of my fellow beings and you are no exception to it.
Problems of the Intellect
I want to be a bit frank in writing on the points raised in your recent letter. I hope you will not please mind if there is anything disagreeable to your taste or feelings, as it all meant in good faith for your guidance for the transformation of your being. Being yourself a great intellectual, you apply the same instrument for the search of Him, and believe in, where this thing is common, because that serves as food for your brain. But this is not the sure cure of the evil. Considering it deeply, I come to the conclusion that it may be justifiable in so far as it has been generally the weighing instrument for a Mahatma. The literature and books satisfied the mathematical cult of realisation, where the digits increase the number and each one becomes, in itself, a knot to complete the chain. To gain knowledge is, of course, commendable but to apply it in its own way for spiritual development is, many a times, wrong in my humble opinion. Wisdom works only when we take into consideration individuality, and so long as individuality is in our view we are away from the real point.
Simple faith earned by devotion will carry you far. But while moving towards faith, great difficulty arises when we find so many seemingly deserving, to claim faith from our side. We or most of us fall into error (and this is but human nature) because one is generally inclined to repose faith in whatever seems relatively closer to him in the knowledge which he himself possesses. Where there is no knowledge but complete barrenness, there rests the thing. This barrenness or bankruptcy of thought brings a man on the right path. If one is rich in letter and has it as his sole hobby, he will be attracted towards the same rich but unauxiliary state. My dear brother, if you find any man totally bankrupt or entirely done away with, think that the state of barrenness the real goal prevails full fledged in him. Sages have expressed Reality as light because no other word seems to be more appropriate for the expression of the state. But it is not the luminous condition as we under stand from the word.
The light generally carriers the sense of something pleasant which in itself becomes the quality and not the Reality. No doubt, we observe light during our march to freedom but its value in real sense is nothing but that which invades the eye. If you think deeply you come to the conclusion that it is only reactionary because it has its own results. The mystery deepens when we apply our mind to it. When we go deeper we rest upon its cause which is unchangeable. The amalgamation of matter with spirit gives spark, which is fanned up by abhyas and invasion is the result. It is no doubt commendable because it reminds the abhyasi that there is something behind it, in which we have to be absorbed. The state of absorbency is the same as expressed by, 'a drop of water in the ocean.' Lord Buddha is said to have seen the 'light' which had transformed him all over. To my mind, it was in fact the unfoldment of the very Being, as the outcome of his deep meditation with sincere devotion, and not the luminous sight of bright and dazzling light.
With good wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
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Dated 4th November, 1956
My dear brother,
Received your kind letters of the 23rd and 26th October, 1956. The contents of the letters indicate, to my great joy, more hopeful signs of your better and higher approach in spirituality.
Humility
You, whom people consider to be a great intellectual, do not think yourself to be so. This is in fact the real sign of greatness and learning. I crave for such men all over the country. It is said of Raja Bhoja that once a man came to him for an employment. The Raja told him that there was no vacancy but he still insisted upon his request. At last the Raja asked him to go about the whole kingdom and find out a person nsufficiently educated, so that he might be replaced. But he could find none such. The fact was that even parrots in his kingdom recited Veda mantrams. This was the condition of the country which I wish for once again.
Thirst for Divine Insight
It is on account of your being an intellectual in true sense, that you sincerely want to understand things fully. But Divine Reality not being a thing to be understood only by means of intellect, you naturally feel thirst for Divine insight which finally leads you to practicality. I greatly appreciate your sincerity and earnestness in this respect which in my opinion can never go unrewarded. The frank expression of your mind cannot in any way be attributed to impertinence. It is just what I want and it is necessary too for the right direction of the spiritual training. As such it has been greatly helpful to me in my work for your betterment.
From your letter I feel you have strong craving for more abiding experience of self for which as you say you are ready to bear the loss of intellect even. The process and practices which you have undertaken, all tend only that way and are sure to bear fruit in no distant future. That is my sincere wish for you and for all my associates. I feel that you are daily having some internal change which you yourself will understand in due course, the signs of which you mention in your letters in different ways.
Your feeling of the descending flow from the cerebellum to the mid-back indicates divine touch.
The System
Our system of spiritual training proceeds in the most natural way. We start from the 'heart'. There are five points in the heart as shown in the rough diagram enclosed herewith. We start from point no.1 (which we call as 'heart'). When our spiritual state improves we come to the next step which is marked as pint no.2. From this place we travel on diagonally to point 3 and then to 4 and 5. They are the main points of the lower region known as pind desh. There is a reference to three of these points in the Rig Veda which I accidentally happened to come across. Now crossing of these five points means the end of our march through pind desh. There are numerous conditions which an abhyasi goes through in the region. But four of them are very important.
Stages of Progress
An abhyasi passes through all these, though they may understand them or not. Those who are sensitive enough do feel them. The first condition brings him to a consciousness that all animate and inanimate beings in the world seem to be ejecting a lovely divine influence everywhere with the result that sometimes the abhyasi is inwardly aroused to embrace even thorns and thistles. The next condition brings him to a feeling of 'everything as God'. In the third state he does not feel the existence of any object animate or inanimate. The fourth state rouses in him the feeling of the One and only One, reigning all over. As we go through these major states we grow more and more subtle. When we acquire avyakta gati (or undifferentiated state) all these conditions fade away. We lose contact with maya or elements. The entire structure now falls and we begin to proceed by the state of Bliss which can only be felt in a practical way. Thus we enter the godly kingdom. There are still very many things after it which I wish you all to witness and experience for yourselves having your own share in the Nature's work. This is in short the usual line of process, followed under our system. I have touched only the elementary steps. Further on we proceed in almost the same way through other regions, e.g. brahmand and para brahamand mandal, etc. In the end I would add that your problem of life will be solved without doubt, the signs of which are distinct and clear.
The following quotation from Shri Aurobindoji also supports my above view, 'The time of your turning to the spiritual life depends upon your own aspiration. A sincere aspiration brings always its response and if there is continuity in the will, the result cannot fail.'
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
Shahajahanpur, U.P.
Dated 21st November, 1956
My dear brother
Self-Surrender
Your kind letter of 9th November, 1956. I appreciate highly your view that God's Will is supreme. Man has no other alternative but to submit to it whether he likes it or not. I am glad to note that you have taken the wisest course of dedication which is the preliminary stage of resignation and surrender. Self-surrender is undoubtedly the gateway of Divine realm.
I used the word darshan in respect of you, simply because I respect you or your vast learning and extensive knowledge, which I myself sadly miss. I believe I may be able to gain something from you in this respect, when I am with you during the coming tour. In my early age I felt an inner aversion to the idea of borrowing knowledge from the experiences of others. I, therefore, devoted every moment of my life to experiencing things practically. But now I feel that learning too has its own merits and counts much in our set up. I have therefore great regard for all such personalities. Now I often try to read and study books but unfortunately I am unable to retain anything in my mind.
Though there is, as you say, nothing fresh to report yet I see encouraging signs of progress in your spiritual condition.
With best wishes to you and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram Chandra
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Shahjahanpur, U.P.
Dated 4th December, 1956
My dear brother,
Rig Veda
Very recently, while I was getting Rig Veda read over to me by one of my associates, I was greatly surprised to discover a mysterious power following through the sound caused by the correct pronunciation and proper recitation of the mantrams. The vibrations created by the rise and fall of sound, automatically affect the vital points of our charkas, there by affecting a spiritual awakening in them. By and by all the spiritual stages are revealed and crossed over by mere recitation of the mantrams. Thus I can now boldly assert that it is the only book of which mere recitation or swadhyaya can bring a man to perfection. The meter and rhyme of the mantrams is so wonderfully set, as to help our march (yatra) through the various points of the charkas. This is quite a unique thing untraceable anywhere else. As for example, the mantrams in praise of Indra have a direct relation with point No. 3 and their recitation directly affects the spiritual state at the point. Similar is the case with Vayu. It touches point No.4. The mantrams of Agni affect the kantha chakra (Point 5) which if recited for some time will bring kanta chakra to a state of awakening. The hymns in praise of Saraswati affect a particular point of the head with which it is directly connected and in course of time it is awakened by the effect (though of course with a little help through transmission). The recitation of the mantrams relating to usha (dawn) Minerva Latin, Athene Greek, affect the left-side portion of Trikuti where the state of super-consciousness abides as stated in the Efficacy of Raja Yoga. There are thus very many wonderful things in them. Though I do not know Sanskrit still I fully grasp the effect of the rise and fall of the mantrams and I am quite sure and definite about it on the basis of my personal experience.
My Master had also written much about different topics of Vedanta and on his own researches in the spiritual field. But as he was a scholar of Urdu, Persian and Arabic, though he knew English as well, all his writings are in high class classical Urdu for the translation of which equivalent Hindi words are hardly available. He too did not know a word of Sanskrit but it was most wonderful of him that he could easily translate and explain the Sanskrit slokas and Hindi verses. The points mentioned in my last letter are all connected with all such powers which gods possess.
With best wishes and love to children.
Affectionately yours,
Ram Chandra
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Madras Camp
Dated 23rd December, 1956
My dear brother,
Love
It gives me immense pleasure to offer my heartfelt gratitude for all the entertainments we had during our stay at Tirupati. Though this, being a common form of etiquette, may also be treated as such, still I find it based on love and devotion.
For myself, if I were to translate my feeling of heart I would say that I fell rather captivated in such a manner that in spite of all my fluttering I am unable to get out of the snare of love and remembrance. Can you offer me any explanation of this? I fail to understand what charm you have pronounced on me so as to keep me spellbound in this way. Your words, 'I am yours,' and 'My services are at your disposal,' are constantly ringing in my ears, producing an echo of "I am Thine" in my heart. Unable to restrain my feeling I must frankly confess that "I am Thine I am Thine".
Sage
After all I am one of the human beings and not a sage in any respect. For in my term a sage can be only one who has established himself firmly in the changeless state and who may not require another second to bring a man up to Perfection, as was the case with my great Master whom I now represent in my own humble way. I am very glad to find you gone up, to the point no.2 at 8.45 p.m. on 19th December,1956.
With best wishes from and love to children.
Yours affectionately,
Ram chandra
Shahjahanpur, U.P.
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