Man can gain mastery over himself, his self, as well as, the world by gradually ascending the ladders of consciousness spiritual practices. The spiritual masters can guide the beginners in the art of yoga and samadhi. The humans as jiva embedded in the mire of mundane existence of hand to mouth, has to run the mill, before reaching this point of 'seeking a spiritual master'. It is only when the jiva finds life meaningless, and seeks some meaning a Guru arrives on the scene and takes him by his hand and leads him out. This happens only by the grace of God and purva punya (result of good deeds in the past. However, nothing happens unless there comes a turning point in the life of a jiva (like a sudden calamity- of loss of possessions, dear ones, and other disappointments in life that cause disillusionment) and force the jiva to decide to leave the sensuous life and take an inward journey. Then, the Guru will lead him out of the mess.
The first four steps upto anahata-prajnya are already stated and, now the remaining three steps have to be carefully climbed. These are: the vishuddhi level, the ajnya level and the sahasrar level. The vishuddhi is the throat level and it is the realm of devi devata (deva loka). It is one of divine life. The bijakshara mantra for japa at this level is' 'ham'. This is also the level at which one can either go back, down towards the muladhara, or move forward toward the higher and higher consciousness depending the Lord's grace. The next step is ajnya (bhru or between eyebrows) level- the realm of learned sages, ascetics and siddhi purushas and seers (drishtara), the tapo loka. The bijakshara mantra for japa (meditation) at this level is "Om". It is difficult to stay in meditative mode uttering 'Om' at this level since it is the beginning as well as the end of the jiva on earth.
The next stage is the highest, kaivalya at the 'sahasrar-prajnya'. The sages who attain this state are very rare! Most of the sages, Rishis, are also of different levels of attainment as is know by the terms like the Rishi, maharishi, rajarshi, devarishi, or brahmarishi and all are still in an a purely meditative state looking forward for the grace of the Lord to get redeemed and reach kaivalya. ka i e va la ya are also bijaksharas! At the level of Ajnya, the Rishis are capable of seeing, visualizing, the inner secrets of creation and can discover the power of the syllables (of the alphabets). They also get mantra from from sky as it were, anahata dhvani. One cannot become a Rishi, drishtara without getting a mantra, or at least a bijakshara. Thus, these rishis become the spiritual masters. However, the attention of these sages is fixed towards brahmn.
Great sages like Devarshi Narada, Bbrahmasrshi Vashishtha and Vishvamitra, and Bhrugumuni and many other maharishis belong to this category. Before attaining the stature of Brahmarshi sage Vishvamitra was a King of pomp and glory and his ego knew no bounds. He repeatedly fell from attaining the highest level and even created a heaven for his disciple Trishankhu. Hence, it is needless to state that "anybody can reach to this highest level of Brahmn" and can become a Vishvamitra or a Vashishtha since "it is only a position of highest knowledge, chit, consciousness, that one reaches like these great sages! Beyond this level of Rishis, the only thing one can aspire is merger in the 'brahman'. There is nothing beyond this. This level is also attainable, according to scriptures, by any sincere seeker, or a determined spiritual sadhaka.
Hence, anything is possible to the jiva (in this human state of existence) and one can reach brahman. This is purushartha sadhana.
The next stage is the highest, kaivalya at the 'sahasrar-prajnya'. The sages who attain this state are very rare! Most of the sages, Rishis, are also of different levels of attainment as is know by the terms like the Rishi, maharishi, rajarshi, devarishi, or brahmarishi and all are still in an a purely meditative state looking forward for the grace of the Lord to get redeemed and reach kaivalya. ka i e va la ya are also bijaksharas! At the level of Ajnya, the Rishis are capable of seeing, visualizing, the inner secrets of creation and can discover the power of the syllables (of the alphabets). They also get mantra from from sky as it were, anahata dhvani. One cannot become a Rishi, drishtara without getting a mantra, or at least a bijakshara. Thus, these rishis become the spiritual masters. However, the attention of these sages is fixed towards brahmn.
Great sages like Devarshi Narada, Bbrahmasrshi Vashishtha and Vishvamitra, and Bhrugumuni and many other maharishis belong to this category. Before attaining the stature of Brahmarshi sage Vishvamitra was a King of pomp and glory and his ego knew no bounds. He repeatedly fell from attaining the highest level and even created a heaven for his disciple Trishankhu. Hence, it is needless to state that "anybody can reach to this highest level of Brahmn" and can become a Vishvamitra or a Vashishtha since "it is only a position of highest knowledge, chit, consciousness, that one reaches like these great sages! Beyond this level of Rishis, the only thing one can aspire is merger in the 'brahman'. There is nothing beyond this. This level is also attainable, according to scriptures, by any sincere seeker, or a determined spiritual sadhaka.
Hence, anything is possible to the jiva (in this human state of existence) and one can reach brahman. This is purushartha sadhana.
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