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In virtue of continued practice and effort, the need of an external object on which to rest the meditation is outgrown. An interior state of spiritual consciousness is reached, which is called "the cloud of things knowable" (Book IV, 29). 19. IN VIRTUE OF CONTINUED PRACTICE AND EFFORT THE NEED OF AN EXTERNAL OBJECT ON WHICH TO REST THE MEDITATION IS OUTGROWN AN INTERIOR STATE OF SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS REACHED WHICH IS CALLED THE CLOUD OF THINGS KNOWABLE SEE BOOK FOUR SUTRA TWENTY NINE SUTRA NI
ill, and purification, will come at once the growth of the spiritual man and our awakening consciousness as the spiritual man; and this, attained in even a small degree, will help us notably in our contest. To him that hath, shall be given. 17. Meditation with an object follows these stages: first, exterior examining, then interior judicial action, then joy, then realization of individual being. In the practice of meditation, a beginning may be made by fixing the attention upon some external object, such as a sacred image or picture, or a part of a book of devotion. In the second stage, one passes from the outer object to an inner pondering upon its lessons. The third stage is the inspiration, the heightening of the spiritual will, which results from this pondering. The fourth stage is the realization of one’s spiritual being, as enkindled by this meditation. 18. After the exercise of the will has stilled the psychic activities, meditation rests only on the fruit of former meditations. RITUAL WILL AND PURIFICATION WILL COME AT ONCE THE GROWTH OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND OUR AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS AS THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND THIS ATTAINED IN EVEN A SMALL DEGREE WILL HELP US NOTABLY IN OUR CONTEST TO HIM THAT HATH SHALL BE GIVEN SUTRA SEVENTEEN MEDITATION WITH AN OBJECT FOLLOWS THESE STAGES FIRST EXTERIOR EXAMINING THEN INTERIOR JUDICIAL ACTION THEN JOY THEN REALIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL BEING IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION A BEGINNING MAY BE MADE BY FIXING THE ATTENTION UPON SOME EXTERNAL OBJECT SUCH AS A SACRED IMAGE OR PICTURE OR A PART OF A BOOK OF DEVOTION IN THE SECOND STAGE ONE PASSES FROM THE OUTER OBJECT TO AN INNER PONDERING UPON ITS LESSONS THE THIRD STAGE IS THE INSPIRATION THE HEIGHTENING OF THE SPIRITUAL WILL WHICH RESULTS FROM THIS PONDERING THE FOURTH STAGE IS THE REALIZATION OF ONE'S SPIRITUAL BEING AS ENKINDLED BY THIS MEDITATION SUTRA EIGHTEEN AFTER THE EXERCISE OF THE WILL HASTIED THE PSYCHIC ACTIVITIES MEDITATION RESTS ONLY ON THE FRUIT OF FORMER MEDITATIONS
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