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“The stage of one's free movement in the knot is called laya Avastha in the knot. This has four stages. The movement is felt as free, unobstructed and is pleasant. This is the stage of saralata (free movement). Some sadhakas like this condition of merging in a knot and crave for it again and again. (Similar to a swimmer enjoying the pleasant feeling again and again or a child learning a new skill trying to do the same again and again e.g. cycling.) When the experience is not full, even if they are moved to a higher stage there will be craving for the earlier experience. (Ex:- The abhyasis saying that their condition is not as good as it was a few days back or the experience they had on a particular occasion being sought to be re-experienced). However, after some sadhana and with the grace of Master the stage of saralata turns into a stage of sarupyata i.e. the sadhaka develops a conscious awareness of the nature of the knot. In this stage still the awareness of the condition as different from one's nature remains. The next stage is complete mastery of the condition, i.e. here one is capable of moving in the sphere with ease, comfort and authority. This stage is called laya. Master talks of one more stage while explaining the knot relating to water. Laya by itself cannot be considered to be giving knowledge of the knot completely and it becomes complete only when one becomes one with that consciousness particular to that knot. The nature of the knot, which is now known at the stage of sayujyata, is the particular characteristic of the knot by itself. Here mind and intellect becomes aware that the knot in its real nature is an expression of divinity or rather divinity itself has expressed like that knot and in its pure or perfect condition is one which is of immense value for one's expressing oneself as an off shoot of the divine impulse at the time of creation. Thus we observe that the centres or knots have invariably before their formation, a state which brings forth the knot for divine purpose. If we can ponder over the causal center of every knot, then that is the realm where one has to merge if we have to have full knowledge of the knots.”

— Ref: PG - 121

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“Having come to this stage it is the development of the state of mind where we say everything is Thee and Thine (tava) and the consciousness of me and mine gets almost extinguished. The Ego of seperateness is almost abolished. It is at this state we also feel absolute 'fearlessness' (abhaya) and we start comprehending internally the meaning of the Lord Rama's assurance that "sa krdeva prapannaya tava asmi iti yachate abham Sarva bhutebhyo dadami etad vrtam mama." Ego being abolished we enter into the realm of abhaya. It is not only that ;in fact we feel no conflict internally and no object or thing or person or being is felt as something that is fearful. The innocence of the child who does not distinguish between the tiger and the mother is something that is so intrinsically personal that I find no words to express. Some of the persons who saw me talking to the top level officers of the category of Chief Secretary to Govt and the Chief Ministers of the State have later remarked how could I talk to them straight and without any fear and I never understood their question. Not only that even with my dear Master there were occasions I had talked to Him several things that others would hesitate to even to mutter and mumble. This fearlessness is one of the characteristics of the one who has surrendered totally to the Master. In fact the fear of death is something that is totally transcended and we almost have solved the problem of existence.”

— Ref: BP4 - 317