The capacity to overcome the gunas (tendencies) of prakriti (Nature) is not inherent in any one; it comes to one with the Grace of the Lord. And that Grace is to be won by japa (repetition of God’s Name) and dhyana (meditation). The truth has to be experienced, in order that it might not slip away from consciousness; and the discipline needed for this is also japa and dhyana. This must first be clearly understood: it is impossible for everyone to control the tendencies of prakriti; the power is possessed only by those who have prakriti in their grip and whose commands prakriti does obey. Prakriti is the basis of everything in the Universe. It is the basis of Creation and Existence. All this is prakriti: men or women, beasts or birds, trees or plants; in fact, all that can be seen is inseparable from prakriti.
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