A devotee who asked for Maharshi’s Grace and was told, “You have it”, felt a throb in the center of his chest, like a slight pressure; he felt happy and extraordinarily peaceful. He asked Maharshi about it later and Maharshi said, “Hold that sensation firmly whenever the mind is distracted. Your mantra-saying is no more necessary. It is called sphurana. It is felt on several occasions such as fear, excitement etc. It is really always there, felt at the heart center. It is associated with antecedent causes and usually confounded with the body. Really it is alone and pure; it is the Self. If the mind be fixed on it and the man senses it continuously and automatically, it is realization. For now it is a foretaste of realization.

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