Page 191 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj

them and it is all confusion 2.A state when the intentional consciousness is such that it is compelled to choose one or a few of the related thoughts, such as one, which itself is a perceived compulsion due to the various relationship with other beings that it has developed during life 3. A state when the intentional consciousness is not coerced to choose any particular thought but feels free to make a choice from the various thoughts or thought patterns that are getting confronted by it and 4. A state when the intentional consciousness is free not to choose from any of the thoughts. The 3rd state mentioned above enables a person to choose a thought which promotes a set goal. But when the goal is determined as being one with the Being or Ultimate the thought should be incapable of thought about. The best example being what Master has suggested "Divine light without luminosity". But before coming to this level it may be that the intentional consciousness takes into consideration the auspicious qualities of the Divine. The 4th state mentioned is really one which is had when such thought leads to a condition when pure and simple silence experienced and the consciousness is
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