Page 234 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj
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nothingness is the real state we are to finally arrive at. Truly the relaxation of the mind in this way is the beginning of tranquility. When we are meditating, we need to relax into a state of stillness, which is to say where our mind is at rest, without impeding the mind's clarity or lucidity. And, while we are practicing, there arises a variety of experiences. Some of them are lucid; some of them are not lucid.
Among the experiences which arise, there are some that indicate defects in the meditation. To cope with wavering thoughts that arise in our minds during meditation is one of the problems we face. We are asked to ignore them but we find them as versatile as flying clouds, or comparing them with waves they are as mighty as the waves of the Ocean. We know the clouds and waves are not separate from the sky and ocean.
We know that our minds move frantically in voidness and we find it not separating itself from the Void. Yet in the experience of Void there are more practical difficulties. Once we know that the initial Stir or Kshob and our mind are of the same nature we can easily appreciate the thoughts and feelings which are
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