Guest guest Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Questions and Answers Visitor: Mental activity during meditation does not seem to converge at a point, as it should, on the object of meditation and it does not stay there but gets diverted into numerous thought channels. Why is it so? How can the mind be made to overcome this tendency towards diffused thinking and attain its primal state of freedom from thought? Maharshi: It is the mind's attachment to objects constituting the not-self that makes the mind wander about during meditation. Therefore, the mind should be withdrawn from the not self, and an effort should be made to fix it in Self-enquiry. All extraneous thought is effectively eliminated when you attune the entire mind to the one question, "who is it that is making the enquiry?" Visitor: In spite of having come to the definite conclusion as a result of one's investigation that "I" has no essential relation with the not-self, i.e., with the body, senses and the objects perceived by the senses, the mind persists in going after these very same things which constitute the not-self. What is it due to and how can it be remedied? Maharshi: It is due to lack of abhyasa and vairagya. When Self-enquiry has become steady through practice, and the spirit of renunciation firm through conviction, your mind will be fee from the tendency of thinking about the not-self. Visitor: How can I gain steadiness in practice? Maharshi: Only through more practice. - The Call Divine, Janunary 1, 1957 THE MAHARSHI January/February 1997 Vol. 7 - No. 1 Produced & Edited byDennis HartelDr. Anil K. Sharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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