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Silence Speaks
ANANDAM
Mind generally has two trends, the one directed towards the world or diversity and the other directed towards the Ultimate or Unity. There must be due adjustment in them. Excessive attention to either is a drawback. That is where an ordinary worldling differs from a true saint who can, at will, turn the downward tendencies of his mind upwards. That is not within the capacity of an ordinary man. A sage having fully entered into the state of Unity retraces his steps towards diversity. In other words when complete mergence in the state of Unity has been achieved there remains nothing in one to be negated. A reversion therefore comes in, just as it is in the case of the Centre, which includes within its sphere the state of existence which subsequently develops in form and shape. That means that for the real state of merging the expression ̳merging in Unity' is inappropriate, for then there remains not even Unity. The most appropriate expression for that would be, ̳It is as it is'. But at that stage there is no anandam, no charm, not even bliss. It is a condition of Statelessness. One pulled up to this stage might
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