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BALANCED EXISTENCE AND STAGES OF PROGRESS
An absorbed state of mind is different from a state of mind where there are no thoughts. This is another distinguishing feature of this system where we lay stress on this point that mind is not likely to loose all thoughts as have been told by people who do not meditate how total meditation or absolute meditation should be and how Samadhi should be by people who have not experienced it.
There are many who have experienced Samadhi. I am not going to deny anybody's greatness, but a person who has experienced Samadhi knows it is a state of absorption and not one of annihilation of thoughts. Absorption of all thoughts in the Divine is what you get. Not annihilation of thoughts; because that seems to be a parameter which is effecting many people in the sadhana. They expect such and such a thing to be there and when this does not occur, they say they are disturbed by thoughts.
Viveka has got so many tinges of this, several colours of this, it is a very vast field. That is designated as knot 1 in our system. It is a tricky one also. This is
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