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MEDITATION
lightening continues and load shedding happens during dreams and states of contemplation. With the relative quietening of the effect of intentional consciousness, pure consciousness which does not have any of borders and demarcations based on fragmented intentional consciousness, the state of Silence is experienced. As is the nature of any experience it is transitory and leaves a memory. Then a new category of intentional consciousness namely seeking recurrent experience of such Silence where the consciousness finds Poise and balance is sought after. The urge for this leads to states of Prayer. This urge is sought to be strengthened by resorting to prayer during night before retiring to bed. Thus we find the three meditational practices advised by Rev. Babuji are specifically oriented to the 3 tasks at hand to arrive at Pure Consciousness which is beyond all types of intentional consciousness.
The stages of meditation can be examined as 1.A state when the intentional consciousness is such that it is not able to choose any one of 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
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