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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 4
It was much later I understood that while my mind was obsessed with this newfound phenomenon, the silent Being was there as it had always been. I was not noticing it because I was fixated on spiritual experiences and giving meaning to that. This is the wandering in the maze of the mind.
I sought out methods to achieve higher and more profound experiences and assiduously followed the Master under the guidance of my revered father. Somehow though the experience of silence was always there much attention was not given and I really included it under the idea of ̳non- concentration concentration‘ or absorbency and failed to grant the silence any inquiry. As a result I did not notice that the sense of "I" that was motivating my seeking was only thought arising in limitless being. That the sense of ‘I‘ was really Ego that was fooling me all the time, was not clear to me then. I might have saved myself 10 years of seeking had I but accepted totally without reservation, the Masters suggestion to ̳ignore all the thoughts that arise as uninvited guests‘. I see many others do this 14