Page 357 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 4

PROPER MOTIVATION
and parcel of the humanity and it is the whole of humanity that needs to evolve into the category of Real Man.
If we consider tranquility and the state of nothingness we are faced with during meditation the question whether such a state of nothingness is the real state we are to finally arrive at. Truly the relaxation of the mind in this way is the beginning of tranquility. When we are meditating, we need to relax into a state of stillness, which is to say where our mind is at rest, without impeding the mind's clarity or lucidity. And, while we are practicing, there arises a variety of experiences. Some of them are lucid; some of them are not lucid.
Among the experiences which arise, there are some that indicate defects in the meditation. To cope with wavering thoughts that arise in our minds during meditation is one of the problems we face. We are asked to ignore them but we find them as versatile as flying clouds, or comparing them with waves they are as mighty as the waves of the
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