Page 37 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 4

LIGHT ON MEDITATION
We have learnt in PAM, that our Self consists of four parts- buddhi (intellect), manas (feelings), ahankar (ego) and Chit (Consciousness). We find during meditation that the manas is agitated because of habits of association with persons or things in the vital and physical planes, the buddhi is agitated with the habits of thought relating to various types of enquiry into the nature of things of the various planes of our existence and ahankar is associated with the habits of thought with a certain extent of possessiveness and rigidity in clinging to them. This may be over simplification of the nature of ideas and feelings that arise in us but these statements do clarify the problem sufficient enough for our purposes in this article. The Chit perse is not directly involved and is free. And it is this consciousness that we experience during meditation absolutely ripple less and when the ripples are there we are totally oblivious to their presence which has been explained to us by our Master as absorption during meditation.
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