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any vichara at all. If we do not get the condition of vikshipta then vichaaranugata samprajnata samadhi will not come. Meaning that we are examining the alternatives and the mind is settled on that. I know what is my goal, I know what are the alternatives, and I am examining them very safely. It is one of the most common states of mind we have got.
The idea of vikshipta is that when a person’s mind, after reaching a stage starts evaluating different paths and is fluctuating. It is daily situation, not only a religious one. For example, in day-to-day life also, you have offer of an employment, then what is your state of mind? Should I remain in the existing job, should I take the new one, if I go there what will be the benefit, should I go to another one, should I start my own, these will be running around. This is the vikshipta state of mind. Thinking about alternatives is vikshipta state of mind. The person has not yet come to a steady mind. He comes from a kshipta state of mind to a vikshipta state of mind. He hasn’t yet got ekagravritti. Typically, always you should think about cockroach. If you apply DDT on it, it will lie still. That is the moodha state of mind, it won’t move. If you still rub
or brush it, it will go a little further and remain still. That is
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