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vacuum. There is a huge store of thoughts lying buried in the deeper layers of consciousness. When by the effect of meditation, a void is created in the conscious mind, the buried thoughts rise up and force their passage into the void affecting our grosser consciousness to some extent. The mind being unregulated begins to move in conjunction with them creating all sorts of troubles and disturbances. It is, in fact, not the rising of thoughts that is annoying to an Abhyasi but his own over-attention to them which brings him into direct conflict. The reaction thus caused makes thoughts all the more powerful and the trouble is aggravated.
The commonly advised process for dealing with the situation is the suppression of mind by means of forced restraints and physical mortifications. Mind is generally represented as a restive horse which requires a sharp whip for keeping it under control. But, the whip may serve as means to keep the evil tendencies of the mind suppressed for a short-while, not allowing them to materialize into action. In other words, the evil within is retained just as it is and only its outward action is checked. How far this can be successful is a matter of serious
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