Page 345 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj

perception within awareness. It is being. We should not mistake being for perception or thought because both perception and thought arise within being. One moment of 'no thought' reveals to us that being does not cease with the absence of thought and perception. Therefore we should encourage ourselves and others to enter into Silence without anticipating any illusory notion of what we consider as realized state and I consider that is the very essence of meditation.
We all know that all forms of energy follow the path of least resistance. These paths chosen by the energy can change naturally or manipulated artificially. The path of least resistance for life energy is thought itself, and that is why it is also called pranasya prana. This thought (prana) constructs concepts of self and the universe in imagination. In imagination, one can direct energy in a myriad of ways, inducing feelings that have little or nothing to do with what is real. When this system of thought creates an experience, particularly one that is inducing strong emotion and using fragments of truth, one gets lost. That is how that which is obvious seems to be elusive.
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