Page 364 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj

prenatally and during the child hood through stories carrying divine messages involving where necessary the religious beliefs. The ways in which Prahlad son of the asuric Hiranyakashipu learnt moral principles and the way in which Abhimanyu son of Arjuna of the Mahabharata learnt martial arts prenatally are some examples I recall in this connection.
Many genuine experiences had during meditations are doubted by the aspirants entertaining the idea that perhaps it is all their imagination. Critical study of our condition is necessary however. But when we have not given any suggestion that we will be seeing an elephant or a swan or a lotus and if such a symbol appears on its own to think it may be due to imagination is not proper. It is here most of the times the mind plays its trick. It is not therefore said that all experiences are to be taken without question but the extra activity of the mind needs to be curbed.
I remember a psychologist whose good name I unfortunately do not remember urged us in 1960‘s to lose our mind and come to senses or wisdom. I may say that the most important thing we should have in our spiritual evolution
is the courage to stop identifying with our 364