Page 366 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj
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with intellectual excellence is one of the blunders of human thinking down the ages. Our minds when perfected learn the art and science of understanding and methods of wisdom in a natural manner not requiring the help of the intellect at all. That is why Masters have always asked us to go beyond the intellect pursuit.
If we do not choose to lose our mind during meditation or we do not adhere to the advice given by the Master to ignore the thoughts during meditation it means that we allow our mind to run the show. Left to its own devices, our mind will keep us busy not only during meditation or purification process or prayer but all the 24*7*365 hours and every second in that, with its incessant thinking. Most thoughts are useless distractions from the one thing that really matters- the work or task of the present moment whether it be meditation or prayer or reading or hearing the Masters‘ voice. When we just keep quiet attending to our task on hand and live in the present the rattle ceases and we have control over our mind. It is then we get to decide how and where to direct our own attention and we can choose to engage our minds when it is helpful to do so. This is a
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