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This is the real indicator of the quality of meditation we have and that is good.
69. During meditation I feel calm and peaceful. Sometimes I get absorbed in mundane thoughts and not able to consciously ignore them.
Whether we consciously ignore or they simply fry out does not matter so long as they do not pester us during and after meditation. It is always the lightness in the heart that is the index of good meditation.
70. I feel steadiness during meditation. After meditation I feel I should spend more time in reading Rev Master’s works and Commandments.
It will be good if you can grant a concrete shape to what you feel.
71. After meditation or satsangs one should note down the first thought they get. I am not trying to follow that as I feel whatever thought I get immediately after meditation may not be true as to what I felt. I have a feeling that it can be any thought from past expectations or books I read.
That is not proper. On any day it is only your thoughts you know and it might be related to the past (success or failure and consequent joy or depression) or about the future (which relate to plans and fears and consequent hopes and worries). Very few live in the present. If the meditation was one done in the present it indicates our present condition. If it relates to either the past or the future it will give a clue about the Kosas that are in play. Kindly read the book on Five Kosas of Imperience. When Master has advised a method to ignore it and taking methods according to our resourcefulness not only indicates the self centred approach but also the rather casual way in which the advise of the Master is taken. I need not say that is not conducive to proper orientation to the divine.
72. For past two months during meditations, sitting and satsangs, I am having thoughts of past – that happened long back.
That is the way our impressions get washed out. Those which are deep and tough get repeated also and you can safely ignore all of them.
73. For some days had crowded thoughts of recent past. Had thoughts of unfinished tasks at home. I felt light and restless.
These are normal thoughts that arise during meditations and you accept them as