the primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of and familiar with our inner life the ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness the first steps in self-acceptance and not at all Pleasant for what one sees is not a happy sight one needs all the courage to go further but whatever state I am in I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is when pain is accepted for what it is a lesson and a warning and deeply looked into and heeded the separation between pain and pleasure
breaks down both become just experience painful when resisted joyful when accepted meditation will help you find your bonds loosen them untie them and cast your Moorings when you are no longer attached to anything you have done your share the rest will be done for you but you have to meditate it won't be available freely the necessary threshold is through Consciousness only you have to imbibe and be consciousness in the process of being in the consciousness you come out of it and there you will see with insight and meditation is the only remedy meditation is a
deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it the art of meditation is the art of Shifting the focus of attention to ever subtler levels without losing one's grip on the levels left behind if you sit here quietly being one with the knowledge I am fully in the presence of Simply being then you are not concerned with the world or what goes on in the world it is only when the Consciousness starts operating and there are various movements in the consciousness that the behavior in the world takes place when
I am not conscious of the existence of the body experiences are not registered think of that which is the center of the cosmos don't let your attention stray in any way from this knowledge of beingness I am a quiet mind is all you need all else will happen rightly once your mind is quiet self-awareness affects changes in the mind in the light of calm and steady self-awareness inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part but there is only really one meditation the rigorous refusal to Harbor thoughts put your awareness to
work not your mind the mind is not the right instrument for this task the Timeless can be reached only by the timeless your body and your mind a born subject to time only awareness is timeless even in the now look at yourself steadily it is enough the door that locks you in is also the door that lets you out the I am is the door stay at it until it opens as a matter of fact it is already open only you are not at it you were waiting at the non-existent painted doors which will never
open watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic people come and go you register without response it may not be easy in the beginning but with some practice you will find that your mind can function on many levels at the same time and you can be aware of them all the witness is both unreal and real The Last Remnant of the illusion the first touch of the real to say I am only the witness is both false and true false because of the I am true because of the witness it is better to say
there is witnessing the moment you say I am the entire universe comes into being along with its creator immortality is freedom from the feeling I am yet it is not Extinction on the contrary it is a state infinitely more real aware and happy then you can possibly think of only self-consciousness is no more who would remain even to say I am the witness when there is no I am where is the witness in the Timeless state there is no self to take refuge in all of your experiences and visions depend on your knowledge I am
and this itself is going to dissolve for this knowledge there are no customers no devotees because they want something Concrete in their hand but when your knowingness itself is going to dissolve is it possible to hold on to something the sense I am is composed of pure light and the sense of being the eye is there even without the m so is the pure light there when you say I or not become aware of that pure light and you will never lose it the beingness in being the awareness in consciousness the interest in every experience
that is not describable yet it is perfectly accessible for there is nothing else pure Consciousness is spotless formless and prior to intellect if you have contact with pure Consciousness even for a moment you are liberated the light which you see outside arises from your own light the light of the Sun and the Moon cannot be compared to the light of yourself when I am myself goes the I am all comes when the I am all goes I am comes when even I am goes reality alone is and in it every I am is preserved and
glorified to exist means to be something a thing a Feeling a thought an idea all existence is particular only being is universal in the sense that every being is compatible with every other being existences Clash being never existence means becoming change birth and death and birth again while in being there is silent peace as we come to the end of this meditation a few pointers from Maharaja about integration and daily practice as you go about your day whatever you may have to do watch your mind you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet
when your mind is absolutely still if you miss it you miss the entire thing if you do not The Silence of the mind will dissolve and absorb all else learn to live without self-concern for this you must know your own true being as indomitable Fearless and ever Victorious once you know with absolute certainty that nothing can trouble you but your own imagination you come to disregard your desires and fears Concepts and ideas and live by truth alone all you have to do is to give attention to the obstacles created by the foolish mind stop look
investigate ask the right questions come to the right conclusions and have the courage to act on them and see what happens the first steps may bring the roof down on your head but soon the commotion will clear and there will be peace and joy yourself all definitions apply to your body only and its expressions once this obsession with the body goes you will revert to your natural state spontaneously and effortlessly save all your energies in time for breaking the wall your mind has built around you believe me you will not regret it
