Universal Mistake

Universal Mistake – Today and throughout history, the universal, even natural mistake, is to take the quiet mind as the basis of meditation. It arises when people, who have not gone through decades of training with a good teacher (who has themselves passed through a decades of true training), take it on themselves to teach what the 'believe they know' is meditation. Though this was warned against by the Buddha and every genuine teacher since, still whole systems are devised, teachings promoted and books published, which are based on the brain state of no-thinking. As the old Yogi Mounimaharaj of Rajasthan said: "All realised beings say the same thing - but who listens to them?" No-thinking is not No-mind (Empty-mind, Buddha mind, Deep Mind). When the Deep Mind appears, it is independent of whether the thinking mind is quiet or remains fully active. It is also independent of outer emotions and physical movement. The true test of the development of the Deep Mind is its ability to remain fully functioning as the outer activity of thoughts, feelings and movements within yourself and those around you, press in upon you. Only long training under a true teacher will lead to this.



Ramanamaharshi: "Setting apart time for meditation is only for the spiritual beginner. A person who is advancing enjoys the deeper state whether they are busy or at rest. While their hands are in society, their deeper self remains aloof."