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A great seeker was meditating in the forest. It was a full moon night. Moonlight was spreading herself over the entire earth. Some misled boys kidnapped and brought a girl into the forest. As soon as opportunity presented itself, the young girl escaped. The boys chased her. They reached the place where the sage was meditating. He finished meditating and the boys asked him, “Did you see a beautiful girl run past?” The sage replied, “A figure passed, I do not know whether she was beautiful or not.” The boys exclaimed, “She went before you and you did not know if she was beautiful? Since when have you reached such a state?”
Replied the sage, “Since I have awakened to myself, I have been in this state. Now I am fully aware of myself. Now nobody is either beautiful or ugly to my eyes. They are all figures, reflections to me.”
When is meditation successful?
When man just knows, when he is just a knower nothing is liked or disliked by him. Nothing is either beautiful or ugly. Nothing gives happiness and nothing gives unhappiness. Event remains an event, mode remains a mode and knowledge remains
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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