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114/Meditation and Enlightenment: Chandr Prabh
I shall introduce mind to the imagination of the future. 'Chitta' has its existence separate from mind's. 'Chitta' is the ruins of the past, and mind is the imagination of the future. The present is the span between the prologue of the past and epilogue of the future. Whether the vision goes to the past or to the future the 'sadhak' (seeker) would be said to have deviated from the 'sadhya' (goal).
The past is the 'Chitta' and the future is the mind. The present is the footstep on the path adjoining the past and the future.
The present is the personality. Before the present becomes the past, and the future knocks at the door of the present, the present should take the initiative to attaining eternity.
My faith is in the present, from the present. Why the lethargy in the present? Who prevents you from sleeping? But is it necessary to sleep to-day ? Sleep is to be taken tomorrow. Today, let the withering leaves wake up. Today's awakening is the pleasant sleep for tomorrow. Trance is but the other name of that sleep.
'Sambodhi' (rational knowledge) is the first step of trance. The awakening that takes place with sensibility is the definition of 'Sambodhi'. To read the past is sensibility and disallow future to settle down as a layer of 'Sanskar' (Sacramentality) on 'Chitta' (inner consciousness). Sensibility is related to the brain while sacramentality is related to 'Chitta'. Sacramentality is the wave of thoughts. The caravan of sacramentalities is formed/enhanced by the external joy-strolling of the consciousness.
It is good if the lake of thoughts remains at peace, asleep. Even if a small pebble is thrown into it, doesn't cause just a single wave, but it moves the entire lake, literally the last drop of the lake. The entire lake becomes vibrant and moved-up. Therefore, man should get out of thoughts, just as the railway train gets out of the jungle.
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