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distance. The more the concentration, the shorther the distance.
There are two planes of the mind, the plane of restlessness and the plane of concentration. The restless mind refuses to concentrate on a single point. The concentrated mind, on the other hand, is a one-pointed mind. It does not stray. It is, therefore, necessary to reduce the restlessness of the mind because it always keeps the ideal at a distance from us.
There are two states of knowledge : knowledge and meditation. Both come under the category of knowledge. Changing consciousness is knowledge whereas fixed consciousness is meditation. Meditation is knowledge but all knowledge is not meditation. Every form of meditation is knowledge. There is no form of meditation which may be spoken of as ignorance. Only that consciousness is meditation which is fixed on an ideal.
It is very difficult to shorten the distance between the meditator and his ideal. Attempts to shorten this distance are often fraugth with difficulties. The meditator often becomes distracted and loses his concentration. In such a state the mind becomes entangled in external things and the image of the ideal becomes dim and hazy. Sometimes it is lost. The distance can be reduced only when the mind constantly flows towards the latter. As soon as the meditator frees himself from restlessness, the ideal begins to move nearer him. When it becomes achieved the meditator becomes absorbed in and one with it. Absorption means unity with the ideal. In such a state every thing other thap the ideal disappears. They earlier personality of the meditator becomes transformed into a new personality. The emperical self or the ego disappears and the true self is realized. The state of samayika is a state or unity. The meditator becomes samayika itsell. The duality between the meditator and the ideal comes to an end. Having arrived in this state the meditator has nothing else to do. His entire life becomes samayika. The ideal of equality materializes itself. This process can be utilized for purposes other than samayika also. Whatever the ideal, it can be realized by it.
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