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THE DYNAMICS OF MEDITATION
Then the Master said, “Put the butter on a low fire and make ghee." *The student made ghee, and then the Master said, “See, this ghee was hidden in the milk, but if you had put your hand in the milk, you would not have found it there. This is the process of your growth. You have to add culture, and then allowyourself to be calm. Then you have to churn inside and put yourself on the fire. Then finally the purest substance comes out."
This story sheds light on the nature of our journey. First you have to put a real message of the Master in your life. Culture means the right knowledge, the right insight. If wrong concepts enter your head, they will cover all your thinking, and you will become lost. Right teaching is as important as right food, right air and right living. Do not follow the herd or hold any belief merely because your father did. You have to be a seeker. Really speaking, life is meant for the truth-to seek and to find it. Don't be stagnant and don't follow anything blindly. Blind faith is not the answer—it may stop your search, become a barrier that keeps you from going further. Awareness keeps you alert, removing all your layers.
In this story, once the culture was added, the Master did not shake the milk, he allowed it to be calm. When you have taken the culture of right understanding inside, you sit and meditate and see for yourself how it works for you. Each individual is unique, so don't compare yourself with anybody. Mahavira's teaching was essentially this: You are an individual light, you are you. You cannot be anybody
* Clarified, Purified butter
