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THE DYNAMICS OF MEDITATION
is used in this way, it means "aware." Every moment, this person knows what he is doing; every hour he knows what he is going to do. He feels actions before they occur because his sixth sense tells him. This sense is in full working order, not rusted, disused and neglected. It is shining like the sun. And when this inner sense shines like the sun, the whole world is bright.
Why do you enjoy the day? Because there are no clouds blocking the sun. When there are clouds hiding the sun, the day is dull, everything appears gray and gloomy. You do not feel like going out or doing anything, so you sit indoors drinking coffee and wasting energy. When the sun is bright, you want to go out. You cannot help yourself; something draws you out. You feel alive! In the same way, when your sixth sense, the extra sense, is shining, you feel joy in life. You do a small thing, and the act itself gives you a touch of joy. Even if you shake hands with somebody, you feel a real communication of two lives. If you look at a small flower, it stimulates your communication with the life force. You see life growing, pulsating and blossoming. The intrinsic tenderness of life diffuses the fragrance and color. Even a single flower can give you illumination. You do not look upon the flower as a common object and thoughtlessly throw it away. You establish communication between life and life. When you sit on the grass, you feel .the same thing. You are delicately communicating with inner life, and you are growing.
As the shell of an egg is broken and life comes out, in the same way the shell of ignorance is broken and some thing intelligent emerges. Unfortunately, many people never break through this shell; they die without ever being
