Go deeper.
Nisargadatta on meditation and the quiet mind.
“As long as you are a beginner, certain formalised meditations, or prayers may be good for you. But for a seeker of reality there is only one meditation – the rigorous refusal to harbour thoughts.
To be free from thoughts is itself meditation. You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether.
Once the mind is quiet, keep it quiet.
Don't get bored with peace, be in it, go deeper into it.”
Go deeper. As you follow these pointings. sink deep into the peace, just as a stone sinks slowly to the bottom of a deep pool.
Go deeper, and enjoy the peace.
[image / Bas Verweij]
ANDO / LIVING ZEN RETREAT / DAY 17 / WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY 2014, 09:00.