🌺 Should one think of the Chosen Ideal at the time of meditation only and then forget Him at other times? You should always keep a part of the mind attached to Him. You must surely have noticed that a sacrificial lamp has to be lighted at the time of the worship of Durga. That light should always be kept burning near the deity, it should not be allowed to go out. If it does, it augurs ill for the householder. Even so, after the Chosen Ideal is brought and seated on the lotus of the heart, the sacrificial lamp of meditation on Him should always be kept burning. While one is engaged in worldly duties, one should watch at intervals whether that lamp is burning within or not.
Ah, in those days before beginning to meditate on the Chosen Ideal, I imagined that I was thoroughly flushing out the inside of the mind! You see, there exist various kinds of dirt and dust (bad thoughts and desires) within the mind. I imagined that I was washing them off and was then making the Chosen Ideal sit there. Do just like that.
Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna
(Swami Saradananda “Sri Ramakrishna – The Great Master”, Part III, Ch. 2, 51-52)
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