Q: Is not dhyana [meditation] one of the efficient processes for realization?
Sri Ramana Maharshi : Dhyana is concentration on an object.
It fulfils the purpose of keeping away diverse thoughts and
fixing the mind on a single thought,
which must also disappear before realization.
But realization is nothing new to be acquired.
It is already there,
but obstructed by a screen of thoughts.
All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realization is revealed.
If seekers are advised to meditate,
many may go away satisfied with the advice.
But someone among them may turn round and
ask, `Who am I to meditate on an object ?'
Such a one must be told to find the Self.
That is the finality.
That is vichara.
Be as you are book
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