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a cup of meditation will do. (laughter) No need to drink the whole river. Just a cup of tea will do. And make it as easy as possible. Easy is right. Make it as natural as possible. And don't be after it -- just do it whenever you find time. Don't make a habit of it, because all habits are of the mind, and a real person in fact has no habits.
[A 70-year old group participant said that during meditation she began to see beautiful pictures of places she didn't know.]
Very good. That's a good symbol. When the mind by and by becomes silent, first words are lost, then pictures arise; because pictures are the language of childhood, and are the language of the primitive man.
So the first layer is of words and the second layer is of pictures. First words disappear and then pictures arise. They are very colourful and tremendously beautiful -- enchanting, majestic. Don't be too much attached to them. Just watch, and remain far away. They will become more and more beautiful, more and more golden, and more luminous, because as you go back towards your childhood everything becomes more beautiful -- it was -- and you will relive it in memory again. You will become a child again, running after butterflies, and everything will become absolutely new. One tends to get caught. One tends to remain with it and enjoy it. That has to be remembered. Just remain a spectator -- unconcerned, indifferent. Go on remembering that this too has to pass.
Once pictures disappear, the mind is not. Suddenly there will be gaps, just empty gaps -- no words, no pictures. You are left alone. Those gaps will give you the first glimpse of what meditation is. It is going well.
And it is natural that sometimes you will feel very happy, sometimes very unhappy. It is just like a wheel turning. Remain unattached. When you are happy, don't be too excited about it. Know that this too will pass. And when you become unhappy, know that this too will pass. Both will pass, and by and by you will be able to see the wheel of the mind, and you will be separate from it.
[A sannyasin says: I've fulfilled all my fantasies... but there is just that something missing.]
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