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there God?" And he has not even said and you say, "Yes." You nod your wooden head; you say, "Yes, there is."
Is it your thought? Have you thought about the problem right now, or you carry a ready-made answer within your memory? Somebody gave it to you -- your parents, your teachers, your society. Somebody has given it to you, and you carry it as a precious treasure, and this answer comes from that memory.
A man of thinking uses his consciousness each time there is a problem. Freshly, he uses his consciousness. He encounters the problem, and then arises a thought within him which is not part of memory. This is the difference. A man of thoughts is a man of memory; he has no thinking capacity. If you ask a question which is new, he will be at a loss. He cannot answer. If you ask a question which he knows the answer, he will immediately answer. This is the difference between a pundit and a man who knows; a man who can think.
Patanjali says vitarka -- right reasoning, leads to reflection -- vichar. Reflection -- vichar, leads to bliss. This is the first glimpse, of course, and it is a glimpse. It will come and it will be lost. You cannot hold it for long. It was going to be just a glimpse, as if for a moment a lightning happened and you saw all darkness disappeared. But again the darkness is there -- as if clouds disappeared and you saw the moon for a second -- again clouds are there.
Or, on a sunny morning, near the Himalayas, for a moment you can have the glimpse of the Gourishankar -- the highest peak. But then there is mist, and then there are clouds, and the peak is lost. This is satori. That's why never try to translate satori as samadhi. Satori is a glimpse. Much has to be done after it is attained. In fact, the real work starts after the first satori, first glimpse, because then you have tasted of the infinite. Now a real authentic search starts. Before it, it was just so-so, lukewarm, because you were not really confident, certain, what you are doing, where you are going, what is happening.
Before it, it was a faith, a trust. Before it a Master was needed to show you, to bring you back again and again. But after
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