"e;A mind in meditation is concerned only with meditation, not with the meditator - 17 February 1971 If you can put aside your favourite systems, if you can understand thatconcentration is merely a resistance and therefore constant conflict and wastage of energy, then we can find out for ourselves what is necessary for a mind that is in a state of meditation.
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