A man from Cocanada asked: “My mind remains clear for two or three days and turns dull for the next two or three days; and so it alternates. What is it due to?”
M.: It is quite natural; it is the play of brightness (), activity () and darkness () alternating. Do not regret the tamas; but when satva comes into play, hold on to it fast and make the best of it.
D.: What is the Heart?
M.: It is the seat (if such could be said of it) of the Self.
D.: Is it the physical heart?
M.: No. It is the seat wherefrom ‘I’—‘I’ arises.
D.: What becomes of the after death?
M.: The question is not appropriate for a now living. A disembodied jiva may ask me, if convenient. In the meantime let the embodied jiva solve its present problem and find who he is. There will be an end of such doubts.
D.: What is ?
M.: The word usually signifies meditation on some object, whereas is used for enquiry into the Self. The triads persist until the Self is realised. Dhyāna or nididhyāsana are the same so far as the aspirant is concerned, because they involve trinity and are synonymous with .
D.: How should be practised?
M.: serves to concentrate the mind. The predominant idea keeps off all others. Dhyāna varies according to the individual. It may be on an aspect of God, on a , or on the Self, etc.