Sri Bhagavan referred to the following passage of Gandhiji’s in the “Harijan” of the 11th instant:
“How mysterious are the ways of God! This journey to Rajkot is a wonder even to me. Why am I going, whither am I going? What for? I have thought nothing about these things. And if God guides me, what should I think, why should I think? Even thought may be an obstacle in the way of His guidance.
“The fact is, it takes no effort to stop thinking. The thoughts do not come. Indeed there is no vacuum—but I mean to say that there is no thought about the mission.”
Sri Bhagavan remarked how true the words were and emphasised each statement in the extract. Then He cited Thayumanavar in support of the state which is free from thoughts:
“Although I had often heard that all the declare the state of stillness to be one of Bliss, all Bliss— yet I continued to be ignorant. Again I did not follow the advice of my Lord—the Silent Master—because of my folly. I wandered in the forest of Illusion; alas! it was my fate!”
“Bliss will reveal itself if one is still. Why then is this illusory practice? Can it (i.e., Bliss) be revealed by directing the intellect in a particular way? Do not say so, you who are given to the practice and are therefore an innocent babe.”
“The eternal Being is that state where you have disappeared. Are you not in it too? You, who cannot speak of it, do not be perplexed. Although you do not manifest, yet you are not lost. For you are eternal and also still. Do not be in pain. Here is Bliss—come on!”