Another little series, this time prompted by quotes from Gurudev on saadhana.
There can never be enough reminding when it comes to the pursuit of Advaitic philosophy. Our saadhana must, therefore, include regularity of mananam - deep thinking on the ideas and concepts of the philosophy and how they might apply to us at ground level, as it were.
Introspection is the tool to hold the ideas up and see ourselves in them - or where we lack. It is our responsibility to detect our own errors or take on board those pointed out to us by others and own them, if true, or reject them if not.
Then again, we must intellectually shake the tree of the scriptural texts and the teachings of our sages and analyse them for ourselves. We must do our best to find any break in logic - and use our understanding to negate that which is of no use to our pursuit.
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