Bhagawan answers the question of misery
Devotee: When dukha (misery) overpowers me enquiry is impossible.
Maharishi: Because mind is too weak .Make it strong.
D: By what means?
M : Sat-sanga,Isvara Arradhana, Pranayama.
D What happnes then?
M: Misery is removed ; our aim is removal of misery. You do not acquire happiness. Your very nature is happiness.Bliss is not newly earned.All that is done is to remove unhappiness. These methods do it.
D: Association with the wise may strengthen the mind.There must also be practice. What practice should be done
M: Yes practice is necessary too. Practice means removal of predispositions.Practice is not for any fresh gain, it is to kill the predispositions.
D: Abhayasa should give me that power.
M: Abhayasa is power. If thoughts are reduced to single thought , the mind is said to have grown stronger. When practice remains unshaken it becomes sahaja (natural)
D: What is such practice?
M: Enquiring into the SELF. That is all . Atmanyeva vasam nayet- FIX the mind on the SELF.
D: What is the aim to be kept in view. Practice requires an aim
M: Atman is the aim. What else can there be? All other aims are for those who are incapable of atmalakasya .They lead you ultimately to atma vichara. . One piontedness is the fruit of all kinds of practice. One may get it quickly another after long time, Everything depends on the practice.
