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individual; for she alone has the needed force, decisive, all – wise
and illimitable. But the entire substitution of the divine for the hu-
man personal action is not at once entirely possible.
(CWSA 23: 86)
Meditation is only one means
Meditation is one means of the approach to the Divine and
a great way, but it cannot be called a short cut — for most it is a
long and difficult though very high ascent. It can by no means be
short unless it brings a descent and even then it is only a foun-
dation that is quickly laid — afterwards meditation has to build
laboriously a big superstructure on that foundation. It is very in-
dispensable, but there is nothing of the short cut about it.

(CWSA 29: 212)

What do you call meditation? Shutting the eyes and concentrat-
ing? It is only one method for calling down the true consciousness.
To join with the true consciousness or feel its descent is the only
thing important and if it comes without the orthodox method,
as it always did with me, so much the better. Meditation is only a
means or device, the true movement is when even walking, work-
ing or speaking one is still in sadhana.
(CWSA 29: 300)

Naturally, when any of the higher consciousness descends it
works to change the lower consciousness into a part of itself.
(CWSA 30: 441)

The descent comes in order to transform the consciousness but
the transformation takes time. It is not done all in a moment.
(CWSA 30: 441)

It is not our experience that by meditation alone it is possible to
change the nature, nor has retirement from outward activity and

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