Kaivalya

[Dimmesdale]

Aloneness. Separateness. Division.

True intelligence is One. It stems from pure Unity. It always recalls a principle of Oneness.

A material thought cannot cut down another material thought. Rather, it becomes grafted and causes the monstrous tree of material thought to grow ever greater and more grotesque.

The aim of meditation is Kaivalya. Aloneness. Separateness. Division. The aim of meditation is acceptance of the Fact. Not to changing anything. Not to change anything material. But to focus merely on the unstruck, transcendental Sound.

And that way, when Alone with this sound, spiritual change occurs, on its own terms and timing. Because it is based upon the oneness of intelligence. Not upon the changefulness of material aggravation, denial and brute force. Meditation, with Mantra, is the Key that subtly unlocks the mind. The mind cannot be manhandled into submission. That is the opposite of progress. It is the antithesis of Success.

It is only when one resides in that narrow spot of Transcendence, and in submission there gives up all expectation of material success or amelioration, even in this life, that one begins to advance spiritually.

Indeed that advancement must be unconditional to be real.

Take residence there, in that Abode, so narrow and circumscribed yet so real. And the creeper of devotion will Pierce into the Other Side of Transcendence, and in Firmness you will be There -- the Spiritual Sky.

[Dimmesdale]

One must angle towards the truth.

The truth is always found in an oblique direction. One must catch it with the net of the extending pole-mind.

But, and here is the catch, one must endeavor without Hate. That is, without violence, domination, or seething rage. Determination does not mean over-endeavoring. For that is colored by fraud and false ego.