Lay the Foundation Instantly ( 28 dec 06 thu)

A still mind is not seeking experience of any kind. And if it is not seeking andtherefore is completely still, without any movement from the past and therefore freefrom the known, then you will find, if you have gone that far, that there is amovement of the unknown that is not recognized, that is not translatable, thatcannot be put into words - then you will find that there is a movement which is ofthe immense. That movement is of the timeless because in that there is no time, noris there space, nor something in which to experience, nor something to gain, toachieve. Such a mind knows what is creation - not the creation of the painter, thepoet, the verbalizer; but that creation which has no motive, which has noexpression. That creation is love and death.

This whole thing from the beginning to the end is the way of meditation. A man whowould meditate must understand himself. Without knowing yourself, you cannot go far.However much you may attempt to go far, you can go only so far as your ownprojection; and your own projection is very near, is very close, and does not leadyou anywhere. Meditation is that process of laying the foundation instantly,immediately, and bringing about - naturally, without any effort - that state ofstillness. And only then is there a mind which is beyond time, beyond experience,and beyond knowing