Aug 10, 2022
The guru acts through our own discrimination (vivēka). Reflection (manana) on the guru’s teachings is itself a spiritual practice (sādhana), because by our reflecting and discriminating the hold of our vāsanas (mental inclinations or propensities) is weakened and our mind is kept in quietude – that is, in the quiescent state of self-attention.
The Paramount Importance of Self Attention, by Sadhu Om, as recorded by Michael James - Note of 3rd December 1977