Mind_Experience_Advances

Advances in Meditative Experience: 

In the 'Gospel of SriRamakrishna'/'Kathamrita'- Sri Ramakrishna says, "Pure Mind is Pure Atman."

What does he mean by that?

By pure mind, he means all mental energies are concentrated (like a laser beam), away from sense objects, towards the object of meditation. Since all mental disturbances/perturbations are silenced, the illumination of the object of meditation,  reveals itself as  Self-Awareness. The Self is NOT an object but the subject itself. This Self in the context of the individual human is Atman. This is Jnana/Knowledge.

When the individual no longer differentiates between the individual and environment, Atman (individual) is Brahman (Universal).When the illumination by the Atman i.e. Self Awareness, makes the observer aware of the Universe, via its illumination, there is no difference between the illuminator and the illumined, the illumined is in the context of the illuminator. This is Vijnana.

According to Sri Ramakrishna, Brahman (Universal Consciousness) and Sakti (Universal Energy/Force) are identical. Fire and its power to burn are identical. This is Vijnana.

At the Heart of Jnana and Vijnana is the Meditative Experience.