Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

“The sense organs cease to function duringdeep meditation. The mind does not lookoutward. It is as if the door of the outermostroom of the house is shut. There are five organsof sense – form, taste, smell, touch and speech– they are left outside.“At the beginning of meditation, sense objectsappear before the mind. In deep meditationthey cease to form any impression – they areleft outside. During meditation, I used to havemany different kinds of visions. I saw beforeme a heap of rupees, a shawl, a big tray full ofsandesh and two females with big round noserings. I asked my mind, ‘Oh my mind, what doyou want? Do you want to enjoy them awhile?’The mind said, ‘No, I don’t want anything. Iwant nothing but the lotus feet of God.’ I sawthe inside and outside of the women, like onesees objects in a glass room. I saw inside theirbodies: the intestines, blood, excreta, worms,phlegm, mucus, saliva and urine – all these.”Eight occult powers and Sri Ramakrishna –profession of the guru and prostitutionAt times Girish talks of curing disease byrepeating Thakur’s name.Sri Ramakrishna (to Girish and the otherdevotees) — Only people of small intellectpray for occult powers – to cure a disease, towin a lawsuit, to walk on water, all these kind