DISCOURSES Volume II - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

164 DISCOURSESThey are not a working out of some given impulse, but are parts ofan intelligent and deliberate effort. But, though these forms ofmeditation may be deliberate to start with, the mind graduallybecomes habituated to them. The mind is also interested in thevarious aspects of Truth, which the different forms of meditationtry to seize upon, and this increases spontaneity. In none of themeditations of a sadhaka is the element of spontaneity morepronounced than in those forms of personal meditation which givescope for and require the expression of love. But utter spontaneityand true freedom remain unattained until the goal of meditation isachieved. Till then there is usually a mixture of a sense ofdeliberateness and a sense of spontaneity. The reaching outtowards spiritual freedom is accompanied throughout by a sense ofeffort, which persists in some degree until all obstacles of falseperceptions are overcome. Though effort may vary in its intensity,it never disappears entirely until it is swallowed up in thetranquillity of final attainment.In Sahaj Samadhi there is no effort because there are noobstacles to overcome or objectives to achieve. There is the infinitespontaneity of unfettered freedom and the unbroken peace andProgression towardsSahaj Samadhibliss of Truth-Realisation. Progressiontowards Sahaj Samadhi consists in atransition from a state of unquestionedacquiescence in the momentum of sanskaras to a state of desperatestruggle with sanskaric limitations and finally to a state ofcomplete freedom, when consciousness is no longer determined bythe deposits of the past, but is active in the undimmed perception ofthe eternal Truth.The Sahaj Samadhi of the Siddha is different from themeditation of the aspirant, not only with respect to freedom andspontaneity of consciousness, but also