D: If I go on rejecting thoughts can I call it Vichara?
Sri Ramana Maharshi: It may be a stepping stone. But really Vichara begins when you cling to your Self and are already off the mental movement, the thought-waves.
D: Then Vichara is not intellectual?
M: No, it is Anthara vichara, inner quest.
D: That is Dhyana?
M: To stick to a position unassailed by thoughts is Abhyasa or Sadhana; you are watchful. But the condition grows intenser and deeper when your effort and all responsibilities are taken away from you; that is Aroodha, Siddhi state.
~ from Sat-Darshana Bhashya and Talks with Maharshi, by Kapali Sastri
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