Does meditation mean that we become free from all thoughts? Some people have this idea that our thoughts are the cause of our troubles and the way to become peaceful is by becoming free from all thought and therefore even when they practice meditation, they think that the purpose of meditation is to stop all thought. However, such a conception arises from a misunderstanding that thought is a characteristic of our conditioned mind. However, thought is a characteristic of our spiritual essence, our soul itself. So, meditation is about turning off the mind so that we can turn on the soul – so that mundane thoughts stop and divine thoughts begin.

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06.27 The yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds.