VICHARA IS NOT INTELLECTUAL, BUT INWARD
AND SUBTLE
D. If I go on rejecting thoughts can I call it vichara?
M. It may be a stepping-stone. But really vichara begins when you cling to yourself and are already off the mental movement, the thought-waves. 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 arudha, siddhi state.
- Sat Darshana Bhashya and Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Finally we have clarity. Here Ramana Maharshi states clearly what ( vichara ) thoughts are. He does not call the superficial thinking and emotions we have daily as thoughts. He refers to something much much deeper. To this he uses the word vichara Since there is no English translation, the occurred of calling it as thoughts.
He calls vichara as the single first thought or wave that created the universe. That thought which created the universe is vichara and that is the one he wants us to observe and remove
Bhavin