The Swing Between Yes and No

Meditation and the awakening it brings fundamentally alter the way a person makes decisions. Where once there was only logic, calculation, lists, and the vacillation of "yes or no," meditation introduces a strange and effortless clarity. The mind's din falls silent, and from that stillness rises a deep, intrinsic peace. And it is this peace that unlocks the door to a long-forgotten faculty—intuition.

This is no mere guessing, but rather a kind of wise inner seeing. It grasps a situation in a single glance. Where logic searches step by step for cause and proof, intuition moves in circles—past, present, and future held together in a single act of understanding.

Here lies the problem of ego. The ego wishes to "think" everything and to control it all. Meditation's instruction is to quiet the mind—but to the ego, a quiet mind spells death. So it resists, it frightens. Yet here's the curious thing: when the door of intuition swings open and the ego loses its old work, it gladly accepts this new companion.

Now let us turn to the heart of the matter—"Should I or shouldn't I?" Picture yourself walking down a city street. Suddenly a child darts before a car. Without a moment's hesitation, without thought of your own danger, you run and pull the child to safety. There is no calculation then, no "yes or no." What acts is your wisdom intuition—which is the moment of true lived experience.

There is another dimension: that of right action, of karma. When a person is inwardly balanced, aligned with the rhythm of life itself, what is the right thing to do in each moment becomes plain. There is no tortured thinking, no "should I or shouldn't I."

Meditation silences the mind's noise, and in that silence intuition rises. Then decision-making ceases to be a game of doubt—instead, right action unfolds of its own accord.