Maharishi said pure consciousness.

Maharishi said pure consciousness , the absolute pure field of creative intelligence i s the source of thot, in that silent non moving ocean of consciousness, an impulse of it appears as a minute ripple, the most subtle sprout of thot, like a tiny air bubble and gradually it gathers the energy and intelligence of the field and gains momentum, ie ,the energy and direction and grows and comes to the conscious level and appears as fully grown thot, and man perceives it then. if there is thot , there is mind if there is no thot ,there is no mind

As long as thots prevail , we dwell in mind, and experience its all consequences hence to be free , attempt has been to go beyond and be with pure consciousness, the field of sath chith ananda

Thoughts make us limited , covering/restricting our ability to be with our true nature, and we thus become the individual, bindu once we go beyond we are in /we are sindhu can be truly understood if only one gains the glimpse of absolute, thru guidance, or else all discussion is only reading about mango without ever tasting it , even best photo graph/video of mango is no mango hence i daringly assert that blog , but after you tasted it first have it then come and blog otherwise st will remain a green tree picture before us , not a real tree of true experience we missing the real shade, fruits flowers leaves and the birds singing perched on its branches of course it's the choice of individual what he wants, but he misses a world, miserably engrossed in debates sankara and maharishi first attained that essential qualification first and foremost earliest in there life, having been established fully in there deepest self they started to teach/debate , but not before that. no one can force any one but i have to say the truth, one likes it or not but surely he will not understand the import of my talk , no claims but my guru makes to talk from staying inside and saying what i see