It (mud) must be removed *first*, that's why it is called a path of *Grace AND Effort*, most meditators (and others on the path) haven't even begun to tie their spiritual shoe strings so to speak, much less worry about Sat Gurus and Samadhi.
That's why Religion and meditation are meant to go "hand in hand". "Religion dictates the do's and don'ts of life to guide the 'activity' of the individual towards attaining the purpose of human existence". MMY SOB pg256 TM as taught today, sorely lacks these recommendations and has relegated/forfeited that role to traditional Religion, (good luck). Meditation supplemented by Religious, moral, and ethical guidelines (Patanjali's first two limbs of Yama and Niyama) compliment meditation and quicken it's fruits. Unless one rises above lust, anger and greed, (the three main gates to hell), through the practice of meditation AND complimentary behavior, he will be forever groveling on the level of the senses for 'chump change'. Of course 'all you need to do is meditate' for all of these things to come to pass, but as MMY said, unless you go to courses (ie completed dedicated) it could take a "million years" to reach CC, MMY's own words, Fuiggi Fonte.
