MEDITATION AND ITS KARMA

 

                         THE TYPES OF MEDITATION

                                    AND ITS USESES

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                             💫  DASYAM

                        DEVELOPING A FEELING OF BEING HIS SERVANT. SEEING GOD MANIFESTED EVERYWHERE AND SERVICING ALL LIVING BEINGS MORE THAN GOD. THIS WILL REMOVE PRIDE, ARROGANCE, EGO AND SELFISHNESS OF THE DEVOTEE.

                    💫     SAKHYAM

                        DEVELOPING A FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD. FINDING NO FAULT AND IGNORING ONE'S MISTAKE. FEELING HAPPY, SATISFIED AND CONTENTED WITH WHATEVER GOS HAS GIVEN.

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                       COMPLETE AND UNRESERVED SURRENDER TO GOD WITH FULL FAITH AND DEVOTION. FEELING THAT GOD WORKS THROUGH ONE'S BODY, AND SENSES. THE EGO OR "I" THE DOER FACTOR IS TOTALLY DISSOLVED. ONE FEELS ECSTASY THROUGH ONE'S WHOLE BODY, ONE'S VOICE GETS CHOCKED, TEARS START FLOWING. ONE DOES NOT HAVE ANY DESIRE FOR SEX AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY PRIDE AND EGO.

                  OUT OF THESE NINE FORMS OF DEVOTION ONE CAN CHOOSE ANY FORM THAT IS BEST SUITED TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. THE BHAVA IS A SPIRITUAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL EXPLORATION THAT ALLOWS ONE TO CHOOSE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD FROM THE VARIOUS POSSIBLE WAYS. IT SHOULD BE DEVOTION WHILE FOLLOWING ONE OF THESE PATHS, IT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO GOD REALISATION.

                        THE DEVOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND GOD CAN BE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES :

    

                         * MADHURA BHAVA ❤

                            IT IS PASSIONATE LOVE FOR GOD. ONE FEELS GOD IS SOUL MATE. ONE SHARES VERY INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. ONE FEELS INITED WITH GOD BUT THERE IS FEELING OF SEPARATENESS IN IT. IT IS NOT LIKE EARTHLY LOVE FOR A LOVER. IT IS THE PURE UNCONDITONAL LOVE, WITHOUT WISHING ANYTHING IN RETURN FROM GOD. RADHA HAS MADHURA BHAVA FOR SRI KRISHNA. CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU, JAYADEV AND MEERA BAI HAD MADHURA BHAVA FOR LORD SRI KRISHNA.

                         * SHANTA BHAVA ❤

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                               IN SHANTA BHAVA, ONE CULTIVATES THE FEELING TO BE PEACEFUL TOWARDS GOD AND REMAIN IN THAT PEACEFUL STATE. ONE DOES NOT EXPRESS ANY EMOTIONS TOWARDS GOD AND REMAINS CALM AND SERENE. ONE DOES NOT NOT SING OR DANCE. ONE'S HEART IS FILLED WITH LOVE AND JOY ALL THE TIME FOR GOD. BHISHMA HAVE SHANTA BHAVA FOR SRI KRISHNA. SRI AUROBINDO USED TO PRACTICE SHANTA BHAVA.

                       *  VATSALYA BHAVA ❤

                             IT IS THE LOVE OF PARENT FOR THE CHILD. ONE HAS MOTHERLY FEELING TOWARDS GOD. ONE EXPRESSESS SWEET, TENDER AND AFFECTIONATE LOVE FOR THE GOD JUST LIKE ONE'S OWN CHILD. YASHODA HAS VATSALYA BHAVA FOR SRI KRISHNA. FOLLOWERS OF VALLABHACHARYA PRACTICE THIS BHAVA.

                            * SAKHYA BHAVA ❤

                          IT IS THE LOVE BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS. ONE FEELS THAT GOD IS VERY INTIMATE FRIEND. ONE IS EQUAL TERMS WITH GOD. ARJUNA AND DARUPATI HAVE SAKHYA BHAVA FOR LORD SRI KRISHNA.

                          * DASYA BHAVA ❤

                        IT IS THE LOVE OF THE SERVANT FOR THE MASTER. ONE FEELS THAT GOD IS POWERFUL AND OMNIPRESENT AND HE SHOULD BE SERVED WHOLEHEARTEDLY. ONE IS FILLED WITH JOY AND CONTENTMENT IN SERVING GOD. ONE BECOMES MEEK AND HUMBLE. HANUMA HAS DASYA BHAVA FOR LORD RAM. SURDAS HAS DASYA BHAVA FOR LORD KRISHNA.

                     RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA WAS CONSIDERED TO PRACTICE ALL OF THESE BHAVAS AT DIFFERENT TIME IN HIS LIFE.

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                    THE DEVOTEES CONVERT THEIR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS INTO UNCONDITONAL LOVE FOR GOD WHICH IS FREE FROM ALL ATTACHMENTS AND SELFISHNESS. IN BHAKTI YOGA, ONE CAN PROPERLY CHANNALISE ONE'S EMOTIONS TO ATTAIN GOD REALISATION. THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE NOT SUPPRESSED RATHER UTILIZED BY GIVING A PROPER DIRECTION TO EXPERIENCE DIVINE LOVE.

THE TYPES OF MEDITATION AND ITS USES

                                THE JAPA MEDITATION 

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                                             DHRANA

                              ACCORDING TO SWAMI JNANESHVARA BHARATI, "CONCENTRATION (DHARANA) IS THE PROCESS OF HOLDING OF FIXING THE ATTENTION OF MIND ONTO ONE OBJECT OR PLACE'. WHEN THE MIND IS CONCENTRATED ON AN OBJECT LIKE FLAME OF LIGHT, SYMBOL OM, IMAGE OF DIETY OR TIP OF NOSE WITHOUT ANY DISTRACTION IT IS KNOWN AS DHARANA.

                          THE INTERNET CONNECTION IS TOO SLOW. MAM, COME HERE AN CHECK WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE COMPUTER". THE BOY SAID WHO WAS WORKING AN A PROJECT REPART ASSIGNED TO HIM AS HOME WORK.

                          THE MOTHER CAME IN, PEEPED FOR A SECOND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE COMPUTER SCREEN. AT THAT TIME, THAN TWENTY WINDOWS WERE OPENED. "YOU HAVE OPENED SO MANY WINDOWS THAT'S WHY ITS SPEED SLOWED DOWN. IT YOU OPEN ONLY ONE WINDOW THEN ITS SPEED WILL BE FAST . IN THE SAME WAY IF YOU CONCENTRATE YOUR MIND ON ONE TASK, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH IT IN LESS TIME".

                           SWAMI VENKATESANANDA SAID, "WHEN THE ATTENTION OF THE MIND-STUFF IN DIRECTED IN A SINGLE STEAM TO A CHOSEN FIELD, WITHOUT BEING DISSIPATED AND THUS DISTRACTED THAT IS CONCENTRATION".

                           

                         DHYANA💫

                               UNDISTURBED STEAM OF THOUGHTS AND CONTINUED ABSORPTION IN THE POINT FOR LONG TIME RESULTS IN CONTEMPTION.

                          THAT IS THE POWER OF FOCUS! POWER OF FOCUS IS SUCH THAT IT CAN BURN ALL THE NEGATIVITY INSIDE A HUMAN BODY.

                        THE MIND ENTERS IN DEEP CONCENTRATION WHEN THE OBJECT OF CONCENTRATION AND THE ACT OF CONCENTRATION BECOMES ONE. THE MIND BECOMES STILL, SOLO POINTED OR CONCENTRATED. IN SAMADHI ONE DOESN'T HEAR OR SEE. THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS VANISHES. ONLY SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS LEFT ONE EXPERIENCES ULTIMATE PEACE.

                          TYPES OF SAMADHI💫

                                      SAMADHI IS OF TWO TYPES I.E. SAMPRAJNATA OR SABIJA OR SAVIKALPA AND ASAMPRAJNATA OR NIRVIKALPA. IN SAMPRAJNATA SAMADHI THE KNOWER, KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWABLE ARE DISTINCT. ONE EXPERIENCES THIS SAMADHI WHEN THE KUNDALINI ENERGY RISES UP TO SIXTH CHAKRA I.E. AJNA CHAKRA AND OPENS IT. IN THIS SAMADHI THA SANSKARAS (PAST KARMAS) ARE NOT FRIED. WHEN THE TIME COMES THESE SANSKARAS CAN GROW AND CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THE SADHAKA (DEVOTEE) LIKE A SEE WHICH CAN GERMINATE ON RECEIVING FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS. IN SAMPRAJNATA THE KNOWER, KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWABLE ARE SAME. THIS SAMADHI IS EXPERIENCED WHEN KUNDALINI ENERGY REACHES SEVENTH CHAKRA I.E. SAHASRARA CHAKRA AND THE THOUSAND PETALS LOTUS FLOWER IS OPENED. NO PAST KARMA'S SEEDS ARE LEFT. THEY ARE ALL FRIED UP. WHEN ASAMPRAJNATA SAMADHI OS CONSTANTLY PRACTISED IT LEADS TO LIBERATION.

                             APARIGRAHA💫

                             IT MEANS NON POSSESIVENESS AND NON HOARDING. ONE SHOULD TAKE WHAT IS NECESSARY AND AVOID BEING GREED. ONE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT ONE HAS AND SHOULD NOT YEARN FOR MORE AND MORE. HOARDING OF THINGS INDICATE "FEAR FOR FUTURE". IF ONE WISHES TO PROGRESS ON SPIRITUAL PATH THEN ONE HAS TO SHED THE FEAR BY NON HOARDING OF THINGS. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO SHED ANY ATTACHMENT WITH SUCH THINGS. GET RID OF WORRY ABOUT YOUR MONEY, ABOUT YOUR BELONGING AND ABOUT YOUR FUTURE- GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

                      IF THE YOGI IS WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT MEAL IT MEANS HE HAS NOT OVERCOME HIS GREEDINESS AS WELL AS FEAR OF FUTURE.

                               NIYAMA 💫

                        NIYAMA MEANS THE RULES FOR PERSONAL AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. THEY ARE MORE INTIMATE AND PERSONAL WHEN COMPARED TO YAMAS. THE FIVE NIYAMAS ARE SAUCHA (PURITY) SANTOSH (CONTENTMENT), TAPAS (DISCIPLINE), SWADHYAYA (SELF STUDY) AND ISHVARAPRAMIDHANA (SURRENDER TO GOD).

                         SAUCHA💫

                   SAUCHA MEANS CLEANLINESS OF BODY AND MIND. IT IS EXTERNAL AS WELL AS INTERNAL PURITY. OUTER CLEANLINESS DENOTES THAT ONE SHOULD WASH ONE'S BODY REGULARLY TO KEEP IT FREE FROM DISEASES. WITH A SICK BODY ONE CANNOT CONCENTRATE PROPERLY. AN OLDER PROVERB SAYS "THERE IS A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY" INNER CLEANLINESS REFERS TO HEALTHY AND PROPER FUNCTIONING OF ORGANS AND CLARITY OF MIND. BY DOING ASANAS AND PRANAYAMAS, ONE CAN PURIFY ONESELF INTERNALLY. REGULAR ASANAS MAKE THE BODY HEALTHY. FIT ANS STRONG WHERE AS REGULAR PRANAYAMAS CLEAN LUNGS, PURIFY BLOOD AND HELP IN PROPER CIRCULATION OF BLOOD. CLEANSIG OF MIND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLEANSING OF BODY. EMOTIONS LIKE ANGER, JEALOUSY, GREED, LUST, HATRED AND PRIDE SHOULD BE REMOVED AS THEY ARE VERY DISTURBING FOR MIND. A SPECIAL MENTAL BROOM IS NEEDED TO WIPE OUT ALL NEGATIVE SENSATIONS FROM MIND.

                          SANTHOSH💫

                              SANTHOSE IS CONTENTMENT AND SATISFACTION. IT IS THE FEELING THAT ONE IS SATISFIED WITH WHAT ONE KIND HAS. JEIHE VIDHI RAKHE RAM LEIHI VIDHI RAHIYE" MEANS WHAT EVER BE THE CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY GOD ONE SHOULD BE HAPPY AND CONTENTED WITH THAT.

                       ONE SHOULD BE CONTENTED EVEN IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.

                       TAPAS 💫

                  IT MEANS DISCIPLINE - DISCIPLINE OF THE BODY AS WELL AS MIND. IT MEANS TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE BODY WHICH CAN FURTHER HELP TO CONTROL MIND. IT GUIDES US TO BURN ALL THE DESIRES COMING IN THE PATH OF SELF REALIZATION. TAPAS ALSO INCLUDES DISCIPLINING FIVE SENSES I.E. NOSE, EAR, TONGUE, SKIN AND EYES. TONGUE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO DISCIPLINE AS IT ALWAYS WANT TO EAT TASTY FOOD AND TALK GOSSIP. BY DISCIPLINING ONE'S EATING HABITS AND BREATHING ONE CAN EASILY CONTROL BODY AND MIND.

                    SOME PERSONS PRACTISE TAPAS BY STANDING IN ICE COLD WATER AND SOME BY STANDING ON HOT SAND IN SUMMER FOR LONG TIME. ONE WHO CAN BE BEAR COLD AND HEAT DOES THE PHYSICAL TAPAS. MENTAL TAPAS IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN PHYSICAL TAPAS. ONE WHO CAN BEAR THE INSULT AND HARSH WORDS DOES THE MENTAL TAPAS.

                        SWADHYAYA💫

                        SWADHYAYA MEANS SELF STUDY. IT MEANS READING SACRED SPIRITUAL TEXTS LIKE RAMAYANA, SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA, BIBLE, QURAN AND GURU GRANTH SAHIB. SWADHYAYA CLEARS DOUBT, STRENGTHENS FAITH, ENCOURAGS MOVING FURTHER ON SPIRITUAL PATH AND OVERCOMING ALL OBSTACLES COMING IN THE WAY. IT HELPS IN ANALYSING AND INCORPORATING THE TEACHINGS OF THE SAGES. IT REMOVES NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND THROWS LIGHT ON A NEW POSITIVE OUTLOOK TOWARDS. IT REMOVES NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND THROWS LIGHT ON A NEW POSITIVE OUTLOOK TOWARDS LIFE. ONE'S OWN INTERPRETATION OF FACTS AD INFORMATION HELP IN EVALUATING ONESELF.

                ISHVARAPRANIDHARA 💫

                          IT MEANS SURRENDER TO GOD. IT MEANS PUTTING ALL THE ACTIONS AND THEIR FAITHS TO THE LORD'S FEET. THIS ATTITUDE HELPS IN BECOMING ONE WITH GOD.

                                 

SUCCESS IN MEDITATION

 

                          

                          EASY STEPS TO PRACTICE  

                                      MEDITATION !

                     HOW TO PRACTICE THE MEDIATION REGULARLY

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                             ONE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUTER WORLD BUT CAN BE DISSATISFIED FROM INSIDE. IF ONE ACHIEVES WHAT ONE EXPECTS THEN ONE FEELS SATISFIED. THE UNFULLFILLED EXPECTATIONS LEAD TO DISSATISFACTION. ACCORDING TO RYAN REYNOLDS, "WHEN YOU HAVE EXPECTATIONS, YOU ARE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR DISSAPOINTMENT.

               IN MEDITATION, EXPECTING NOTHING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

                      LIKEWISE, BEGINNERS TOO ARE IN A HURRY TO GET SUCCESS IN MEDITATION. A MISTAKE THAT ONE SHOULD ESCAPE FROM COMMITTING. SWAMI VISHNUDEVANANDA SAIS, "MEDITATION DOES NOT COME EASILY. A BEAUTIFUL TREES GROWS SLOWLY. ONE MUST WAIT FOR THE BLOSSOM, THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT AND THE ULTIMATE TASTE. THE BLOSSOM OF MEDITATION IS AN EXPRESSIBLE PEACE THAT PERMEATES THE ENTIRE BEINGS, ITS FRUIT... IS INDESCRIBABLE".

                    TRYING TO CONTROL ONE'S MIND IS PRACTICE AND DOING IT REPEATEDLY IS REGULARITY. REGULARITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY DOING MEDITATION DAILY. IT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE SAME PLACE AND SAME TIME. IRREGULARITY IN MEDITATION DOESN'T GIVE GOOD RESULTS SO NOT A SINGLE DAY SHOULD BE SKIPPED. DOING MEDITATION FOR 2-3 DAYS AND MISSING IT FOR NEXT TWO DAYS WILL NOT GIVE PROGRESS IN MEDITATION. EVERY DAY ONE SHOULD MEDITATE WITH OR WITHOUT SUCCESS. PRACTICE SHOULD BE DONE REGULARLY ONLY THEN ONE WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED FURTHER ON MEDITATION PATH.

                      THE PRACTICE AND PERSISTENCE EVEN A STUPID CAN BECOME INTELLIGENT JUST LIKE UP AND DOWN MOTIONS OF SOFT ROPE ON HARD STONE MAKES A MARK. SOFT ROPES WERE USED FOR DRAWING OUT WATER FROM THE WELLS. THE REPEATED MOTIONS OF EVEN SOFT ROPES CREATED IMPRESSIONS ON THE STONE OF RIM OF WELL.

                         THE SAME IS WITH THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE. ONE SHOULD MOVE CONTINUOUSLY STEP BY STEP WITH SLOW PACE TOWARDS THE GOAL. WITH REGULARITY, PATIENCE, DETERMINATION, MOTIVATION, DEDICATION AND CAPACITY TO FIGHT ALL ODDS COMING IN THE PATH ONE CAN ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON SPIRITUAL PATH.

                              IN SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA, SRI KRISHNA SAYS, "O BRAVE ARJUNA, UNDOUBTEDLY THIS MIND IS VERY FICKLE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL! BUT IT CAN BE CONTROLLED BY PRACTICE AND NON-ATTACHMENT FROM SENSUOUS OBJECTS". CONCENTRATE THE MIND ON A GOAL. IF MIND IS DIVERTED FROM THE GOAL THEN IGNORE ALL OTHER POINTS OF DISTRACTION BY CONSIDERNG THEM BASELESS AND POINTLESS. THIS WILL BRING THE MIND BACK ON THE DESIRED GOAL.

                          WE ARE LIVING IN THE CITIES WHERE THOUSANDS OF SENSUOUS OBJECTS POP UP EVERY DAY TO STIMULATE OUR SENSES. MIND IS DISTRACTED WITH THESE EXTERNAL STIMULI. CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE IN HABITS AND ATTITUDE SUCH THAT MIND DOESN'T FIGHT BACK. SLOW AND GRADUAL TRANSFORMATIONS SHOULD BE MADE SO THAT THEY DON'T GIVE A CHANCE TO THE MIND TO APPLY REVERSE GEAR.

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                     * I DO REGULAR EXERCISE EVEN THEN MY WEIGHT IS NOT REDUCING". AND ELDERLY LADY COMPLAINED.

                    * WHAT EXERCISE DO YOU DO? THE DOCTOR ASKED.

                    * I DO ALL KITCHEN WORK".

                    * DOING WORK IN KITCHEN WITH MODERN ELECTRIC GADGETS DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY PHYSICAL WORK. THEREFORE, IT IS NOT CONSIDERED ON EXERCISE. REGULAR MORNING OR EVENING WORK ARE CONSIDERED EXERCISES".

                  * WHAT IS THE USE OF DOING KITCHEN IF IT IS NOT CONSIDERED EXERCISE MOREOVER, NOBODY GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR TOILING THE WHOLE DAY. WHAT A THANKLESS JOB IT IS!,

                      SHE VENTED OUT HER FRUSTRATION.

                  * SWEEPING AND MOPPING FLOORS ARE GOOD EXERCISES".

PATANJALI MEDITATION

 

                                                     

                                    PATANJALI YOGA

                                          

           

             IN YOGA SUTRAS, THE SAGE PATANJALI COMPILED ASHTANGA YOGA WHICH LITERALLY MEANS EIGHT LIMBS" (AHTA-EIGHT, ANGA-LIMB). THESE EIGHT PROGRESSIVE STEPS ARE GUIDELINES TO PURIFY BODY AND MIND WHICH ULTMATELY LEAD TO SELF REALIZATION. THEY HELP ONE TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL, PURPOSEFUL AND PEACEFUL LIFE AND THEY GUIDE ONE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY . THE EIGHT STEPS OF THE LADDER ARE YAMA, NIYAMA, ASANA, PRANAYAMA, PRATYAHARA, DHARANA, DHYANA AND SAMADHI. THE FIRST FIVE ARE CALLED BAHIRANGA SADHANA I.E. EXTERNAL AIDS TO YOGA. AND THE REST HELP ONE TO GROW INTERNALLY AND ARE KNOWN AS ANTARANGA SADHANA.

                        YAMA :       YAMA MEANS ABSTENTION. IT DEALS  WITH ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR THAT ONE SHOULD HAVE TOWARDS PEOPLE AND THINGS OUTSIDE ONE'S BODY. IT CAN ALSO BE DESCRIBED AS UNIVERSAL MORTALITY. IT IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE LADDER TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL. IN SHORT IT IS DESCRIBED AS "ONE AS SHOULD TREAT OTHERS AS ONE WOULD LIKE OTHERS TO TREAT ONESELF".  THE FIVE YAMAS ARE AHIMSHA (NON VIOLENCE) SATYA (TRUTHFULNESS), ASTEYA (NON STEALING), BRAHMACHARYA (CONTINENCE) AND APARIGRAHA (NON CONVETOUSNESS). THEY ARE BASIC STEPS TO CHANGE HUMAN NATURE TO DIVINE NATURE. THEY REMOVE NEGATIVE TRAITS LIKE CRUELTY, STEALING, VIOLENCE AND HARSHNESS. THEY FILL THE HEART WITH KINDNESS, LOVE AND PURITY. THESE SHOULD BE PRACTISED BY ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, RACE, POSITION, TIME OR NATION.

                     AHIMSA: AHIMSHA LITERALLY MEANS NOT TO INJURE ANY LIVING BEING WITH ACTIONS, WORDS OR THOUGHTS, IT IS SUPREME LOVE - LOVE FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND OTHER LIVING ORGANISM IN THE WORLD. AHIMSHA MEANS NOT TO SHOW CRUELTY TO ANY LIVING BEING IN ANY WAY AND IN ANY SITUATION ACCORDING TO MAHATMA GANDHI, "WHEN A PERSON CLAIMS TO BE NON VIOLENT, HE IS EXPECTED NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH ONE WHO HAS INJURED HIM. HE WILL NOT WISH HIM HARM. HE WILL WISH HIM WELL. HE WILL NOT SWEAR AT HIM, HE WILL NOT CAUSE HIM ANY PHYSICAL HURT. HE WILL PUT UP WITH ALL THE INJURY TO WHICH HE IS SUBJECTED TO BY THE WRONGDOER" THUS NON-VIOLENCE IS COMPLETE ABSENSE OF ILL-WILL AGAINST ALL LIVING BEINGS. IT THEREFORE EMBRACES EVEN SUB-HUMAN LIFE NOT EXCLUDING NOXIOUS INSECTS OR BEASTS. IT MEANS KINDNESS AND FRIENDLINESS FOR EVERYONE. IN EVERY SITUATION ONE HAS TO BE CONSIDERATE AND NOT HARM ANY CREATURES ON THIS EARTH.

                          MAHATMA GANDHI TAUGHT THE WORLD, "WHEN THERE IS NO DESIRE FOR FRUIT, THERE IS NO TEMPTATION FOR UNTRUTH OR HIMSA. TAKE ANY INSTANCE OF UNTRUTH OR VIOLENCE, AND IT WILL BE FOUND THAT AT ITS BACK WAS THE DESIRE TO ATTAIN THE CHERISHED END". IBE SGIYKD STOP PHYSICAL , SPEAKING  HARSH WORDS AND NEGATIVE, HARMFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE THINKING IMMEDIATELY. VIOLENCE AGITATES ONE'S MID WHEREAS NON VIOLENCE CALMS ONE'S MIND.

                      SATYA - SATYA MEANS TRUTHFULNESS IN ACTION, WORD AND THOUGHT, IT MEANS HONEST COMMUNICATION.

              ONE SHOULD BE HONEST AND TRUTHFULNESS IN ONE'S ACTION.

              ONE SHOULD BE TRUTHFULNESS IN WORDS THAT ONE SPEAKS.

               ONE SHOULD SAY WHAT ONE THINKS. IT IS THE TRUTHFULNESS IN THOUGHTS. SOME BUSINESSMEN MAINTAIN TWO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. ONE FOR BLACK MONEY AND THE OTHER FOR WHITE MONEY. THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF BOTH ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT SEPARATELY. THEY HIDE ONE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND REVEAL THE OTHER. IF BUSINESSMAN ACCOUNT. IN THE SAME MANNER IF ONE LIES THEN THE MIND HAS TO MAINTAIN ONLY ONE TYPE OF ACCOUNT. ONE FOR TRUTH AND OTHER FOR LIES. TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN MIND MEAN MORE NUMBER OF THOUGHTS. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS WILL REQUIRE MORE TIME AND ENERGY TO STILL THE MIND. HENCE, SPEAK THE TRUTH". 

                      ASTEYA - ASTEYA MEANS "NON-STEALING" AND NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ONE. ONE SHOULD RESIST THE DESIRE TO ACCEPT THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ONE.

                        ONE SHOULD NOT DESIRE MORE THAN REQUIRED IF IT ONE'S OWN. GLUTTONY IS STEALING OF FOOD EVEN IF ONE CAN PAY FOR THAT. HOARDING MONEY IS ALSO STEALING EVEN THOUGH ONE HAS EARNED IT HONESTLY. IT ALSO MEANS NON COVETOUSNESS.

                          BY REDUCING ONE'S WANTS ONE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL ONE'S DESIRE. ONE SHOULT NOT ACCEPT ANY OBJECT OR SERVICE FREE OF COST. ONE SHOULD AVOID STEALING AS WELL AS HOARDING. ONLY THEN ONE WILL PROGRESS ON SPIRITUAL PATH. THE EASIEST WAY TO CONTROL ASTEYA IS "I HAVE ALL I NEED".

                      BRAHMACHARYA - HERE BRAHMACHARYA MEANS TO USE ONE'S SEXUAL ENERGY TO REGENERATE ONE'S CONNECTION TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL SELF. SEXUAL ENERGY IS BROUGHT DOWN DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE TO GIVE BIRTH TO A NEW BODY WHEREAS DURING MEDITATION SEXUAL ENERGY IS CONSERVED BY CLOSING ALL THE HOLES OF LEAKAGE AND DIVERTING THE STORED ENERGY INTO PROPER CHANNEL BY PUSHING IT UPWARDS TO GIVEN A NEW BIRTH TO ONE SELF. HENCE, BRAHMACHARYA MEANS TO CONVERT SEXUAL ENERGY TO SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND TO USE IT PROPERLY FOR SELF REALISATION.

                         BRAHMACHARYA MEANS WALKING WITH BRAHMA. CONSIDERING TOUCH AS MOTHERLY TOUCH IS BRAHMACHARYA OF SKIN. NOT WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY IS BRAHMACHARYA OF EYE. NOT HEARING ANY LUSTFUL TALK IS THE BRAHMACHARYA OF EAR. NOT SMELLING BODY ODOUR OF WOMAN IS BRAHMACHARYA OF NOSE. NOT TALKING VULGARLY ABOUT WOMAN IS BRAHMACHARYA OF TONGUE. NOT THINKING ABOUT NUDE WOMEN IS BRAHMACHARYA OF THOUGHTS. MENTAL BRAHMACHARYA CAN BE ATTAINED BY CHANTING GOD'S NAME. MEDITATION AND BY REMOVING DUALITY OF MIND ABOUT MAN AND WOMAN AND CONSIDERING THEM AS ONE BRAHMA OR GOD.

WHAT IS MEDITATION? (BUDDHISM)

 

                                  THE BUDDHA SPEECH 

                                       ABOUT NIRVANA

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                          NO CORRECTION IS NEEDED, JUST AWARENESS IS NEEDED. BECOME MORE ALERT. NO CHARACTER IS NEEDED, BECAUSE ALL CHARACTER IS FALSE IF YOU ARE NOT CONSCIOUS, AND ALL CHARACTERIS A BONDAGE IF YOU ARE NOT CONSCIOUS. AND ALL CHARACTER IS NOTHING BUT CHAINS IT DOESN'T BRING FREEDOM. ALL MORALITY IS HYPOCRISY IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, IF YOU ARE NOT CONSCIOUS.

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                    SO, TO ME, RELIGION MEANS ONLY ONE THING, TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS, TO LIVE MORE CONSCIOUSLY.

                        DOES ANYMORE OR ANYTHING NEED CORRECTION? IT                                          PUZZLES  ME.

                       IT HAS PUZZLED EVERYBODY DOWN THE AGES. FORGET ABOUT CORRECTION. PUT YOUR TOTAL ENERGY INTO AWAKENING. THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO BE UNCONSCIOUS OR CONSCIOUS. CHOOSE ....

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                        "ENLIGHTENMENT IS MY TRUE NATURE, THERE IS NO 

                         NEED TO DO ANYTHING".

                       "ONLY WHEN EFFORT IS COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED AND ONE

                          FEELS UTTERLY USELESS DOES GRACE COME".

 

                       " WHAT IS ALL THIS? I AM CONFUSED. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

                         SHOULD I CONTINUE WITH MEDITATION OR SHOULD I JUST

                         SIT AND LET THINGS HAPPEN?

                       

                         PLEASE GUIDE ME.

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                        SHIV-PRIYANAND, IF YOU ARE CONFUSED THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE MEDITATIONS. CONFUSION IS THE ILLNESS, MEDITATION IS MEDICINAL.BOTH THE WORDS MEDITATION AND MEDICINE COME FROM THE SAME ROOT. IF YOU ARE CONFUSED, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO ON MEDIATATING. WHEN YOU SEE THE POINT WITHOUT ANY CONFUSION, THEN THERE IS NO NEED. BUT MEDITATION WILL PREPARE YOU, MEDITATION WILL FORCE YOU TO SEE THE POINT THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING. ONLY MEDITATION CAN DO THAT.

                    JUST LISTENING TO ME... I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT TO BE NATURAL IS TO BE ENLIGHTENED. NOW YOU THINK, SO, THAT IS GREAT! I CAN SIT SILENTLY AND DO NOTHING:. BUT CAN YOU REALLY SIT SILENTLY AND DO NOTHING? IF YOU CAN REALLY SIT SILENTLY AND DO NOTHING, THEN THIS QUESTION WOULD NOT HAVE ARISEN. YOU WOULD HAVE SAT AND KNOWN AND YOU WOULD HAVE BOWED BEFORE ME AND THANKED ME. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO QUESTION. YOU WOULD HAVE COME DANCING TO ME, NOT WITH QUESTION AND A CONFUSED MIND.

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                            THAT'S  WHAT BUDDHA WAS DOING UNDER THE BODHI TREE SITTING SILENTLY DOING NOTHING.. AND THEN IT HAPPENED. THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED TO ME! THAT'S HOW IT ALWAYS HAPPENS!

                         BUT NOT TO DO IS NOT SO EASY. BECAUSE YOU HAVE BECOME SO ACCUSTOMED TO DOING SOMETHING OR OTHER, EVEN SITTING WILL BE A DOING TO YOU. YOU WILL HAVE TO FORCE YOURSELF IN A YOGA POSTURE AND YOU WILL SIT STRAINED, STILL, IN CONTROL, HOLDING, TRYING TO SIT SILENTLY AND NOT DO ANYTHING AND BOILING WITHIN, TO DO A THOUSAND AND ONE THINGS, AND THOUSANDS OF THOUGHTS WILL CLAMOUR AROUND, WILL DISTRACT YOU.

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                       CAN YOU JUST SIT AND DO ANYTHING? THAT IS THE ULTIMATE. THAT'S WHAT NIRVANA IS, SAMADHI IS.

                      QUESTION: YESTERDAY YOU SAID THAT THERE IS NO GOAL, NO PATH, NO ONE TO LEAD AND NO ONE TO FOLLOW. IS THIS STATEMENT A LIE AGAIN? WERE YOU KIDDING US YESTERDAY?

                 THAT'S WHAT I AM DOING EVERY DAY. THAT'S THE ONLY POSSIBLE THING TO DO. ALL STATEMENTS ARE LIES. TRUTH REMAINS UNSTATED. TRUTH CANNOT BE REDUCED  TO A STATEMENT, IT CANNOT BE REDUCED TO A FORMULA. IT IS VAST! HOW CAN YOU REDUCE IT TO A STATEMENT? THE MOMENT YOU STATE ANYTHING ABOUT TRUTH, THE VERY EXPRESSION BECOMES A BARRIER. WORDS CLING AROUND TRUTH LIKE CHAINS.

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                    TRUTH CAN BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN SILENCE. SO THOSE WHO REALLY LISTEN ME, THEY DONT' LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY, THEY LISTEN TO WHAT I AM. THEY LISTEN TO THE GAPS, THEY LISTEN TO THE INTERVALS, WORDS ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT THERE ARE SMALL GAPS BETWEEN WORDS AND THE MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND ME HAPPENS IN THOSE GAPS.

                     THOSE GAPS ARE OF MEDITATION. SLOWLY SLOWLY, WORDS MOVE ON THE PERIPHERY AND MY MEETING, MY COMMUNION WITH YOU BECOMES THE CENTER PHENOMENON. WORDS ARE THERE, JUST DISTANT, ON THE PERIPHERY. SILENCE STARTS HAPPENING.

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                       IF YOU FALL SILENT LISTENING TO ME, THEN YOU HAVE LISTENED TO ME. IF LISTENING TO ME YOUR MIND STOPS AD THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN THERE ARE NO THOUGHTS, ALL IS STILL AND QUIET, THEN YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO ME.

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HOW DOES THE MEDITATION WORK?

 

              

                            WHAT DOES THIS 

                                  MEDITATION DO?

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                        ANS : THIS KRIYA WILL CREATE A CERTAIN SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BODY, BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR MIND. IF AT ALL THERE IS ANY STRUGGLE IN YOUR LIFE, IT IS BECAUSE YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH THESE LIMITED ASPECTS YOURSELF.

                     SO THE ESSENSE OF MEDITATION IS THAT IT CREATES A SPACE, A DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND WHAT YOU REFER TO AS YOUR "MIND". ALL THE SUFFERING YOU GO THROUGH IS MANUFACTURED IN YOUR MIND, ISN'T IT SO? IF YOU DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THE MIND, CAN THERE BE SUFFERING IN YOU? THIS IS THE END OF SUFFERING.

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                     NOW WHILE YOU ARE MEDITATING, THERE IS A DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR MIND, AND YOU DO FEEL PEACEFUL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE MOMENT YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU ARE AGAIN STUCK WITH YOUR MIND.

                  IF YOU MEDITATE EVERY DAY, A DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, AND YOU CAN STILL EXPERIENCE THAT THE MIND IS THERE AND YOU ARE HERE. THIS IS THE END OF SUFFERING. WHEN YOU ARE LO LONGER IDENTIFIED WITH YOUR BODY AND MIND, YOU WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE SOURCE OF CREATION WITHIN YOU. ONCE THIS HAPPENS, GRACE HAPPENS.

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                    WHETHER YOU ARE HERE, OR BEYOND, THIS IS THE END OF SUFFERING. THAT MEANS YOUR WHOLE KARMIC BAG- YOUR PAST, OR YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND HAS BEEN KEPT ASIDE. IT CANNOT HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER YOU. ONCE THE PAST HAS NO INFLUENCE OVER YOU, THEN LIFE BECOMES A HUGE POTENTIAL. EVERY BREATH BECOMES SUCH A TREMENDOUS POSSIBILITY IN YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE THE PAST IS NOT PLAYING ANY ROLE IN YOUR EXISTENCE HERE NOW. IF YOU SIT HERE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTE LIFE. LIFE BECOMES EFFORTLESS.

                  WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BREATH?

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                  ANS : BREATH IS THE THREAD WHICH TIES YOU TO THE BODY. IF I TAKE AWAY YOUR BREATH, YOUR BODY WILL FALL APART. IT IS THE BREATH THAT HAS TIED YOU TO THE BODY. WHAT YOU CALL AS YOUR BODY AND WHAT YOU CALL AS "ME" HAVE BEEN TIED TOGETHER WITH BREATH. AND THIS BREATH DECIDES MANY ASPECTS OF WHO YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THOUGHT AND EMOTION THAT YOU GO THROUGH, YOUR BREATH TAKES ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PATTERNS. IF YOU ARE ANGRY YOU WILL BE BREATHING ONE WAY. YOU ARE PEACEFUL, YOU BREATHE ANOTHER WAY. YOU ARE HAPPY, YOU BREATHE ANOTHER WAY. YOU ARE SAD, YOU WILL BREATHE ANOTHER WAY. HAVE YOU NOTICED THIS?

                           WHAT EFFECT DOES UTTERING THE SOUND 'AAA" 

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                  ANS : WHEN YOU UTTER THE SOUND "AAA" THE MAINTENANCE CENTER IN YOUR BODY GETS ACTIVATED. THIS IS MANIPURAKA CHAKRA, OR THE NAVEL CENTER. WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, THE "MAINTANANCE" PIPE WAS CONNECTED THERE. NOW THE TUBE IS GONE, BUT THE MAINTANANCE CENTER IS STILL IN YOUR NAVEL.

                     NOW AS THERE IS A PHYSICAL BODY, THERE IS A WHOLE ENERGY BODY THAT WE GENERALLY REFER TO AS EITHER PRANA OR SHAKTI. THIS ENERGY, OR PRANA, FLOWS THROUGH THE BODY IN CERTAIN ESTABLISHED PATTERNS, IT IS NOT MOVING RANDOMLY. THERE ARE 72000 DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH IT MOVES. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE 72000 PATHWAYS IN THE SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH IT IS FLOWING. SO NADIS ARE PATHWAYS OR CHANNELS IN THE SYSTEM. THEY DO NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION, IF YOU CUT THE BODY AND LOOK INSIDE, YOU WILL NOTICE THE ENERGY IS NOT MOVING AT RANDOM, IT IS MOVING IN ESTABLISHED PATHWAYS.

 

                   WHEN YOU UTTER THE SOUND "AAA" YOU WILL SEE THE REVERBERATION WILL START ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS OF AN INCH BELOW THE NAVEL AND SPREAD RIGHT ACROSS THE BODY. SOUND "AAA" IS THE ONLY REVERBERATION WHICH SPREADS RIGHT ACROSS THE BODY BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE 72000, NADIS MEET AND REDISTRIBUTE THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE ONLY POINT IN THE BODY LIKE THAT. IF YOU UTTER THE SOUND "AAA" THE REVERBERATIONS OF THIS SOUND ARE CARRIED RIGHT ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

                 THIS REVERBERATION CAN ASSIST GREATLY IN ENERGIZING YOUR MAINTENANCE CENTER. ACTIVATING THIS CENTER WILL BRING HEALTH, DYNAMISM, PROSPERITY AND WELLBEING.

WHY YOGIS CHOOSE MOUNTAINS WHILE MEDITATE

 

                    THE REASON YOGIS CHOOSE MOUNTAIN

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                      WHY IS IT THAT YOGIS CHOOSE TO LIVE IN MOUNTAINS AND NOT IN THE PLAINS?

                         ANS :  JUST TO AVOID PEOPLE LIKE YOU, THAT'S ALL! WHY DO THEY CHOOSE MOUNTAINS? WHY NOT PLAINS, VALLEYS, OR COASTS? MEAN SEA LEVEL WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE YOU COULD LIVE WITH BARE MINIMUM. A SANYASI ON A BEACH WOULD BE JUST FINE, ISN'T IT?  NO EXTRA CLOTHING NEEDED, NO PROBLEM. IT WOULD BE VERY EASY. ON THE MOUNTAINS, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT THEY STILL CHOSE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE A MOUNTAIN IS A PLACE WHERE EARTH HAS RISEN TO REACH OUT TO YOU, SO THAT YOU DON'T ESCAPE.

                       A YOGI IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SMALL ENCLOSURES. A YOGI IS SOMEBODY WHO IS COMPLETELY RE-CREATING LIFE WITHING HIMSELF AND OUTSIDE OF HIMSELF. HE ALWAYS WANTS A PLACE WHICH IS SMALL IN SIZE, WHICH IS COMPACT, WHERE HE CAN CREATE HIS OWN KIND OF ENERGY AND HIS OWN KIND OF WORLD. IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM YOUR PERCEPTION, THE CAVE IS JUST A SMALL HOLE TO CRAWL INTO, BUT IN HIS EXPERIENCE IT IS BIGGER THAN THE WORLD, BECAUSE TIME AND SPACE IS AN ILLUSION CREATED BY YOUR MIND. WHAT IS SMALL, WHAT IS BIG, WHAT IS NOW, WHAT IS THEN, IS ALL THE ILLUSION OF THE MIND. ONCE A PERSON HAS TRANSCENDED THIS LIMITATION, HE CAN CREATE A WHOLE UNIVERSE IN HIS CAVE.

                    MOUNTAINS ARE A PLACE WHERE EARTH HAS RISEN UP IN SOME WAY. IF YOU BORE A HOLE INTO THE GROUND, DIG A WELL TRY TO STAY IN IT, IT WILL NOT BE COMFORTABLE FOR MANY REASONS. SLOWLY, YOU MUST BECOME A FROG BECAUSE IT WILL FILL UP. BUT A MOUNTAIN CAVEIS IN THE MOUNTAIN ITSELF. IT IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU ARE ENVELOPED WITH EARTH ON ALL SIDES. THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOGIS ALWAYS CHOSE MOUNTAINS, NOT VALLEYS, NOT PLAINS, BECAUSE FOR THEIR WORK, THEY WANT TO BE SURROUNDED BY EARTH. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BUILT THE DHYANALINGA LIKE A MOUND OF EARTH. IT IS SURROUNDED BY EARTH- THAT IS THE NEAREST THING THAT WE COULD DO.

                 A YOGI WANTS TO KEEP HIMSELF IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION WHERE HE IS SURROUNDED BY EARTH. A MOUNTAIN IS THE ONLY TOPOGRAPHY WHICH OFFERS CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS A CONSTANT REMINDER FOR THE BODY THAT THE PLAY OF ELEMENTS IN THE EARTH AND IN THIS BODY IS NOT DIFFERENT.

                      WALKING WITHOUT SLIPPERS

                    ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS IS THEY MUST WALK BAREFOOT FOR TWO HOURS ON THE EARTH AND PUT THEIR HANDS INTO THE EARTH. THAT IS THE BASIC EARLY MORNING TREATMENT FOR THEM. SO I SAID, "JUST GO OUT IN THE GARDEN AND ASK THEM WAHT IS THEIR AILMENT, THEY WILL EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE HERE". BECAUSE IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE, EVEN AMONG THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY, THAT YOUR BODY'S DEFENSE MECHANISM WORKS AT ITS BEST WHEN YOU ARE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. IF YOU JUST LIE DOWN, THE BACTERIAL LEVEL IN THE BODY GOES UP PHENOMENALLY, AND YOUR BODY'S ABILITY TO HANDLE ITSELF COMES DOWN DRAMATICALLY. HORIZONTAL POSITIONS REDUCE THE WHOLE BODY'S ITEGRITY. THIS IS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN VERTICAL POSTURES FOR HOURS AND HORUS, BECAUSE  THEY ARE REORGANIZING THEIR SYSTEM.

                           IF THE BODY IS DETERIORATING FOR SOME REASON, IF YOU COME IN CONTACT, WITH THE EARTH, THERE ARE MANY SADHANAS THAT CAN BE DONE TO HEAL IT.

                      IT YOU DO THE RIGHT KIND OF SADHANA, IF YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH EARTH, EVEN IF YOU JUST WALK BAREFOOT IN YOUR GARDEN EVERY DAY FOR AN HOUR WHERE THERE ARE NO TICKS AND THORNS, WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME YOUR SENSE OF HEALTH WILL BE GREATLY ENHANCED. JUST TRY THIS AND SEE. GET OFF YOUR HIGH COT, JUST SLEEP ON THE FLOOR. YOU CAN CLEARLY NOTICE THAT THERE WILL BE GREAT SENSE OF HEALTH IN YOUR BODY.

                       THIS IS THE REASON WHY IN THE INDIAN TRADITION, WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD TO EAT ON THE FLOOR AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR. WHATEVER WE DO, WE SIT ON THE FLOOR, NOT BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD A COT, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE IN THE FIRST ONE-AND-A-HALF FEET FROM THE EARTH,THE THINKNESS OF THE PRANIC VIBRATION IS A LOT MORE THAN IT IS ABOVE. AS IT GOES UP, IT BECOMES THINNER AND THINNER. THAT IS WHY EVEN IF WE PLACE A DEITY, WE DON'T PLACE HIM ON A GREAT ALTAR, WE PLACE HIM VERY CLOSE TO EARTH. WE BUILT VERY LARGE TEMPLES, SUCH MASSIVE STRUCTURES, SO IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO RAISE A ONE-HUNDRED FOOT PLATFORM AND PUT HIM THERE, BUT HE IS ALWAYS PUT LOW DOWN, ALMOST TO THE GROUND OR SLIGHTLY UP. THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PRANIC VIBRATIONS ARE BEST, LOW DOWN.

                       THAT IS WHY ALL SPIRITUAL BEINGS GENERALLY MOVE TO THE MOUNTAINS OR CAVES, THOUGH THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A CLOSER CONTACT WITH THE EARTH. IF YOU MAKE A HOLE OR A CAVE IN IT, THE EARTH IS ON ALL SIDES.

MEDITATION NOTES

 

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                             HOW TO UNDERSTAND

                                  THE MEDITATION 

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                 CONSIDER HOW QUICKLY ALL THINGS ARE DISSOLVED AND RESOLVED. THE BODIES AND SUBSTANCES THEMSELVES, INTO THE MATTER AND SUBSTANCE OF THE WORLD, AND THEIR MEMORIES INTO THE GENERAL AGE AND TIME OF THE WORLD. CONSIDER THE NATURE OF ALL WORDLY SENSIBLE THINGS, OF THOSE ESPECIALLY, WHICH EITHER ENSNARE BY PLEASURE, OR FOR THEIR IRKSOMENESS ARE DREADFUL, OR FOR THEIR OUTWARD LUSTRE AND SHOW ARE IN GREAT ESTEEM AND REQUEST, HOW VILE AND COMTEMPTIBLE, HOW BASE AND CORRUPTIBLE, HOW DESTITUTE OF ALL TRUE LIFE AND BEING THEY ARE.

 

                  IT IS THE PART OF A MAN ENDOWED WITH A GOOD UNDERSTANDING FACULTY, TO CONSIDER WHAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE IN VERY DEED, FROM WHOSE BARE CONCEITS AND  VOICES, HONOUR AND CREDIT TO PROCEED. AS ALSO WHAT IT IS TO DIE, AND HOW IF A MAN SHALL CONSIDER THIS BY ITSELF ALONE, TO DIE, AND SEPARATE FROM IT IN HIS MIND ALL THOSE THING WHICH WITH IT USUALLY REPRESENT THEMSELVES UNTO US, HE CAN CONCEIVE OF IT NO OTHERWISE, THAN  AS OF A WORK OF NATURE, AND HE THAT FEARS ANY WORK OF NATURE, IS A VERY CHILD. NOW DEATH, IT IS NOT ONLY A WORK O NATURE, BUT ALSO CONDUCING TO NATURE.

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                     CONSIDER WITH THYSELF HOW MAN, AND BY WHAT PART OF US, IS JOINED UNTO GOD, AND HOW THAT PART OF MAN IS AFFECTED, WHEN IT IS SAID TO BE DIFFUSED. THERE IS NOTHING MORE WRETCHED THAN THAT SOUL, WHICH IN A KIND OF CIRCUIT COMPASSETH ALL THINGS, SEARCHING (AS HE SAITH) EVEN THE VERY DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, AND BY ALL SIGNS AND CONJECTURES PRYING INTO THE VERY THOUGHTS OF OTHER MEN'S SOULS, AND YET OF THIS, IS NOT SENSIBLE, THAT IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR A MAN TO APPLY HIMSELF WHOLLY, AND TO CONFINE ALL HIS THOUGHTS AND CARES TO THE TENDANCE OF THAT SPIRIT WHICH IS WITHIN HIM, AND TRULY AND REALLY TO SERVE HIM. HIS SERVICE DOTH CONSISTS IS THIS, THAT A MAN KEEP HIMSELF PURE FROM ALL VIOLENT PASSION AND EVIL AFFECTION, FROM ALL RASHNESS AND VANITY, AND FROM ALL MANNER OF DISCONTENT, EITHER IN REGARD OF THE GODS OR MEN. FOR INDEED WHATSOEVER PROCEEDS FROM THE GODS, DESERVES RESPECT FOR THEIR WORTH AND EXCELLENCY, AND WHATSOEVER PROCEEDS FROM MEN, AS THEY ARE OUR KINSMEN, SHOULD BY US BE ENTERTAINED, WITH LOVE, ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, AS PROCEEDING FROM THEIR IGNORANCE, OF THAT WHICH 

                WHAT OBJECT SO EVER,  OUR REASONABLE AND SOCIABLE FACULTY DOTH MEET WITH, THAT AFFORDS NOTHING EITHER FOR THE SATISFACTION OF REASON, OR FOR THE PRACTICE OF CHARITY, SHE WORTHILY DOTH THINK UNWORTHY OF HERSELF.

                               

 

     

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                      WHEN THOU HAST DONE WELL, AND ANOTHER IS BENEFITED BY THY ACTION, MUST THOU LIKE A VERY FOOL LOOK FOR A THIRD THING BESIDES, AS THAT IT MAY APPEAR UNTO OTHERS ALSO THAT THOU HAST DONE WELL, OR THAT THOU MAYEST IN TIME, RECEIVE ONE GOOD TURN FOR ANOTHER? NO MAN USETH TO BE WEARY OF THAT WHICH IS BENEFICIAL UNTO HIM. BUT EVERY ACTION ACCORDING TO NATURE, IS BENEFICIAL, BE NOT WEARY THEN OF DOING THAT WHICH IS BENEFICIAL UNTO THEE, WHILST IT IS SO UNTO OTHERS.

                       THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE DID ONCE CERTAINLY BEFORE IT WAS CREATED, WHATSOEVER IT HATH DONE SINCE, DELIBERATE AND SO RESOLVE UPON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. NOW SINCE THAT TIME, WHATSOEVER IT IS, THAT IS AND HAPPENS IN THE WORLD, IS EITHER BUT A CONSEQUENT OF THAT ONE AND FIRST DELIBERATION, OR IF SO BE THAT THIS RULING RATIONAL PART OF THE WORLD, TAKES ANY THOUGHT AND CARE OF THINGS PARTICULAR, THEY ARE SURELY HIS REASONABLE AND PRINCIPLE CREATURES, THAT ARE THE PROPER OBJECT OF HIS PARTICULAR CARE AND PROVIDENCE. THIS OFTEN THOUGHT UPON, WILL MUCH CONDUCE TO THY TRANQUILITY.

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                           THIS ALSO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MAY SERVE TO KEEP THEE FROM VAINGLORY, IF THOU SHALT CONSIDER, THAT THOU ART NOW ALTOGETHER INCAPABLE OF THE COMMENDATION OF ONE, WHO ALL HIS LIFE LONG, OR FROM HIS YOUTH AT LEAST, HATH LIVED A PHILOSOPHERS LIFE. FOR BOTH UNTO OTHERS, AND TO THYSELF ESPECIALLY, IT IS WELL KNOWN, THAT THOU HAST DONE MANY THINGS CONTRARY TO THAT PERFECTION OF LIFE. THOU HAST THEREFORE BEEN CONFOUNDED IN THY COURSE, AND HENCEFORTH IT WILL BE HARD FOR THEE TO RECOVER THE TITLE AND CREDIT OF A PHILOSOPHER. AND TO IT ALSO IS THY CALLING AND PROFESSION REPUGNANT. IF THEREFORE THOU DOST TRULY UNDERSTAND. WHAT IT IS THAT IS OF MOMENT INDEED, AS FOR THY FAME AND CREDIT, TAKE NO THOUGHT OR CARE FOR THAT. LET IT SUFFICE THEE IF ALL THE REST OF THY LIFE, BE IT MORE OR LESS, THOU SHALT LIVE AS THY NATURE REQUIRETH, OR ACCORDING TO THE TRUE AND NATURAL END OF THY MAKING. TAKE PAINS THEREFORE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THY NATURE REQUIRETH, AND LET NOTHING ELSE DISTRACT THEE.

                     UPON EVERY ACTION THAT THOU ART ABOUT, PUT THIS QUESTION TO THYSELF (MYSELF), HOW WILL THIS WHEN IT IS DONE AGREE WITH ME? SHALL I HAVE NO OCCASION TO REPENT OF IT? YET A VERY LITTLE WHILE AND I AM DEAD AND GONE, AND ALL THINGS ARE AT END. WHAT THEN DO I CARE FOR MORE THAN THIS, THAT MY PRESENT ACTION WHATSOEVER IT BE, MAY BE THE PROPER ACTION OF ONE THAT IS REASONABLE, WHOSE END IS, THE COMMON GOOD, WHO IN ALL THINGS IS RULED AND GOVERNED BY THE SAZME LAW OF RIGHT AND REASON, BY WHICH GOD HIMSELF IS.

                            THOU HAS NO TIME NOR OPPORTUNITY TO READ. WHAT THEN? HAST THOU NOT TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THYSELF, NOT TO WRONG THYSELF, TO STRIVE AGAINST ALL CARNAL PLEASURES AND PAINS, AND TO GET THE UPPER HAND OF THEM, TO CONTEMN HONOUR AND VAINGLORY,  AND NOT ONLY, NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THEM, WHOM TOWARDS THEE THOU DOEST FIND UNSENSIBLE AND UNTHANKFUL, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A CARE OF THEM STILL, AND OF THEIR WELFARE?