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".

THE TYPES OF ASANAS

                                     JAPA MEDITATION

                              💫💫  ASANA💫💫

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                            THE BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE SOULD SO ITS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT. ASANA MEANS THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL POSTURES. YOGA POSTURES ARE BENEFICIAL FOR OVERALL HEALTH, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE. THEY KEEP THE BODY DISEASE FREE. ONE SHOULD NOT DO TOO MANY OR TOO LESS EXERCISES RATHER EXERCISES SHOULD BE DONE IN MODERATE AMOUNT. A STEADY POSTURE HEPS IN CONTROLLING NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION. IT HELPS IN CONTROLLING EMOTIONS, CALMING THE MIND AND AND CONCENTRATING ON GOD WITH FAITH. IT HEPS IN BALANCING ONE'S MATERIAL WORLD AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

                         WITH A STEADY POSTURE, ONE EASILY OVERCOME THE BODY DISTURBANCE LIKE THIRST, HUNGER AND EVEN CRAWLING OF INSECT ON THE BODY. IF BODY IS NOT MOVING THEN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM GETS DISTURBED AND ONE IS NOT ABLE TO CONCENTRATE HOW HARD ONE MAY TRY.

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                     ONE SHOULD DO YOGA ASANAS REGULARLY NOT TO INCREASE ONE'S EATING CAPACITY RATHER ONE'S PHYSICAL STRENGTH FOR STAYING IN THE SAME POSTURES FOR LONG HOURS. AND NEVER FORGET THAT "A SOUND MIND IS IN THE SOUND BODY" BECAUSE BODY IS THE INSTRUMENT WHICH CAN TAKE ONE TO THE GOAL OF LIFE.

                        💫💫 PRANAYAMA 💫💫

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                              PRANAYAMA MEANS CONTROL OF BREATH. PROPER BREATHING SUPPLIES MORE OXYGEN TO BRAIN WHICH LEADS TO CONTROL OF MIND. IT CONTROLS THE ENERGY (PRANA) IN THE ORGANISMS. 

                        PRANAYAMA INCLUDES VARIOUS EXERCISES TO KEEP THE BODY HEALTHY. THESE EXERCISES INCLUDE BHASTRIKA, KAPALABHATI, THREE BANDHAS - JALANDHARA BANDHA, UDDIYANA BANDHA AND MULA BANDHA, ANULOMA VILOMA, BHRAMARI, SURYA BEDHA, CHANDRA BEDHA AND UJJAYI.

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                        DEEP BREATHING HELPS IN CALMING THE MIND.

                       💫💫  PRATYAHARA💫💫

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                           PRATYAHARA MEANS WITHDRAWAL OF SENSES FROM THE EXTERNAL WORLD. WITH THE FIVE SENSES- EYES, EARS, NOSE, TONGUE AND SKIN ONE PERCEIVE THE OUTER WORLD. IF THESE SENSES ARE CONTROLLED THEN SCATTERED RAYS OF MIND CAN BE MORE EASILY FOCUSED TO A SINGLE POINT.

                        WITH OPEN EYES ONE PERCEIVES A LOT OF MOVEMENT OF SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS. THEREFORE, A BEGINNER SHOULD CLOSE HIS EYES. ALTHOUGH STILL OBJECTS CAN STIR MIND TO A GREAT EXTENT YET WITHDRAWING OF MIND FROM DISTRACTIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

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                      BY CLOSING THE EARS ONE CAN BLOCK THE OUTER SOUNDS OR NOISES WHICH CAN DIVERT MIND FROM THE POIN OF FOCUS.

                      NOSE IS CLOSED FOR SOMETIME TO SLOW DOWN THE BREATHING PROCESS. SLOW BREATHING HELPS IN FOCUSING THE MIND.

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                      TONGUE IS A VERY SMALL ORGAN BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IF ONE IS ABLE TO CONTROL TONGUE THEN TWO BIRDS ARE KILLED WITH A STONE. ONE CAN SPEAK LESS AND EAT FOR THE BODY RATHER THAN TO PLEASE TASTES BUDS. IF ONE CAN DISCIPLINE ONE'S TONGUE THEN ONE CAN EASILY CONTROL ONE'S MIND.

                      SENSATIONS OF TOUCH ON SKIN ARE DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. FOR THAT ONE HAS TO DEVELOP ONE'S FOCUSING POWER TO CONCENTRATE ON GOD AND ONLY GOD!

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                           HE HAD OVERCOME THE SENSATIONS OF CRAWLING OF INSECTS ON HIS BODY.

                         YONI MUDRA - IN THE BEGINNING ONE CAN PRACTICE YONI MUDRA. AS TORTOISE WITHDRAW ITS FACE AND LIMBS INSIDE ITS SHELL, IN THE SAME MANNER ONE HAS TO PULL ONESELF INSIDE BY BLOCKING EYES, EARS, NOSE AND MOUTH. ALL THE DISTRACTIONS FROM THE STIMULATIONS OF SENSES HAVE TO BE BLOCKED TO CONCENTRATE MIND ON A SINGLE OBJECT. CLOSE EARS WITH THUMBS, EYES WITH INDEX FINGERS AND NOSTRILS WITH MIDDLE FINGERS. GENTLY PRESS LIPS WITH RING AND LITTLE FINGERS. INHALE AND EXHALE LIGHTLY BY RELEASING THE MIDDLE FINGERS.

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                       ACCORDING TO SWAMI JNANESHVARA BHARATI, "CONCENTRATION (DHARANA) IS THE PROCESS OF HOLDING OR 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 DISTRACTIONS IT IS KNOWN AS DHARANA.

                         SIMILARLY ONE HAS TO ONE'S THOUGHTS ON ONE OBJECT TO ATTAIN SPIRITUAL SUCCESS.

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

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.

THE FEAR OF GHOST

                       ARE YOU BELIEVE IN THE GHOST?

                              THE AFRAID OF GHOST!

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                       I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS AND YET I AM AFRAID OF THEM.  WHEN I AM ALONE IN THE NIGHT, IF FEEL THAT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ME....

                        IN FACT, YOU DENY THINGS WHICH YOU ARE AFRAID. YOUR DENIAL SIMPLY SHOWS YOUR FEAR. YOU SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS. IF YOU REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS. THEN FROM WHERE CAN THE FEAR COME? THEN WHY SHOULD YOU BE AFRAID? FOR WHAT? BUT YOUR DISBELIEF IS NOTHING BUT A WAY OF HIDDNG YOUR FEAR.

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                           REMEMBER: YOUR BELIEF IS OUT OF FEAR, YOUR DISBELIEF IS OUT OF FEAR. IF YOU LIVE IN FEAR, WHATSOEVER HAPPENS TO YOU IS GOING TO HAPPEN OUT OF FEAR. I SEE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GOING TO THE TEMPLES AND THE MOSQUES AND THE CHURCHES OUT OF FEAR, AND I SEE ATHEISTS DENYING GOD OUT OF FEAR. IF I LOOK DEEPLY I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THEIST AND THE ATHEIST. THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME REACTING DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE SITUATION IS THE SAME AND FEAR IS THE SAME. THEIR DIFFERENCE ARE ONLY SUPERFICIAL.

                          IN EACH ATHEIST THE THEIST IS HIDDEN. AND IN EACH THEIST THE ATHEIST IS HIDDEN THAT'S WHY IT IS SO EASY TO CONVERT THEM. 

                        THESE ARE NOT REALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 

                         YOU SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS...

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                        YOU BELIEVE. YOU ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO DECEIVE YOURSELF. HENCE THE FEAR. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE ONE IN THE NIGHT THEY ARE THERE. BUT YOU ARE UNNECESSARILY AFRAID OF POOR GHOSTS. COMPARED TO HUMAN BEINGS, THEY ARE VERY INNOCENT PEOPLE. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANY GHOSTS TURNING INTO AN ADOLF HITLER? OR CHENGHIS KHAN OR TAMURLANG? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF GHOSTS CREATING HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, PREARING FOR THE THIRD WORLD WAR? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF GHOSTS DOING ANY HARM? THEIR HARM, IF SOMETIMES YOU HEAR SOME STORIES, IS MORE OR LESS TRIVIAL SMALL THINGS.

                     I HAVE HEARD ABOUT ONE YOUNG GHOST. THE YOUND GHOST GOT VERY SCARED WHEN HIS FRIENDS TOLD HIM TOO MANY HUMAN STORIES. 

                      AND I HAVE ALDO HEARD. THEN THERE WAS THE GHOST WHO DID NOT BELIEVE IN PEOPLE.

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                        THEY ARE ALSO AFRAID OF YOU. AND YOU SAY, YOU ARE AFRAID THAT WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IN THE NIGHT I FEEL THAT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ME...

                       I HAVE ALSO HEARD. THE FATHER GHOSTS TOLD HIS SON, SPOOK ONLY WHEN YOU ARE SPOKEN TO....

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                     SO, TO ME, THOSE THINGS ARE IRRELEVANT. FEAR IS THE BASIC THINGS. WHY IS MAN AFRAID? DON'T GO INTO REASONS CAUSES AND EXPLANATIONS GO DIRECTLY INTO THE FEAR. SO NEXT TIME WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IN THE ROOM, JUST CLOSE THE EYES GO INTO YOUR FEAR. DON'T BOTHER ABOUT GHOSTS JUST GO INTO THE FEAR. TREMBLE IF TREMBLING COMES, BUT DON'T FIND ANY EXPLANATION THAT YOU ARE TREMBLING BECAUSE OF THE GHOSTS. THAT IS JUST AN EXPLANATION TO EXPLAIN AWAY THE FEAR JUST GO INTO TREMBLING. TREMBLE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. IF YOU FEEL LIKE SCREAMING, SCREAM FOR NO REASON AT ALL BUT GO INTO THE FEAR ITSELF. DON'T BRING ANYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN YOU AND THE FEAR. THAT IS A TRICK OF THE MIND. AND IF YOU CAN GO DEEP DOWN INTO THE FEAR, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. THE DEEPER YOU GO, THE MORE AND MORE FEAR DISSIPATES, DISAPPEARS. AND WHEN YOU TOUCH THE VERY CORE, THE VERY BOTTOM CORE OF IT, IT HAS DISSAPEARED. YOU ARE SIMPLY THERE, UTTERLY SILENT. THERE IS NO GHOSTS THERE, EVEN YOU ARE NOT THERE. ALL IS SILENT, UTTERLY SILENT, ABSOLUTELY SILENT. THAT SILENCE IS JOY, THAT SILENCE IS FEARLESSNESS.

HOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL

                                                            

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                            THE BUDDHA POINT TO 

                                  ACHIEVING THE GOAL

        

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                                IF AT THE ENDO OF OUR JOURNEY

                                    THERE BE NO FINAL RESTING PLACE,

                            HOW CAN THERE BE 

                                      A WAY TO LOSE OURSELVES IN? 

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                          YOU WILL HAVE TO MEDITATE OVER IT. SLOWLY, THE MEANING WILL DAWIN INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

                        FIRST, THERE IS NO GOAL, SO NOBODY CAN GO ASTRAY.. LE IT PENETRATE YOUR HEART, LET IT PIERCE YOU LIKE AN ARROW. THERE IS NO GAOL IN LIFE! SO THERE IS NO WAY TO MISS IT. ALL OTHER RELIGIONS DEPEND ON THAT, ALL OTHER RELIGIONS GO ON TELLING PEOPLE "YOU ARE MISSING". THAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD "SIN" TO MISS, TO MISS THE TARGET. THE ORIGINAL HEBREW ROOT MEANS TO MISS THE TARGET, NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH THE GOAL THAT IS SIN.

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                    ACCORDING TO GAUTAM BUDDHA THERE CAN BE NO SIN. YOU CAN'T MISS IT! BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO MISS. THE GOAL EXISTS NOT, THE GOAL IS IMAGINARY, IT IS YOUR CREATION . YOU CREATE THE GOAL, THEN YOU CREATE VIRTUE AND SIN. THOSE WHO ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE GOAL ARE SINNERS. YOU CREATE THE GOAL AND THEN YOU DIVIDE HUMANITY INTO SAINTS AND SINNERS. DROP THE GOAL AND SAINTS DISSAPEAR AND DIVISIONS DISSAPPEAR, DISAPEARS, AND THEN THERE IS NO HEAVEN AND NO HELL.

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                      SEE THE POINT OF IT! JUST THE IDEA OF THE GOAL CREATES HEAVEN AND HELL. THOSE WHO ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE GOAL, THE OBEDIENT PEOPLE, THE GOOD PEOPLE, THEY WILL BE REWARDED BY HEAVEN. AND THOSE WHO ARE GOING TOWARDS THE GOAL, THE SINNERS, THE BAD PEOPLE, THEY WILL BE PUNISHED BY HELL. FIRST YOU CREATE THE GOAL AND THEN EVERYTHING FOLLOWS... THEN HEAVEN AND HELL ARE CREATED, FEAR OF LOSING THE GOAL-AND THEN EGO IS CREATED, THE EGO THE GOAL. YOU HAVE CREATED THE WHOLE MESS, THE WHOLE NEUROSIS OF MIND.

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                       BUDDHA STRIKES THE VERY ROOT, HE SAYS THERE IS NO GOAL. JUST THIS SIMOLE STATEMENT CAN BECOME A LIBERATING FORCE, THERE IS NO GOAL, THEN ONE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. ONE IS ALWAYS HERE, ONE IS NEVER GOING ANYWHERE. THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO, AND THERE IS NOBODY TO GO. ALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE, AND ALL  HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE.

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                           THE GOAL MEANS THE FUTURE, THEN YOU START BECOMING MORE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE, YOU START FORGETTING ABOUT THE PRESENT. THE GOAL CREATES TENSION, ANGUISH, FEAR-WHETHER I AM GOING TO MAKE IT OR NOT? AND COMPETITION AND JEALOUSY AND CONFLICT, AND THE HIERARCHY. THOSE WHO ARE COMING CLOSERTO THE GOAL ARE HIGHER, THOSE WHO ARE NOT COMING CLOSER TO THE GOAL ARE LOWER.

                        THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. DEPENDS ON A SINGLE PHENOMENON DISOBEDIENCE. BUDDHA SAYS THERE IS NOBODY TO COMMAND AND THERE IS NO WAY TO OBEY.

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                     LIFE HAS NO GOAL AS SUCH. LIFE ITSELF IS ITS OWN GOAL, THE GOAL IS INTRINSIC. THE VALUE OF LIFE IS IN ITSELF, IT DOES NOT COME FROM ANYTHING ELSE. LIFE IS NOT A MEANS TO SOME AND SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE. LIFE IS ITS OWN END, ITS OWN MEANS. LIFE IS ALL...

                       ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS YOU CANNOT SAY LIFE IS MEANINGLESS.

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                      BUDDHA'S UNDERSTANDING IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. HE SAYS, LIFE IS ITS OWN MEANING. YOU NEED NOT CREATE ANY OTHER MEANING AND ALL CREATED MEANINGS WILL BECOME JUST SOURCES OF ANXIETY. THE ROSE BLOOMING IN THE GARDEN IS NOT BLOOMING FOR SOMETHING ELSE! AND THE RIVER FLOWING TO THE OCEN IS NOT FLOWING FOR SOMETHING ELSE THE FLOW IS THE JOY. THE FLOWERING IS THE CELEBRATION.

                  YOU IN LOVE - MEDITATE OVER THE PHENOMENON. IS THE LOVER LEADING YOU SOMEWHERE? LOVE IS ITS WON DELIGHT. IT NEED NOT HAVE ANY OTHER GOAL. IT IS ENOUGH INTO ITSELF.

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                     WHEN YOU DROP THE IDEA OF MEANING AND GOAL, A STRANGE PHENOMENON HAPPENS THE IDEA OF MEANINGLESSNESS ALSO DISAPPEARS.  WITH THE IDEA OF MEANING, SIDE BY SIDE, PARALLEL, RUNS ANOTHER IDEA. THE IDEA OF MEANING TO BE ATTAINED, HENCE THERE IS NO QUESTION OF FEELING MEANINGLESSNESS. LIFE IN ITSELF IS ITS VALUE. 

WHAT IS THE TRUTH OF OUR MIND?

  

                       WHAT IS THE EXISTENCE OF 

                                         OUR LIFE?

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                             IF AT THE END OF OUR JOURNEY

                                 THERE BE NO FIND RESTING PLACE,

                            HOW CAN THERE BE 

                                     A WAY TO LOSE OURSELVES IN?

                       THERE CANNOT BE. NOBODY HAS EVER GONE ASTRAY! ADAM HAS NEVER LEFT THE GARDEN OF EDEN. HE IS STILL LIVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN BUT HE HAS BECOME GOAL ORIENTED SO HE CANNOT SEE IT. HE HAS STARTED THINKING OF THE FUTURE. BECAUSE OF THAT THOUGHT OF THE FUTURE, HIS MIND IS CLOUDED AND HE CANNOT SEE THAT WHICH IS AROUND.

                    WHEN YOU ARE TOO MUCH FUTURE-ORIENTED, YOU START BECOMING FORGETFUL ABOUT THE PRESENT - WHICH IS THE ONLY REALITY. 

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                    THESE BIRDS CHATTERING .... THAT FARAWAY CUCKOO.. THIS MOMENT!.. THIS HERENOW... IS FORGOTTEN WHEN YOU START THINKING IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING SOMETHING... WHEN THE ACHIEVING MIND ARISES, YOU LOSE CONTACT WITH THE PARADISE YOU ARE IN.

                THIS ONE OF THE MOST LIBERATING APPROACHES IT LIBERATES YOU RIGHT NOW! FORGET ALL ABOUT SIN AND FORGET ALL ABOUT SAINTLESS. BOTH ARE STUPID. BOTH TOGETHER HAVE DESTROYED ALL THE JOYS OF HUMANITY. THE SINNER IS FEELING GUILTY, HENCE HIS JOY IS LOST. HOW CAN YOU ENJOY LIFE IF YOU ARE CONTINOUSLY FEELING GUILTY? IF YOU ARE CONTINUOUSLY GOING TO THE CHURCH TO CONFESS THAT YOU HAVE DONE THIS WRONG AND THAT WRONG? AND WRONG AND WRONG AND WRONG.. YOUR WHOLE LIFE SEEMS TO BE MADE OF SINS. HOW CAN YOU LIVE JOYOUSLY?

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                    IF BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO DELIGHT IN LIFE. YOU BECOME HEAVY, LOADED. GUILT SITS ON YOUR CHEST LIKE A ROCK, IT CRUSHES YOU, IT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO DANCE. HOW CAN YOU DANCE? HOW CAN GUILT DANCE? HOW CAN GUILT SING? HOW CAN GUILT LOVE? HOW CAN GUILT LIVE? SO THE ONE WHO THINKS HE IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG IS GUILT, BURDENED, DEAD BEFORE DEATH, HAS ALREADY ENTERED INTO THE GRAVE.

                   A MAN OF ABSOLUTE INTELLIGENCE BECOMES A FLOWER. HE LIVES HERENOW. HE HAS NO PAST AND HE HAS NO FUTURE. AND BECAUSE HE HAS NO PAST AND HE HAS NO FUTURE, YOU CANNOT SAY THAT HE LIVES IN THE PRESENT EITHER, BECAUSE PRESENT IS JUST A MIDWAY STATION BETWEEN THE MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENS FROM PAST TO FUTURE. THE PRESENT IS JUST A STATION ON THE WAY. WHEN PAST AND FUTURE DISAPPEAR, PRESENT ALSO DISAPPEAR. WHAT IS LEFTIS A TIMELESSNESS. NOW IS A TIMELESS MOMENT. IT IS ETERNITY AND BUDDHA CALLS IT MEDITATION.

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                      IF GUILT DISAPPEARS, RELIGION DISAPPEARS. AND GUILT DISAPPEARS IF GOAL DISAPPEARS. GUILT IS A SHADOW OF THE GOAL.

                         NOW, CHRISTIANITY WON'T LIKE IT, ISLAM WON'T LIKE IT. HINDUS WON'T LIKE IT THEY ALL LIVE ON THE GOAL. THEY WILL NOT LIKE THIS FLIGHT TO THE BEYOND, THEY WILL NOT LIKE THIS POETIC, AESTHETIC RELIGION. THEY HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO A VERY ORDINARY RELIGION, BUSINESSLIKE, IT IS PART OF THEIR MARKETPLACE.

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                                PRACTISING MEANS YOU ARE AGAIN THINKING TO DO SOMETHING TOMORROW, OR AT LEAST YOU CAN DO IT TOMORROW AND YOU CAN REAP THE RESULTS TOMORROW. BUT THE TOMORROW HAS ENTERED SOMEWHERE DEEP IN YOUR UNCONSCIOUS, IT HAS COME BACK. NO PRACTICE CAN GIVE YOU THIS UNDERSTANDING. THIS UNDERSTANDING IS NOT A QUESTION OF UNDERSTANDING.

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                                  IF AT THE END OF OUR JOURNEY

                                      THERE BE NO FINAL RESTING PLACE,

                                 HOW CAN BE THERE BE

                                       A WAY TO LOSE OURSELVES IN?

  

                                  SHAKUMUNI,'

                                       THAT MISCHIEVOUS CREATURE,

                                  HAVING APPEARED IN THE WORLD,

                                       MISLED, ALAS,

                                  HOW MANY PEOPLE!

                                      THE MIND

                                          WHAT SHALL WE CALL IT?

                                     IT IS THE SOUND OF THE BREEZE

                                         THAT BLOWS THROUGH THE PINES

                                      IN THE INDIAN-INK PICTURE.

                                   THE MIND REMAINING

                                          JUST AS IT WAS BORN

                                    WITHOUT ANY PRAYER

                                           IT BECOMES THE BUDDHA.

  

 

                                      TELL A LIE,

                                          AND YOU FALL INTO HELL.

                                 THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BUDDHA

                                           WHO CONTRIVED

                                   THINGS THAT DON'T EXIST?

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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