MYTHS ABOUT MEDITATION
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ONE OF THE POPULAR BELIEFS ABOUT MEDITATION IS THAT IT MAKES THE MIND STO AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY THOUGHTS. A LOT OF THE SO-CALLED GURUS SAY THAT YOUR MIND SHOULD BE COMPLETELY BLANK, NO THOUGHTS, AND IF ANY THOUGHT COMES THAT MEANS YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY CORRECT TO ME. WHAT IS REALLY MEANT NY STILLING THE MIND OR QUEITING THE MIND?
ANS : THE MIND HAS TO VALUE STILLNESS. THAT IS CALLED MEDITATIVENESS.
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MIND, AT EVERY POINT, AT EVERY MOMENT, IS A CHOICE. THE CHOICE ON ONE SIDE IS RESTIVENESS, LACK OF REST. THE CHOICE ON THE OTHER SIDE IS RESTFULNESS.
THEN, WHAT IS MEDITATION? TO BE IN THE RIGHT CHOICE CONTINUOUSLY, 24/7, THAT IS MEDITATION.
MIND, AT EVERY POINT, AT EVERY MOMENT, IS A CHOICE. TO BE IN THE RIGHT CHOICE CONTINUOUSLY, 24/7, THAT IS MEDITATION.
YOU CANNOT STOP THE MOVEMENT OF THE MIND. THE MIND IS NOTHING BUT MOVEMENT. YOU JUST HAVE TO ENSURE THAT IS MOVES RIGHTLY, THAT IS MEDITATIVENESS. AND MEDITATIVENESS IS THAT WHEN, JUST BY CHANCE, THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE MIND TO MOVE, THEN YOU DO NOT BECOME UNCOMFORTABLE AND START FORCING IT TO MOVE.
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THERE ARE TWO EXTREMES. ON ONE HAND, THERE ARE PEOPLE ADDICTED TO MENTAL ACTIVITY. THEY BECOME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IF SOMEHOW THE MIND PAUSES EVEN FOR A WHILE. THEY CANNOT TOLERATE SILENCE, THEY CANNOT TOLERATE REST OR STILLNESS. YOU MUST HAVE MET SUCH PEOPLE, SOMETIMES IN THE MIRROR.
THE MIND MUST BE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF RAPID MOVEMENT WHEN NEEDED, AND WHEN IT IS NOT NEEDED, THEN THE MIND MUST BE EQUALLY COMFORTABLE IN LAZILY SLEEPING WITH NO TRACE OF GUILT. THERE IS NO NEED TO MOVE, SO THE MIND IS NOT NEEDLESSLY HOPPNG ABOUT, AND WHEN THERE IS A NEED TO MOVE, THE MIND IS LIGHTING-QUICK . BOTH OF THESE ARE INCLUDED IN MEDITATIVENESS. DO WE GET THIS?
IF YOU ARE STANDING ON THE DIMENSION OF JUDGMENT, BE A BETTER JUDGE. IF YOU MUST THINK, THEN BE A BETTER THINKER. IF YOU CANNOT AVOID COMPANY, FIND A BETTER COMPANY.
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REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOTHING BUT THE EGO. YOU CANNOT JUST JUMP OUT OF YOUR EGO. YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL WITH THIS EGO TO THAT POINT WHERE IT REACHES, MEETS ITS CLIMAX. THAT'S WHAT I AM CALLING GREATNESS.
SO , YOU CANNOT JUST DROP THE EGO. YOU ARE THE EGO. YOU CAN'T EVEN LEAP OF YOUR SKIN. HOW WILL YOU LEAP OUT OF THE EGO? SO, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHICH YOU ARE ITSELF HAS TO BE ELEVATED, EVEVATED, ELEVATED, AND IF YOU ARE ELEVATE IT HIGH ENOUGH, THEN YOU HAVE TRANSCENDED.
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