STRANGE SOUNDS DURING MEDITATION !

DOES MEDITATION HELP IN LIBERATION?

WHAT ROLE DOES MEDITATION HAVE IN INCREASNG

OUR CHANCES OF LIBERATION?

IF MEDITATION IS FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE, IF THAT'S WHAY YOUR MEDITATION HONESTLY IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY MEDITATION WILL HELP IN LIBERATION. BUT IF MEDITATION IS JUST ANOTHER THING, THEN WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH LIBERATION? WE VERY WELL KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE LIBERATED, THEN YOU HAVE TO HONESTLY ADMIT AND CHALLENGE YOUR BONDAGES.

SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF, IS YOUR MEDITATION REALLY CHALLENGING THE REAL BONDAGE OF YOUR LIFE? OR IS MEDITATION JUST A SMALL THING IN A SMALL PART OF YOUR LIFE, VERY DISTANT FROM, VERY REMOVED FORM THE PART OF YOUR LIFE WHERE STRONG BONDAGE ACTUALLY EXIST?

MOSTLY THE KIND OF MEDITATION THAT WE PRACTICE IS ORNAMENTAL, IT REALLY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE CORE PROBLEM. IT IS LIKE A TRIBUTE PAID TO LIBERATION - A CEREMONIAL THING, NOT ACTUAL. MAN HAS A GREAT CAPACITY TO CO-OPT EVEN FREEDOM INTO HIS SLAVERY.

A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE CALL AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE EXISTS JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM. ADDRESSING THE REAL PROBLEM REQUIRES GUTS AND FAITH. AND IT IS NOT AS IF WE ARE SO NAIVE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE AND WHAT THE ISSUE IS, WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE FAIL TO SUMMON THE COURAGE AND THE FAITH TO TAKE THE BULL BY ITS HORNS. WE WOULD RATHER MEDITATE.

REAL MEDITATION IS THE COURAGE TO LET THE LIFE CHANGE.

STRANGE SOUNDS DURING

MEDITATION !

CAN YOU QUESTION SOMETHING WITHOUT NOTICING IT ? IF YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE THE SOUND, WOULD YOU QUESTION WHO IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE SOUND, WHO IS RECEIVING OR PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SOUND?

SO, A BETTER PRACTICE WOULD PROBABLY BE TO ASK, WHY DOES THE SOUND MATTER TO ME AT ALL? IF YOU ASK, "TO WHOM ARE THESE SOUNDS? THEN THE ANSWER WILL NOT TAKE YOU VERY FAR, BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS. THESE SOUNDS ARE TO THE QUESTIONER, NOBOBY ELSE. THE INCIDENT OF ASKING THE QUESTION ITSELF REVEALS THE ONE WHO IS COGNIZANT OF THOSE SOUNDS.

SO, THAT MATTER IS SETTLED. NOW WE COME TO THE NEXT QUESTION.

THERE ARE VARIETY OF SOUNDS ALWAYS ENTERING MY SENSORY SPACE, ARE THERE NOT? WHY DO I FEEL ATTRACTED TO OR CHARMED BY OR OFFENDED BY A FEW OF THEM, AND WHY ARE A FEW OTHERS NOT SIGNIFICANT TO ME? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF YOUR MIND, THE CONSTITUTION OF YOUR INNER PRAKRITI (NATURE). AND THIS KNOWLEDGE HELPS.

EGO THAT STARTS KNOWING ITSELF DOES NOT REMAIN CHARMED BY ITSELF FOR TOO LONG.

SEE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU RESPECT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. AND IF YOU ARE RESPECTING ALL THE SOURCES AND AGENTS OF TROUBLE AND WORRY AND ANXIETY, THEN HOW WILL YOU EVER RESPECT THE RIGHT ONE?

IT TRUTH IS TO BE RESPECTED, IF PEACE IS TO BE LOVED, THAT LOVE HAS TO BE UNCONDITIONAL AND ABSOLUTE, TOTALLY UNDIVIDED, UNFRAGMENTED, RESERVED ONLY FOR THE ONE.