THE FOUR STATES OF MIND!

 

                                     WHAT IS MEDITATION?

                                 FOR EXAMPLE, CONCENTRATING ON THE BREATHING.

                                ANS : HAVE WE NOT ALREADY TALKED OF CONCENTRATION? TO CONCENTRATE IS TO FORCE THE MIND TO A PARTICULAR OBJECT, AND THE MND DOES NOT LIKE BEING FORCED. SO, IS MEDITATION ABOUT CONCENTRATON? THEN THE MIND WILL NEVER ARGREE WITH MEDITATION. OR, IS MEDITATION SOMETHING ELSE?

                         WHAT IS MEDITATION? THE VERY ACTION OF A PARTICULAR MIND IS CALLED MEDITATION. WHATEVER YOU DO IN PEACE IS MEDITATION. THIS IS MEDITATION. THAT IS MEDITATION. ALL IS MEDITATION.

                            MEDITATION DOES NOT BRING PEACE. MEDITATION BEGINS IN PEACE. PEACE IS NOT THE END OF MEDITATION, PEACE IS THE BEGINNING OF MEDITATION.

                     YOU CANNOT MEDITATE IN ORDER TO BE PEACEFUL. WHEN YOU ARE PEACEFUL, ALL IS MEDITATION.

                           AND WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM BEING PEACEFUL? THE IDEA THAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET PEACE. SO, THE VERY EFFORT TO MEDITATE IS  A BARRIER TO MEDITATIVENESS.

THE VERY ACTION OF A PEACEFUL MIND IS CALLED MEDITATION. WHATEVER YOU DO IN PEACE IS MEDITATION.

PEACE IS NOT THE END OF MEDITATION. PEACE IS THE BEGINNING OF MEDITATION.

                              THE FOUR STATES OF MIND

                              THE FIRST STATE : THOUGHTS KEEP ARISING AND I GET LOST. MOST OF THE TIME, THESE THOUGHTS RELATE TO FEAR AND WORRIES.

                             THE SECOND STATE : I MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, I AM AWARE OF THE DECISION, BUT THEN THE STUFF OF STAGE ONE INTERVENES AND CARRIES ME AWAY AGAIN.

                        THE THIRD STATE : I SIT SILENTLY DOING PRANAYAMA (BREATH CONTROL) AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BREATH. THOUGHS KEEP ARISING IN THE BACKGROUND. I TRY TO KEEP MY ATTENTION ON THE BREAH. I KEEP HEARING SOUNDS NEAR ME, BUT I STILL REMAIN ATTENTIVE.

                        THE FOURTH STATE : I AM WORKING ON SOMETHING AND COMPLETELY ABSORBED IN IT WITHOUT ANY THOUGHTS AND DON'T EVEN REALIZING ANYTHING HAPPENING AROUND ME. I AM JUST COMPLETELY ABSORBED IN WHAT I AM DOING.

                        IT IS NATURAL TO OBSERVE THIS? ARE THESE ALL THE SAME OR DIFFERENT? AND BY DOING IT, WILL I GO CLOSER TO A BETTER QUALITY OF ATTENTION OR DHYANA (MEDITATION) , IR IS IT ANOTHER TRICK OF THE MIND?

                             WHEN YOU ARE MENTIONING THESE FOUR STATES, YOU ARE PROBABLY ASSUMING A PROGRESSION. THE FIRST STATE IS WHEN THOUGHTS ARISE AND TAKE YOU AWAY, IT IS ALMOST LIKE GETTING KIDNAPPED . AND IN THE FOURTH STATE, YOU ARE TALKING OF THE DISSAPPEARANCE OF THOUGHTS. IN THE FOURTH STATE, YOU SAY IN ARE JUST COMPLETELY ABSORBED IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

STOP BEING A WATCHMAN. ATTENTION IS NOT ABOUT KEEPING AN EYE ON YOURSELF. ATTENTION IS ABOUT BEING AN ATTENDANT TO THE TRUTH. ATTENTIONIS ABOUT NOT GETTING IDENTIFIED WITH WHATEVER YOU ARE PHENOMENALLY DOING.