HOW TO PRACTICE THE YOGA ? (THE INNER PEACE)

WHY DOES WE PRACTICE

MEDITATION REGULARLY?

AND ITS USES !

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WHAT IS MEDITATION ? WHY DOES THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION KEEP ON IN BONDAGE ?

MEDITATIVENESS IS SIMPLY OUR INNER NATURE. TO MEDITATE IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY KIND OF MENTAL EXERTION OR MENTAL ACTIVITY. TO MEDITATE IS TO BE AT A POINT WHERE PARALLELLY TWO NON-EVENTS ARE HAPPENING. FIRST, THERE IS NO NEED FOR MENTAL ACTIVITY. BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY ACTIVITY, SO I AM CALLING IT A NON-EVENT. THERE IS NO NEED TO THINK OR SOLVE PROBLEMS OR RESIST CHALLENGES OR PLAN, NO NEED IS FELT. SECONDLY, PARALLELLY, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO NEED TO GATHER KNOWLEDGE , YET ALL IS KNOWN.

MOST OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE COMES TO US BECAUSE THE INSECURE ONE WITHIN US NEEDS TO HAVE INFORMATION FROM THE WORLD. THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE SEEK KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS A FEELING OF INCOMPLETENESS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOSS IF THAT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THERE. "SOMETHING WOULD BE REDUCED, SOMETHING WOULD BE DIMINISHED WITHIN ME IF I DO NOT HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE ". THAT IS THE REASON WHY CHASE AND STORE KNOWLEDGE.

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REMEMBER, IN MEDITATION, FIRSTLY, THERE IS NO NEED TO KNOW. SECONDLY, ALL IS KNOWN WITHOUT THE NEED TO KNOW IT. WHENEVER THERE WILL BE A NEED TO KNOW, ALL THAT YOU WILL KNOW WILL BE TRASH, INESSENTIAL. WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE WILL COME TO YOU OUT OF YOUR OWN WILL, YOUR OWN DESIRE AND PURSUIT, WILL BE WORTHLESS. BECAUSE WHI IS CHASING THIS ?

YOU CAN HAVE LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT MATERIAL IS LIKE, WHAT THE UNIVERSE IS LIKE. TODAY, YOU CAN GO TO THE INTERNET AND COME TO KNOW WHERE IN A PARTICULAR LANE IN MEXICO A PARTICULAR RESTAURANT IS LOCATED. ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN BE VERY EASILY AND VERY PRECISELY KNOWN. BUT THESE THINGS, EVEN IF THEY TELL US A LOT ABOUT THE WORLD, WILL NEVER CARRY US TO THE UNDERLYING MYSTERY OF THE WORLD. THAT IS NOT WHAT NORMAL ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH SENSES AND THROUGH THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS OF MIND CAN GIVE US. WE WILL KNOW THE MATERIAL, BUT NEVER THE SUBTLE ORIGIN OF THE MATERIAL.

YOU LOVE WITHOUT REASON. YOU ARE JOYFUL WITHOUT LOOKING FOR PROFIT. ONLY THIS MAGIC MAKES LIFE WORTH IT.

LIFE WITHOUT THAT MEDITATIVENESS IS SURELY TORTURE. ONLY IN MEDITATIVENESS DO YOU ACTUALLY REACH THERE THOUGHT IS ATTEMPTING TO REACH ALL ITS LIFE.

WHATEVER YOU ARE THINKING S ULTIMATELY ABOUT SECURING THE THINKER. THOUGHT HAS JUST ONE FUNCTION. TO SECURE THE THINKER. THE THINKER, BY DEFINITION. IS INSECURE. SO, THOUGHT HAS JUST ONE FUNCTION. SECURE THE INSECURITY - AND IT DOES THAT PERFECTLY. IT SECURES YOUR INSECURITY, IT ENSURES THAT YOUR INSECURITY CONTINUES.

MEDITATION IS THE UNIVERSAL SET OF WHATEVER YOU DO. CONSTANT MEDITATION - UNHINDERED, UNFLINCHING, STILL AND STABLE CORE. FROM THAT A LIVELY FLOW OF THE RIGHT REPSONSE TO THE MOVEMENT. THIS RIGHT RESPONSE ITSELF IS THE MEDITATION TECHNIQUE.

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YOU CANNOT DO THE DAILY WORK RIGHTLY UNLESS YOU ARE, FIRST OF ALL, DEVOTED TO THE RIGHT ONE.

IN THE GRESTEST TRADITIONS OF SPIRITUALITY, THE SAINTS HAVE ALWAYS ASKED YOU TO REMEMBER YOUR PAST AND ALSO NEVER FORGET THE FUTURE. KABIR SAHIB GOES TO THE EXTEND OF REMINDING YOU HOW YOU WERE IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB. HE SAID, "YOU REMEMBER? IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB, YOUR HEAD WAS POINTING DOWNWARDS, IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WERE A LITTLE HUMBLE, YOUR FEET WERE UP AND THE HAD WAS DOWN. AND NOW THAT YOU ARE BORN, YOUR HEAD IS SO STIFF". WHAT IS HE ASKING YOU TO REMEMBER IF NOT THE PAST?

MIND, AT EVERY POINT, AT EVERY MOMENT, IS A CHOICE. TO BE IN THE RIGHT CHOICE CONTINUOUSLY, 24/7, THAT IS MEDITATION.

THE MYTH OF MEDITATION

AND CONCENTRATION

MEDITATION IS NOT ABOUT CONCENTRATING ON THE NATURAL SENSE OF BEING. MEDITATION IS NOT ABOUT BRINGING THE MIND BACK FROM THE WORLD TO SOME "I AM" IDEA. TO MEDITATE IS TO CONTINUOUSLY FOR THAT FOR WHICH THE EYE ANYWAY ARE LOOKING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETREAT FROM THE WORLD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHRINK AWAY FROM THE WORLD. YOU JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN THE EYES ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING, THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING BEYOND THAT SOMETHING - AND THAT IS WHY NO THING EVER SUFFICES.

IF YOU CAN KNOW THE REALITY OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH YOUR EYES, HEARING WITH YOUR EARS, THINKING OF WITH YOUR MIND, THAT IS MEDITATION.

TO MEDITATE IS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY IN LOVE WITH THE TRUTH.

BUT THE MIND IS A FOOL BECAUSE DESIRE IS BLIND. DESIRE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT REALLY DESIRES, SO IT MOVES IN BLIND DIRECTIONS. AND THEREFORE, ALL CONCENTRATION IS FALSE. YOU CAN CONCENTRATE ONLY UPON THAT WHICH YOU THINK WILL FULFILL YOU - AND THAT WHICH YOU THINK WILL FULLFILL YOU NEVER REALLY FULFILLS YOU.

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YOU WILL NEVER DIRECTLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CONCENTRATING ON THE SUPREME SELF. IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU BECOME A LITTLE LIGHT, A LITTLE INDIFFERENT, A LITTLE CASUAL ABOUT THE OBJECTS THAT YOU VALUE SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN INDIRECTLY REALIZE THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE FRUITS OF CONCENTRATING ON THE TRUE SELF.

WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM BEING PEACEFUL ? THE IDEA THAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET PEACE.

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

MEDITATION IS WHEN YOU WANT THE HIGHEST ALONE. MEDITATION IS WHEN YOU ARE FED UP OF LOOKING AT THE SMALL.

WATCHING THE BREATH IS A CONVENIENT WAY TO AVOID WATCHING THAT WHICH REALLY NEEDS TO BE WATCHED.

IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE SO IGNORANT WHAT IS GOING ON. WHAT WE LACK, USUALLY, IS THE HONESTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

MAKE IT A GREAT EGO. HOW ELSE DO YOU KILL THE EGO? BY MAKING IT GREAT.

HOW TO STAY DETACHED

FROM EVERYTHING?

HOW TO KNOW THAT ONE IS MEDITATING RIGHTLY

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I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, FIRSTLY, HOW DOES NOT KNOW THAT ONE IS MEDITATING RIGHTLY? SECONDLY, I KNOW THAT ONE SHOULD NOT BE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS AND ONE'S HAPPINESS SHOULD ALWAYS COME FROM WITHIN, YET MY EMOTIONS ERUPT AND I REACT DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF THE OTHER PERSON, SO, HOW TO STAY DETACHED FROM EVERYTHING AND STAY UNSHAKEN IN ANY SITUATION?

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LIFE IS THE ONLY AND ULTIMATE PROOF. IF YOUR MEDITATION IS RIGHT THEN YOUR LIFE WILL BE RIGHT. AND IF YOUR LIFEIS RIGHT, THEN REST ASSURED THAT KNOWINGLY, UNKNOWINGLY, EFFORTFULLY, EFFORTLESSLY, YOU ARE MEDITATING RIGHTLY.

MEDITATION THE EVENT, MEDITATION THE PROCESS, IS A MEANS. IT IS MEANT TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF WHAT FREEDOM IS LIKE. THAT GLIMPSE HAS TO THEN BE NURTURED. ONE HAS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THAT GLIMPSE. ONE HAS TO SAY THAT ONE IT SO MUCH THAT IT IS NEEDED IN ALL HOURS OF LIFE.

THAT IS WHY THERE ARE SEVERAL METHODS OF MEDITATION THAT FIRSTLY REQUIRE YOU TO BE FULL OF STRESS. THEY TAKE YOU TO A PEAK OF STRESS AND FROM THERE THEY RELEASE YOU, SO A CALMING EFFECT, A SOOTHING PEACE IS EXPERIENCED.

ONE'S EXPERIENCES DURING A PROCESS OF MEDITATION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. THOSE EXPERIENCES, I REPEAT, ARE USEFUL AS POINTERS BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN THE STATUS OF THE REAL THING. SO, DON'T TAKE THEM TOO SERIOUSLY.

IF ONE HAS BECOME TOO ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING JUST A LITTLE BIT IN LIFE, IF ONE HAS ALWAYS RECEIVED ONLY A LITTLE, ONLY THE LIMITED, THEN A FEW SWEETS ARE ENOUGH TO SATISFY HIM. SUCH A MIND CANNOT ENTER THE NON-DUAL PEACE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL SUCH A MIND DOES NOT EVEN WANT NON-DUAL PEACE.

MEDITATION IS TRUE WHEN YOU CAN FEEL NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDITATION AND LIFE. THAT'S THE TEST. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDITATION AND LIFE.

23 HOURS OF THE DAY YOU ARE JUST PRACTISING THOUGHTS AND TENDENCIES, SO HOW CAN THEY SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR IN THE ONE HOUR OF THE MEDITATION EXERCISE?

IF THE ONES YOU LIVE WITH THE THEMSELVES PRISONERS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS LIBERATION?

PEACE AND FREEDOM ARE, THEREFORE, SYNONYMOUS. DEPENDENCE ON SOMETHING IS RESTLESSNESS, BECAUSE THAT THING IS A WORDLY THING AND NOTHING IN THE WORLD HAS PERMANENCE.

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HOW TO STAY DETACHED FROM EVERYTHING AND STAY UNSHAKEN ?

YOU NEED TO PROBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD, YOU AND ALL INDIVIDUALS, YOU AND ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL. THAT RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. IF YOU ARE DEPENDENT ON SOMEONE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REMAIN UNSHAKEN. YOU CANOT ASK FOR BOTH. YOU CANNOT ASK FOR COMFORTS THAT COME WITH DEPENDENCY AND PEACE THAT COMES WITH DEPENDENCE. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU REALLY LOVE. THAT LOVE IS THE CENTRAL THING.

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.