THE Q AND A ABOUT MEDITATION!
WHAT ITHE S REAL TRUTH
OF MEDITATION
NEED ANY METHOD TO DO MEDITATION?
- EVERY METHOD IS A KIND OF REBELLION AGAINST GODLINESS. WE ARE SAYING, "I WILL COME TO YOU USING A METHOD I DEVISED". HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO DEVISE YOUR OWN PERSONAL ROAD TO THAT?
- SO, WE HAVE TO CALL OFF THE SEARCH?
- AND YOU HAVE TO LET HIM CALL YOU. ONLY HE CAN CALL YOU TO HIMSELF. YOUR OWN ROADS WILL NOT TAKE YOU THERE.
- THAT'S GRACE.?
- THAT'S GRACE, NOT A METHOD BUT GRACE. AND GRACE CAN'T BE METHODICAL. GRACE CAN'T BE CULTIVATED, ORGANIZED, TAUGHT, OR LEARNED.
- SOMETIMES WE SUFFER ENOUGH TO REALIZE WE CAN'T CONTROL IT, SO WE LET GO INTO GRACE.
- YOU HAVE TO LET EVERYTHING HAPPEN. DOING NOTHING, ONE LETS EVERYTHING HAPPEN.
- THIS SEEMS SO EASY AND DIFFICULT AT THE SAME TIME.
- YES, YES, DIFFICULT TO OUR SENSE OF CONTROL, "I WANT TO CONTROL THE HAPPENING". EASY IF YOU JUST WANT TO RELAX.
- SO, WE SHOULD STOP RESISTING AND HAVE TOTAL ACCEPTANCE.
- NO, NO, ACCEPTANCE, JUST NON-RESISTANCE. ACCEPTANCE INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO REJECT. ONE SURRENDERS THE RIGHT TO REJECT, AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTANCE. WHAT DOES ONE ACCEPT? ONCE ACCEPTS ONLY THAT WHICH ONE FEELS LIKE ACCEPTING. IF YOU CALL IT AS ACCEPTANCE, IT CAN NEVER BE UNCONDITIONAL.
- YES, IT REQUIRES A JUDGEMENT. YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO ACCEPT.
- YOU ARE SAYING, "I AM ACCEPTING". THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN SURRENDER, YOU ARE SAYING, "THE " I AM " IS BEING SURRENDER".
- IN ACCEPTANCE, THE "I AM ACCEPTS. IN SURRENDER, THE "I AM' ITSELF IS SURRENDERED.
WHAT IS THE REAL MEANING OF "I"?
"I" REALLY DOES NOT CONNECT TO ANYTHING. 'I', BEING A CONTANT HOLLOWNESS, MERELY USES AND PROJECTS ITSELF ON EVERYTHING.
IT IS YOUR MOOD THAT DECIDES THE GREENESS OF THE GRASS, IT IS YOUR MOOD THAT DECIDES THE LUSTER OF THE GRASS. ON ANOTHER DAY, IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER EMOTION, YOU MIGHT FIND THE GRASS TOTALLY UNATTRACTIVE.
HOW, THEN, TO REALLY CONNECT? REAL CONNECTION IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH EMOTION OR "I"-NESS. REAL CONNECTION IS WHEN YOU ARE ALRIGHT WITHIN YOURSELF, WHEN YOIU DO NOT HAVE THE NEED TO USE ANYTHING OUTSIDE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR FULFILLMENT. THEN THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP. THIS RELATIONSHIP OS NOW FRIENDLY, IT IS NOT OPPORTUNISTIC OR EXPLOITIVE. OTHERWISE, WE UTILIZE EVEN THE POOR GRASS FOR OUR OWN INNER COMPULSIONS.
TO REALLY CONNECT, DO NOT BE. WHEN THERE IS NOBODY INSIDE WITH A NEED TO CONNECT, THEN REAL CONNECTION HAPPENS. AS LONG AS SOMEBODY INSIDE IS CRAVNG FOR CONNECTION, THERE WOULD BE A CONNECTION BUT THE CONNECTION WOULD BE SHALLOW, TRANSIENT, AND OPPORTUNISTIC.