Some say meditation is effortless and some that there is a lot of effort needed and like the Buddhist monks say effortless effort. Ex.cycling -learning takes a lot of effort in the beginning.One keeps falling getting hurt,getting up and trying again.After some time it becomes you or effortless-effort.A human learns to walk in the same manner,initially there is a lot of effort required and later on it becomes effortless. There is intense effort required in meditation initially.One must concentrate on a star in between his eyebrows.Initially its difficult to just imagine the star for a second,then for a few seconds..With time its becomes easier and one can concentrate on it for a longer and longer time automatically-effortless-effort.Patanjali-seven breaths of one pointed concentration gets you enlightened.Here when you become relaxed you are concentrating more and every breath becomes longer and longer,slower and slower.For someone who is stiff,initially he will be in pain if he sits cross legged just for minute but as he keeps practicing he will be able to sit for longer and longer periods of time.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Contemplation is not Meditation
Contemplation is to ponder to think on something ,anything.
Sages are often lost in divine contemplation, contemplatimg the Light ,God.
I may have seen pictures of a mango and heard how sweet it is but unless I have not eaten it I really do not know.
The same way one must be Enlightened to contemplate God.
Writing Poetry is a very high standard of contemplation where the poet fuses with the cosmos and crates words and sentences.
Contemplation is not meditation.It starts with contemplation then goes to meditation.
To contemplate your purpose of being here is vefry important in life.Meditation will show you the path you must walk.
A wise man contemplates life, fools know it all.
Meditation is One pointed concentration between your eyebrows with your eyes closed.You use your breath as the medium to fuse your soul with the supersoul.
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Importanace of breath in meditation for Enlightenment
In MEDITATION the SOUL moves at incredible speed through a tunnel to the SUPERSOUL.
With every inhalation the soul moves towards SUPERSOULwhich is the source of all life -the ball of light the source and with every exhalation away from it.
We are dying and coming alive with each breath but are not aware of it.
Your breath is the vehicle for the SOULto merge with the SUPERSOUL or god.
PATANJALI says seven breaths of one pointed concentration gets you ENLIGHTENED.
When you are relaxed in meditation is when you can concentrate the most and then every breath is very very long.
The Buddhists call the last breath the Death point and this is when man must only be thinking of GOD.
Any other thoughts or desires and he will materialise them in order to complete them and so will come back in this life or maybe in another form or shape be reincarnated.-
The soul first implodes into the light and then exlodes out of it and becomes the cosmos absolute bliss with no beginning and no end and also no time-timeless.