Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Dear Bob: Anything I type in for the groups is owned by anyone who is a seeker. So post it where your heart desires. Aloha, Alton , "Bob Rose <medit8@m...>" <medit8@m...> wrote: > Harshaji: This is so beauty-full and hope-full. May I repost it on > the Meditation Society Of America Group? > Thank you Alton for posting it. > Peace and blessings, > Bob Rose > <leenalton@h...> wrote: > > Q: When we fall from the path what should we do? > > M: All will be well in the end. There is a steady determination > that gets you on your feet again after a fall or break. Gradually the > obstacles get weaker and your current gets stronger. Every-thing > comes right in the end. Steady determination is what is required. > > > > Q: The tendencies distract me. Can they be cast off? > > M: Yes. Others have done it, so believe it can be done! They did so > because they believed they could. It can be done by concentration on > That which is free from predisposition and yet is their core. > > > > Editor: A devotee was feeling despondent. > > > > M: The question must be put, 'Who is despondent?' It is the phantom > of the ego which falls prey to such thoughts. In sleep the person in > not afflicted. The sleep state is the normal one. Enquire and find > out. Does one not find some kind of peace in meditation? That is a > sign of progress; that peace will be deeper and more prolonged with > continued practice. It will also lead to the goal. > > > > In as much as you say that you are ignorant, you are wise, and it > makes your way easier for the removal of ignorance. Is he a mad man > who says that he is mad? > > > > The control of desire and meditation are interdendent. They must go > hand in had. Abhyasa and vairagya bring about the result Vairagya is > to restrain the mind from projecting outwards and abhyasa is to keep > it turned inward. There is a constant struggle within between control > and meditation . Meditation will eventually be successful. > > > > If you seek God with you whole heart, then you may be assured that > the grace of God is also seeking you. > > > > Vairagya: Absence of worldly desires > > Abhyasa: Practice > > > > From Conscious Immortality. > > Typed in by ignorant Alton. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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