Guest guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Namaste All. Christiane Cameron Wrote:- >I have a question: Have you ever experienced fear during meditation? Fear is probably a natural happening in the sequence of things such as in this example: A boat cutting loose out of a mooring will seem to drift with the current and the boatman who initially was fearful of the drift would soon master it. If we dissect fear, we may be left with an answer that, it is probably caused due to a new experience or thought that cannot be directly related to something known and having an expectation of a loss of something worthwhile. So much for theory… We can see examples from Nachiketa (Upanishads) and Arjuna (Bhagavad-Gita) who faced fear boldly and eventually got the better of it. It probably needs some introspection and pondering over ‘Who am I’, ‘Who is engulfed in fear’, ‘What is it that engulfs’. Best Regards, Raghava ______________________ India Matrimony: Find your partner online. http://.shaadi.com/india-matrimony/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I never experience fear during meditation namasivayam - Raghavarao Kaluri advaitin Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:35 AM Re: Re: another new member - On Fear during Meditation - Namaste All. Christiane Cameron Wrote:- >I have a question: Have you ever experienced fear during meditation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Intense fear may be experienced in the very depth of meditation at times and sometimes before merging of the individuality in the Heart. The shock of fear of death drove Sri Ramana into deep inquiry leading him to Realization. This very question of fear was put to Sri Ramana by Major Chadwick (later known as Sadhu Arunachala) and Sri Ramana has commented on it. It is all part of the normal process. Sri Ramana has said that whatever one experiences, with steadfastness, one should remain in inquiry in awareness. Love to all Harsha - "namasivayam" <nama_sivam <advaitin> Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:07 AM Re: Re: another new member - On Fear during Meditation - > > I never experience fear during meditation > namasivayam > - > Raghavarao Kaluri > advaitin > Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:35 AM > Re: Re: another new member - On Fear during > Meditation - > > > Namaste All. > > Christiane Cameron Wrote:- > >I have a question: Have you ever experienced fear > during meditation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 good for you, many sadhakas do and feel shy to talk about it. On Oct 20, 2004, at 16:07, namasivayam wrote: > > I never experience fear during meditation > namasivayam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 thank you Raghava, it was wonderful to reread the Katha Upanishad. Nachiketas had a fearless heart. chris On Oct 19, 2004, at 21:05, Raghavarao Kaluri wrote: > > We can see examples from Nachiketa (Upanishads) and > Arjuna (Bhagavad-Gita) who faced fear boldly and > eventually got the better of it. > It probably needs some introspection and pondering > over ‘Who am I’, ‘Who is engulfed in fear’, ‘What is > it that engulfs’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 When Chadwick mentioned his fear to Bhagawan some people in the hall "scoffed" at him. But later on in privacy many came up to him and admitted that it had happened to them as well. Remain as the one witnessing the emotion fear. regards chris On Oct 20, 2004, at 19:27, Harsha wrote: > Intense fear may be experienced in the very depth of meditation at > times and > sometimes before merging of the individuality in the Heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Instead during meditation i have visualised many many images . I have drawn some of them anr try to define them . For this purpose i have started a group and put all images in photos section spiritualneed namasivayam - christiane cameron advaitin Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:52 AM Re: Re: another new member - On Fear during Meditation - good for you, many sadhakas do and feel shy to talk about it. On Oct 20, 2004, at 16:07, namasivayam wrote: > > I never experience fear during meditation > namasivayam Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages advaitin/ b.. advaitin c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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