Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Practice of Meditation > > Q: Is there a time of day which is better for meditation? > > M: Yes, meditation in the early morning upon arising is the best time > because the mind is then free of thoughts, cares and worries. > > But all these rules regarding hours of meditation etc, are only for > beginners. There will come a time when you will say, "I have given up > meditation," because then you will have realized that the idea implies > duality: the person who meditates, and the object of meditation; you will > perceive the standpoint of the true Self which does not need to meditate. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Thanks Alan. That is the essence of the beauty of the teaching. What will the Self meditate on? It is Always Self-Abiding. 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">That is why the ancients called it “One without a second.” 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I am reminded of a story. Has anyone heard it? Aristotle said that God is Perfect. Therefore whatever God thinks about or focuses on must be Perfect as well. Certainly the Perfect One will not focus on imperfection. But since there is only One Perfection and That is God, it follows that God’s essential nature must be Self-Abiding or God-Abiding. So God is constantly and continuously only meditating on God, there being nothing else. 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I heard that when I was in college and it seemed to me very Advaitic. Is it a true story about Aristotle. Perhaps Greg Goode would know. 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> Will pass it on to HS and Advatin. 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Love to all, 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Harsha 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">Alan Jacobs [alanadamsjacobs (AT) (DOT) co.uk] Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:35 AM ramana maharshi Cc: atma vichara [RamanaMaharshi] From Conscious Immortality margin-left:.25in"> font-family:"Courier New""> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Practice of Meditation Q: Is there a time of day which is better for meditation? M: Yes, meditation in the early morning upon arising is the best time because the mind is then free of thoughts, cares and worries. But all these rules regarding hours of meditation etc, are only for beginners. There will come a time when you will say, “I have given up meditation,” because then you will have realized that the idea implies duality: the person who meditates, and the object of meditation; you will perceive the standpoint of the true Self which does not need to meditate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the book, “Conscious Immortality” by Paul Brunton and Munagala Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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