Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Practice of Meditation (Cont'd) > > Q: How are lust and anger to be overcome? > > M: By dhyana (meditation); by the holding onto a single thought and > discarding all other thoughts. > > One obstacle to be overcome in meditation is laya (temporary stillness). > Hence the teacher who gave out the Bbagavad Gita said, "Practice moderation > in sleep." Fakirs who tried to do without sleep altogether went to > unnecessary ascetic extremes. Excessive sleep may be caused by over-eating > or overexertion, so moderate these things too. Deep sleep is not possible > in daytime, as the sun's rays have a peculiar effect that prevents it; so > if you doze in the daytime it is very easy to turn that into meditation, as > it is close to it. > > With regard to sleep, the moment you wake up, be alert and begin to think > of God (Self). Stay alert throughout the day, i.e. practice the presence > of God. The second obstacle to meditation is the mind turning to external > objects. When that is overcome, a further obstacle is forgetting that one > is there to practice meditation. Then the fourth obstacle arises: the mind > working internally. [to be continued] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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