Guest guest Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A yogi used to sit as steady as a rock, with eyes closed, for a couple of > hours at a time. The Maharshi spoke to him. > > M: Do you really want to learn meditation? Mere posture is not enough, > what matters is where your mind is! So learn from that young man over > there. (He pointed to a young graduate who had been unemployed for nearly > a year, and was now haunting the Ashram constantly). He sits there with > eyes closed too, but his whole mind is centered on obtaining employment. > He prays continually in the silence to me, to give him a job. But where > can I give people jobs? > > One day a group of musicians came to play for the Maharshi. The > instruments included flute, violin and harmonium. Afterwards there was a > discussion about the various instruments and which was the most pleasing. > The Maharshi said that be himself listened to nothing but the harmonium as > its steady, monotonous, one-pointed rhythm helped to keep one centered in > the Self. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From the Book 'Conscious Immortality' by Paul Brunton ,Published Ramanasramam > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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