Guest guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q: People taking up meditation are said to be prone to illness. At any > rate, I feel some pain. They say it is a test of God. Is this true? > > M: There is no Bhagavan outside you and no test is therefore instituted. > What you believe to be a test or a new disease as a result of spiritual > practices is really the strain that is now put on your nerves and the five > senses. The mind, which was hitherto operating through the nadis (a > channel through which energy flows) in order to sense external objects, and > had thus maintained a link between itself and the organs of perception etc, > is now required to withdraw from the link. This action of withdrawal may > naturally cause strain, a sprain attendant with pain. If you continue your > meditation, your one thought being on understanding yourself or > Self-realization, all these will go. There is no greater remedy than this > continuous yoga or union with God or Atman. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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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