quick question about meditation

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QUESTION)

Namasthe swamy, swamyji we met you in new jersy in Sharmagarus House.Actually we

came from Connecticut. I thought to ask some questions but I didnt becoz of some

fear to ask in a group,I got a chance to ask but i failed and dissappointed with

my mentality. my question is....,After doing meditation,if some body speaks to

me, I feel very disturbed way, like I feel angry, means inconvenient. thas why I

afraid of Meditation and I stopped that.I think My mind is losing conciouseness

by doing this meditation. please tell me some thing about my questions. do I

need to continue meditation or not?waiting for your respone. mme krupa kosam

yeduruchoose oh bakturalu

manjula Derangula

 

ANS: CHI MANJULAJI! JAI SRIMANNARAYANA!

YOU ARE THINKING THAT YOU ARE MEDITATING. NO DOUBT, YOU ARE FEELING SOME JOY IN

THAT STATE. SO, IF SOMEBODY IS DISTURBING YOU BY TALKING TO YOU OR MAKING SOME

NOICE ETC., YOU STARTED FEELING THAT YOUR JOY IS LOST, AND HENCE YOU FELT ANGRY

OR DISAPPOINTED ETC, RIGHT? THAT IS OK.

 

MEDITATION, ALWAYS, WILL BE LIKE A CREEPER. A CREEPER ALWAYS NEEDS A SUPPORT,

OTHERWISE, IT WILL NOT GROW WELL NOR YEILDS GOOD FLOWERS OR FRUITS. SO ALSO WITH

THE MEDITATION, IT NEEDS SOME FORM OR NAMAM, TO GROW WELL. IF THAT SUPPORT IS

SOMETHING MUNDANE, YOUR MEDITATION IS MUNDANE. IF THAT IS DIVINE, YOUR

MEDITATION WILL BECOME DIVINE. THE MOMENT YOU TAKE THE SUPPORT OF THAT

SOMETHING, YOUR ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON THAT.

 

HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES. A MOTHER TO HER CHILD, A HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE, A

BUSINESSMAN TO HIS CUSTOMER OR PRODUCT SO ON. IN THE SAME WAY A DEVOTEE, TOWARDS

HIS GOD. THAT FOCUS, IF BLENDED WITH LOVE TOWARDS GOD, YOU CALL IT MEDITATION.

IT ALWAYS SEARCHES FOR GOOD QUALITIES IN THE LOVED ONE. THAT IS THE REASON, A

BUSINESSMAN ALWAYS TRIES TO SPEAK ALOUD ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF HIS OWN PRODUCT.

THE HUSBAND WILL CONSTANTLY TRIES TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF HIS WIFE BY

SEVERAL MEANS, BY THINKING HER BEAUTY ETC. SO ALSO, A DEVOTEE IF LOVES GOD,

THINKS ABOUT THE GOOD QUALITIES OF THAT GOD ONLY OR FEELS THAT EVERY QUALITY IS

A GOOD QUALITY ONLY.

 

NOW, WORLDLY THINGS ARE VERYMUCH LIMITED WITH SPACE AND TIME ETC., IF THEY ARE

IN ONE PLACE,THEN THEY CANNOT BE IN OTHER PLACES. IF SOME ITEM IS IN ONE TIME,

THAT PARTICULAR ITEM MAY NOT BE THERE BEFORE THAT TIME. AND IT MAY NOT EXIST

AFTER SOMETIME.

 

SO, LOVING OR MEDITATING UPON SUCH MUNDANE THINGS OR BEING, WILL BE LOST, WHEN

THEY GO AWAY OR LOST THEIR FORM. BUT GOD IS NOT SUCH A LIMITED BEING WITH TIME

AND SPACE. HE IS ALL-PERVASIVE. SO MEDITATING UPON HIM WILL NOT BE LOST, IF WE

UNDERSTAND HIM AND START DOING SOMETHING WITH HIM. AS WE KNOW THAT HE IS NOT

LIMITED TO IDOL ONLY, HE IS THERE IN EVERY OBJECT AND EVERY PERSON WE LOOK

AROUND, THEN, NO MATTER, WHO IS SPEAKING WITH YOU, IT IS GOD ONLY IN THAT FORM

IS DOING SOMETHING WITH YOU. YOU DO NOT WANT TO SHOW ANGER ON GOD, RIGHT! NOW,

WHERE IS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPOINTMENT OR DISTURBANCE? IN EVERY SOUND YOU HEAR,

THERE IS GOD, IN EVERY WORD YOU HEAR THERE IS GOD AND IN EVERY PERSON THERE IS

GOD.

 

TRY AND TRY AGAIN, WHICH IS CALLED "SA:DHANA". YOU CAN, FOR SURE, OVERCOME THE

PROBLEM YOU ARE FACING.