Meditation as Food

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Meditating is a sort of eating, a consumption of subtle energies which

are digested by the mind's subtle digestive fire. Meditation is a

critical element of all daily programs because it satisfies the mind's

hunger. Insufficient or improper meditation keeps the mind hungry, and

makes it turn outward through its sense organs to seek satisfaction from

sense objects, including especially physical food. Use of food to

satisfy the mind alone without consideration for the body always leads

to disease. Good meditation nourishes the organism so thoroughly that

the body can maintain itself on less food. Control of desire, which is

mental hunger, is the key to longevity and immortality. Anything can be

a meditation, as long as it is sincere and heartfelt.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-Dharam,

What is meditation in the yogic sense?

 

I used to do Vipassana meditation (breath awareness) and I know what

that is. I used to do my own 5-minute-quiet the mind meditation.

 

But in my daily KY practice I don't do anything like that. Is

chanting meditation? For ex to the beautiful sounds of Soul Passage's

Sadhana chants?

When I do for ex the kirtan kriya, is that meditation?

 

I think so. If so then I have experienced what you say below and it

is so true. I guess it seemed like a strange connection to me - but

in fact when I don't do my chanting, I am more likely to get cravings

such as for Haagen Daas ice cream!

 

Kartar Kaur

 

 

 

In Kundaliniyoga, D H A R A M <pran-_yogi@s...>

wrote:

>

> Meditating is a sort of eating, a consumption of subtle energies

which

> are digested by the mind's subtle digestive fire. Meditation is a

> critical element of all daily programs because it satisfies the

mind's

> hunger. Insufficient or improper meditation keeps the mind hungry,

and

> makes it turn outward through its sense organs to seek satisfaction

from

> sense objects, including especially physical food. Use of food to

> satisfy the mind alone without consideration for the body always

leads

> to disease. Good meditation nourishes the organism so thoroughly

that

> the body can maintain itself on less food. Control of desire, which

is

> mental hunger, is the key to longevity and immortality. Anything

can be

> a meditation, as long as it is sincere and heartfelt.

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