What is meant by the affirmation 'I am my own master'?

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> , " semirafields "

> <semirafields> wrote:

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> > Dear Jagbir,

> >

> > -Can you explain to me what is meant by the affirmation 'I am my

> > own master'?

> >

>

, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org> wrote:

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> " I am my own master " means you will not be influnced by any human,

> and will follow the Truth and the Divine. No humans must or should

> influence you, a conviction that must stand all tests. You must

> intropect deeply on contentious issues and not allow the ego to

> get the better of you. You must seek guidance from the Shakti

> within and try to get answers in the thoughtless state. You must

> know that you can only be your own master if you are convinced

> that the Divine IS within and seek Truth from within too. You must

> know you are divine too and can attain the qualities of the Divine.

>

 

 

" Meditation can be properly performed only when the mind is

cleansed of all thoughts. Almost every student knows of this

condition, but few can really achieve it.

 

Those who belong to different mystical societies often believe that

meditation consists in the effort of directing the mind into certain

channels according to pre-conceived ideas. The results of such

exercises - they cannot be called meditation - are generally poor,

even though they may be practised over a period of years, and they

do not lead to the effective purification of the mind from thought.

 

Usually, advanced members of such organisations are given methods

and rules, which are often insufficient. . . .

 

There are signs which indicate that our meditation is really leading

us to samadhi, when we are free from all thought of the body and of

the 'ego', and when thoughts and feelings are stilled. 'Good and

evil " cease to exist- we see nothing, for there is nothing to see.

Yet we are not in darkness, but merged in light being ourselves this

light. We cannot see It, for in this state there is no subject and

no object. This can give but a veiled hint of the true state to one

who has not experienced such meditation for himself, for this is the

discovery of the true Self in man.

 

All that we recognise as objects - that is the outer world plus our

visible body- is like a painting. The colours in it are the

qualities of things. In these things are held all material forms,

feelings, thoughts, good and evil, true and false, everything that

we know as the universe. …

 

Right meditation leads to the discovery of this great mystery. All

other means mentioned in different Yogas such as breath control,

mind control, body postures, special foods and attitudes of the

mind, and so on , are only intermediary steps on the path to the

goal, taken by our material nature when we step onto the Direct Path

to the summit. This attainment makes these intermediary steps

unnecessary. When the train reaches a certain station, one does not

go back to count the milestones already passed. Thus attunement with

the Self produces of its own accord the right postures, breathing,

and imperviousness to influences from the outer world. "

 

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