meditate, celebrate

[Guest guest]

Being sanyasin is a new and blissful experience to me, everyday is celebration.

I would like to share what my master said :

 

Meditation means pure awareness, a mirror like quality of consciousness. Being

utterly present in the here and now, fully aware, unclouded by the dust of

thoughts, emotions, desires, past or future; just being! Meditation is the state

of pure witnessing consciousness to which different mystics have refered to as

'Drashta', 'Sakshi' or 'Bodh' - our true self.

There are hundereds of methods/techniques to finallly reach this state of pure

awareness. Most of the meditation techniques given by different mystics around

the world are in fact just preparations for meditation, many doorways to be in

this pure witnessing consciousness. We must understand that these 'techniques'

are important but they are not meditation itself.

Meditation is beyond techniques, beyond doing; it is a state of relaxed

awareness. However, once we have experienced the state of meditation, any action

that arises out of this state of pure awareness becomes meditative. This sort of

action is called 'effortless effort' by the Zen masters or 'Karma Yoga' by

eastern mystics.

Meditation may be divided in two parts for a better understanding 'Dhyan' and

'Samadhi'. Dhyan is the path of witnessing, experiencing that our true self is

separate from the body, mind, heart; witnessing the object and the subject as

separate - dispelling all darkness. Samadhi begins with subjective awareness and

culminates in realization of our divine self, the all permeating godliness -

within and without.

This is the state in which the 'Rishis' in the east declared 'Aham Brahmasmi',

the state in which sufi mystic Mansur declared 'Ana'l Haq', the state in which

Jesus says, 'I and my Father are one'.

This state is called 'Sambodhi', enlightenment, divine realization - the home

coming. And yet, this is just the beginning...

Some Myths & Truths About Meditation:

Meditation is NOT a philosophy, a dogma or a belief system.

All exercises, to acquire Siddhis/occult powers or any kind of wish fulfillment

is NOT Meditation.

Any kind of Japa/Chanting triggers boredom resulting in Nidra - a sleepy state

and is NOT a state of Meditation.

Concentration in any form, whether on a Bindu/dot, thought, name, mantra or

breath etc. is NOT Meditation.

Asana, Pranayama, different practices of Yoga, Vipassana, Swadhyay etc., as

generally taught today, are preparatory steps and NOT Meditation.

Idol worshipping, praying in temples, reading scriptures, bathing in the holy

waters, fasting, torturing the body and all other rituals are just that -

'rituals' and NOT Meditation.

Meditation is NOT about running away from the world and its responsibilities

into some caves in the Himalayas.

~

Meditation means becoming more alert, more brilliant, more luminous, more

wise.

Meditation is simple, easy, fun, an art of living a life full of love, peace,

joy and is meant for EVERYONE including YOU!

Meditation is the art of being fully involved and yet completely unattached.

Living in the world fulfilling all responsibilities, yet unaffected - like a

lotus in the mud.

Meditation is a journey - from the false to the truth, from darkness to the

light, from death to deathlessness.

Meditation means the body, mind, heart and the soul, all functioning in

harmony, wholeness, humming beautifully; in a melody... one.

Meditation is the art of witness; a relaxed, unfocused, passive, mirror like

quality of consciousness - a state of subjective awareness.

Meditation means a decision to turn in, a decision to ask, 'Who am I?'; a

decision that " Unless the answer arrives, I will go on asking, 'Who am I?' "

 

excerpt from www.oshonow.com

 

 

 

Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now.