RE : Nisargadatta on Meditation

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--- toombaru2006 <lastrain a écrit :

 

> Nisargadatta , Noel

> <noel_beau wrote:

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> > --- pliantheart <pliantheart wrote:

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> > > Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce

> into

> > > the higher states of consciousness and finally

> go

> > > beyond it. The art of meditation is the art of

> > > shifting the focus of attention to ever

> subtler

> > > levels, without losing one's grip on the

> levels

> > > left

> > > behind. In a way it is like having death under

> > > control. One begins with the lowest levels:

> social

> > > circumstances, customs and habits; physical

> > > surroundings, the posture and the breathing of

> the

> > > body, the senses, their sensations and

> > > perceptions;

> > > the mind, its thoughts and feelings; until the

> > > entire mechanism of personality is grasped and

> > > firmly held. The final stage of meditation is

> > > reached when the sense of identity goes beyond

> the

> > > 'I-am-so-and-so', beyond 'so-l-am', beyond

> 'I-am-

> > > the-witness-only', beyond 'there-is', beyond

> all

> > > ideas into the impersonally personal pure

> being.

> > > But

> > > you must be energetic when you take to

> meditation.

> > > It is definitely not a part-time occupation.

> Limit

> > > your interests and activities to what is

> needed

> > > for

> > > you and your dependents' barest needs. Save

> all

> > > your

> > > energies and time for breaking the wall your

> mind

> > > had built around you. Believe me, you will not

> > > regret.

> > >

> > > Nisargadatta Maharaj

> > > I Am That

> > >

> > > Note especially, " The art of meditation is the

> art

> > > of

> > > shifting the focus of attention.... "

> > >

> > > Bill

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> Meditation and apperception occur concurrently.

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> One is not the cause or effect of the other.

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> toombaru

 

Meditation happens all the time,

Only you get asleep in thousand different ways

And don`t realize it.

 

PAtricia

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