Meditation

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" To meditate well, we must have great mastery of our mind.

 

" Here is another point, perhaps the most important. Feel peace,

tranquillity. It is necessary to meditate very deeply to feel internal

peace. Then, no thought, no sensory experience, makes itself manifest any

longer. One must dwell for some time on that ideal of peace, to have the

feeling of being free, not to be attached any longer to any person or any

idea. Thus a great internal change will take place.

 

" In our real nature there exists nothing but bliss, infinite joy. Only we

must become aware of it. What causes all evil is thought; though our real

" Self " is not affected by it.

 

" Another important point is surrendering ourselves completely to God, or, if

you prefer, to the Absolute. By using any method we choose we can go beyond

our limited consciousness and reach a more elevated level where the

consciousness of the " Self " merges with the universal " Self " . This means

transformation. At that moment there is only one " we " . In this expansion of

consciousness, I am one with everyone, I am united with the Infinite. There

is no longer any awareness of the body; this " I " is now the Universal " I " .

 

" In spite of the different paths taken, even by using the methods of

universal meditation, the same ideal always remains: mastery of the body, of

thought and of feelings lead individual consciousness to a much greater

awareness, namely, that of unity with all that lives. By doing this, one is

not trying to destroy the ego. Do not forget this important fact. It is

necessary to expand our ego from its limited condition, determined by the

body, mind and personality. This is the beauty we find in the great masters

such as Jesus, Buddha or Saint Francis of Assisi. Painful experiences,

suffering met in daily life, no longer count from then on for a being who has

reached these high spiritual states, who has felt that unity, because his

true Self is beyond that mundane state.

 

" One can also make a habit of having good thoughts in preparing for

meditation. In these preparatory techniques there is a certain form of

concentration, a constant effort to expand limited consciousness in order to

lift it to a higher level.

 

" Deep meditation leads to the transformation of ordinary consciousness, and,

at the same time it brings us spiritual vision. Then we no longer see beings

and things in the same way. That new vision of the whole world is the ideal.

There must be that goal: to feel at one with everyone and everything.

 

" The world is not a stranger to you; the whole world and you yourself are

one. " That should become for each of us a reality and not a fleeting

thought. We must feel it deeply. The Saints have shown us by the example of

their lives that this is not a simple theory, but that it can be felt by all

who try sincerely. This new vision, our behaviour with others changes, the

problems of daily life are resolved.

 

OM!

Lead us from the unreal to the Real,

From darkness to Light,

From death to Immortality.

Peace! Peace! Peace! "

 

The Gayatri Mantra:

 

" May we meditate on that adorable, resplendent

Being who has given birth to the entire universe.

May He direct our intelligence towards the Light. "

 

" Meditation - Monks of the Ramakrishna Order "

Chapter entitled: " The Development of Consciousness "

Swami Ratajananda

 

Hari Om Shanti

Jody Hoelle

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