Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Namaste Latha, In watching Swamiji it occurred to me that in that half hour you were probably more still than if you had been trying to meditate on your own or at the very least you probably weren't bored.That is the function of worshipping the form. By concentrating so intently on the form we go beyond the form into the formless. The deities act as a doorway. We know that God has form and no form and we know that God is infinite beyond our conception. I have seen Maa sit people down in front of one of the murtis and have them look into the murti's eyes for long periods of time. This form of meditation is called trataka. It is one pointed attention on any object and helps us to go into deeper states of meditation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 parvati, it is very interesting, re: maa putting people in front of the murtis. isn't it a great enabler to meditation to see some benign being on the "other side" pulling us in? steve c. , "parvati_saraswati" <parvati_saraswati> wrote: > Namaste Latha, > In watching Swamiji it occurred to me that in that half hour > you were probably more still than if you had been trying to > meditate on your own or at the very least you probably weren't > bored.That is the function of worshipping the form. By > concentrating so intently on the form we go beyond the form > into the formless. The deities act as a doorway. We know that > God has form and no form and we know that God is infinite > beyond our conception. I have seen Maa sit people down in > front of one of the murtis and have them look into the murti's > eyes for long periods of time. This form of meditation is called > trataka. It is one pointed attention on any object and helps us to > go into deeper states of meditation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Namaste, all, I had the experience many times of meditating with my eyes open looking into the eyes of the murti of Durga, the one that Maa and Swamiji made by hand. It was always a wonderful experience. I could really feel her presence. When the new murti from India was installed, at first I found it difficult to accept her as Durga. But after Maa gave us photos of this murti with her blessings, I started meditating with this murti at home and she became "my" Durga. Ardis "parvati_saraswati" <parvati_saraswati > Tue, 03 Feb 2004 05:22:59 -0000 It takes one to know one Namaste Latha, In watching Swamiji it occurred to me that in that half hour you were probably more still than if you had been trying to meditate on your own or at the very least you probably weren't bored.That is the function of worshipping the form. By concentrating so intently on the form we go beyond the form into the formless. The deities act as a doorway. We know that God has form and no form and we know that God is infinite beyond our conception. I have seen Maa sit people down in front of one of the murtis and have them look into the murti's eyes for long periods of time. This form of meditation is called trataka. It is one pointed attention on any object and helps us to go into deeper states of meditation. / <?subject=Un> Terms of Service <> . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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