Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK : A NEW PATH FOR A NEW AGE (4) Swami Ashokananda (continued) If you say that you will attain to concentration by a determined effort of will, I should warn you that while such determination may be fruitful for a time, sooner or later you will find that your nerves are suffering from the undue strain of forcing your mind to concentrate, and you will not be able to make any effort at concentration without bringing about some physical illness. This practice, therefore, has to be very carefully measured. How much should you concentrate ? How long should you meditate ? In these matters we ourselves are scarcely fit to judge. Until we have attained spiritual regeneration, we are greedy people - greedy physically, greedy mentally, and greedy spiritually. In other words, there is a vast impatience behind our activities; we want to finish everything quickly. Of course, we don't think we are impatient: we think we are just very eager. Well, when people express such 'eagerness' to me, I sometimes ask them what they will do after they have realized God. They have something else to do ? You see, all you will do after having realized God is go on thinking about him from eternity to eternity - there is nothing else to do. Then why this impatience ? There is no necessity for it. (to be continued) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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