Am I doing right sadhna?

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The surest sign of a perfect and right Sadhna (Meditation) is that

after sadhna, one must feel energised, blissful and peacful. If this

is not attained, it indicates some serious fault in one's sadhna. Also

some people do sadhna with enthusiam and soon they leave it in between

or switch over to another one. Why this happens, and what precautions

should be taken before starting our sadhna.

 

Let us discuss this.The basic difference between a man and an animal

is that an animal is driven by instincts and body needs whereas man is

driven mainly by his Manas (Mind) and partly by body needs. Mind is

sythesised of Rajoguna, the quality of action of Mother Nature, hence

it has "Activity" as its main quality. Our mind needs action and when

exposed to any new idea, it concentrates on it with full devotion but

as is its nature of Rajoguna, it can not remain on anything for long

and gets bored ealsily.When a new sadhaka starts his sadhna, he is in

full spirits. His mind is ready to start action immediately

without waiting to analyse the path and its obstacles. A new sadhaka

starts the path of meditation with zeal and having in mind the stories

of Vivekananada, Yogananda, Ramana Maharishis and likes. His mind is

ready to jump to sadhna keepin siddhis or enlightement as his

goal. But a new sadhaka forgets that mind can not be tamed so easily.

A sadhaka then exerts pressure on Mind, which concentrates on the path

happily but gets bored soon and starts brooding over other thoughts.

At this stage some sadhaka leave the sadhna while others force the

mind to concentrate. This forcing of mind is very dangerious exercise.

Mind reacts to this force and starts bringing a flood of othere

thoughts and completely destroys the sadhana. Sadhaka feels himself

fallen from the path and becomes dejected and sad.

 

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