Meditation and its Utility in Daily Life

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Meditation is not for a few but is necessary for all human beings. The inner

self of a person touches the Higher Self (the Param-Tattwa) during deep sleep

daily. This unknown touch recharges the battery of man. So, when he gets up from

his sleep, he feels that he is refreshed, full of strength and relaxed. This is

a natural process for all persons alike. If one could not sleep properly, he

feels disturbed and is in a sort of weariness. It is the experience of every

man, whether he is rich or a beggar, a literate or an illiterate, an executive

or a labourer, a farmer or a business man, a housewife or a huckster. So, every

man needs peace, strength, ability to discharge his duties and for tranquillity

of mind. So, a wonderful discovery of man is to keep his inner self in touch

with the SOURCE in a wakeful state for longer periods continuously through

specific type of systematic practices. This is called the art of meditation. And

such a person is said to be a YOGI without any discretion/distinction of caste,

creed, colour and country.

 

Dhyanam nirvishayam manah-That state of the mind, wherein there are no Vishayas

or sensory thoughts, is meditation.

 

Whether oriental or occidental, Hinduism or Mohammedanism, Buddhism or Jainism,

Christianity or Judaism, Shinto-ism or any other `ism', the spiritual purpose

and meaning is to lead an individual soul to the ecstatic communion with the

Universal Divinity or ONE TRUTH, the SOURCE. A continuous flow of perception of

thought is Dhyana-Tatra pratyayaikatanata dhyanam. It is the flow of continuous

thought of one object or God or Atman or Supreme Source-Tailadharavat. According

to Raja Yoga, meditation is the seventh rung or step in the ladder of Yoga. One

cannot attain this state unless he knows the art of " Concentration " . What is

concentration?-Desa bandhas-chittasya dharana. Concentration is fixing the mind

on an external object or an internal point continuously, without interruption or

break for twelve seconds. So, an aspirant has to develop himself in

concentration, which itself is changed into meditation, if his state of keeping

the mind focused at one object/point/subject continuously and spontaneously for

12x12=144 seconds. It is termed as `Dhyana' in Sanskrit scriptures, which comes

from the root `Dhi'. In English we generally call it `intellect' which is the

basic root with different derivations in different practices. However, `Buddhi'

(reasoning faculty) is said to be directly based on this root term; yet this

term is used liberally by all systems of Yoga, which is central theme of all

mystic techniques leading one to higher levels of spiritual consciousness with

profound depths of spiritual expansion and takes one to God-realisation or

Self-realisation.

 

Meditation may be objective, or on qualities or purely subjective or one's own

breath. In objective meditation the Sadhaka meditates upon an idol or picture of

his Ishta devata-may be Lord Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Krishna, Christ, Buddha or any

other god or goddess. For him, the idol is something alive, vibrating with

supreme reality, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. He may meditate upon the

beautitude, the qualities, the activities of his Ishta-devata. Or he may

meditate upon the all-pervading pulsating Supreme Energy which is within him and

without, permeating everywhere. This is subjective meditation. Similarly on his

breath while inhaling and exhaling with MINIMAL SILENCE. All meditations are

good; what counts is the intensity and unbroken continuity of meditation.

 

to be continued...

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--- On Thu, 4/16/09, divinesprt <divinesprt wrote:

 

divinesprt <divinesprt

Meditation and its Utility in Daily Life

 

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:24 PM

 

Meditation is not for a few but is necessary for all human beings. The inner

self of a person touches the Higher Self (the Param-Tattwa) during deep sleep

daily. This unknown touch recharges the battery of man. So, when he gets up from

his sleep, he feels that he is refreshed, full of strength and relaxed. This is

a natural process for all persons alike. If one could not sleep properly, he

feels disturbed and is in a sort of weariness. It is the experience of every

man, whether he is rich or a beggar, a literate or an illiterate, an executive

or a labourer, a farmer or a business man, a housewife or a huckster. So, every

man needs peace, strength, ability to discharge his duties and for tranquillity

of mind. So, a wonderful discovery of man is to keep his inner self in touch

with the SOURCE in a wakeful state for longer periods continuously through

specific type of systematic practices. This is called the art of meditation. And

such a person is said to

be a YOGI without any discretion/distinct ion of caste, creed, colour and

country.

 

Dhyanam nirvishayam manah-That state of the mind, wherein there are no Vishayas

or sensory thoughts, is meditation.

 

Whether oriental or occidental, Hinduism or Mohammedanism, Buddhism or Jainism,

Christianity or Judaism, Shinto-ism or any other `ism', the spiritual purpose

and meaning is to lead an individual soul to the ecstatic communion with the

Universal Divinity or ONE TRUTH, the SOURCE. A continuous flow of perception of

thought is Dhyana-Tatra pratyayaikatanata dhyanam. It is the flow of continuous

thought of one object or God or Atman or Supreme Source-Tailadharava t.

According to Raja Yoga, meditation is the seventh rung or step in the ladder of

Yoga. One cannot attain this state unless he knows the art of " Concentration " .

What is concentration? -Desa bandhas-chittasya dharana. Concentration is fixing

the mind on an external object or an internal point continuously, without

interruption or break for twelve seconds. So, an aspirant has to develop himself

in concentration, which itself is changed into meditation, if his state of

keeping the mind focused at one

object/point/ subject continuously and spontaneously for 12x12=144 seconds. It

is termed as `Dhyana' in Sanskrit scriptures, which comes from the root `Dhi'.

In English we generally call it `intellect' which is the basic root with

different derivations in different practices. However, `Buddhi' (reasoning

faculty) is said to be directly based on this root term; yet this term is used

liberally by all systems of Yoga, which is central theme of all mystic

techniques leading one to higher levels of spiritual consciousness with profound

depths of spiritual expansion and takes one to God-realisation or

Self-realisation.

 

Meditation may be objective, or on qualities or purely subjective or one's own

breath. In objective meditation the Sadhaka meditates upon an idol or picture of

his Ishta devata-may be Lord Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Krishna, Christ, Buddha or any

other god or goddess. For him, the idol is something alive, vibrating with

supreme reality, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. He may meditate upon the

beautitude, the qualities, the activities of his Ishta-devata. Or he may

meditate upon the all-pervading pulsating Supreme Energy which is within him and

without, permeating everywhere. This is subjective meditation. Similarly on his

breath while inhaling and exhaling with MINIMAL SILENCE. All meditations are

good; what counts is the intensity and unbroken continuity of meditation.

 

to be continued...