WHAT
IS MEDITATION?
MEDITATION is the broom with
which you sweep and clean your mind.
UNDERSTANDING MEDITATION is - as simple as this.
Mind
is like your home - which on its own, accumulates a lot of dust, dirt, spider
webs and insect hideouts if you are careless in its maintenance and cleanliness.
Unlike
the home, which we do sweep and clean periodically, we don’t sweep our minds
periodically and we don’t know how to. We allow a lot of psychological dust and
dirt to accumulate inside our minds involuntarily and voluntarily.
All
of our problems and suffering can MOSTLY
be traced to this psychological dirt and dust sitting inside our minds. Until we
clean the minds and continue to keep them clean, we continue to suffer.
MEDITATION is the only
broom, I
repeat, which effectively cleans the dirt and dust inside our minds.
Ancient
Indian sage-scientists had prescribed countless meditations, each for cleaning a
specific type of dust and dirt. Some meditations can clean out a number of
types of dust and dirt from the minds.
Meditation not only cleans away
the dirt and dust but strengthens the mind, makes it healthy, and, most surprisingly,
passes on the health and strength of the mind to our physical body also.
Meditation is thus a panacea
for many of our ills. Patanjali Yogasutras is almost wholly – either (i) preparation for Meditation, or (ii) Meditation
itself, or, (iii) going far beyond the ordinary frontiers of mind through
higher levels of meditation. My book has explained all these in great detail.
The
Meditations I am giving here are also intended to gradually make your minds
clean, free of the dirt, dust and spider webs in the mind, which are making you
suffer.
In
the last Meditation (No.1), the intention was that you must accept yourself,
especially physically, in toto. This Meditation, you must repeat periodically.
Your physical body, the place where you are born, your parents, your sex, your
colour, everything that you see about yourself – is a God’s gift. Accept it
totally and gratefully. Don’t curse any of your God’s gifts for any reason,
especially by comparison with others.
You
are unique in this world. There was never another person like you in the past and
there will never be another person like you in the future. Be proud of it. Be
grateful for it. Make full use of yourself.
Most
importantly, Meditate!
Apart
from all other Goals, make daily Meditation an important, daily goal of your
life. You may avoid food or sleep, rarely, but don’t avoid Meditation. You won’t
regret this decision. You will thank God that you decided to Meditate daily.
Now,
here is the second Meditation :
MEDITATION-2
As
always, wash your face and become fresh. It is not essential but is recommended
as good.
Make
your mind fresh and peaceful.
Close
your eyes. Breath slowly; inhale and exhale deeply and peacefully a few times.
There
is no need to retain the air inside
or outside your lungs. Just inhale and exhale in a relaxed manner.
While
breathing, keep your attention on your breathing process.
Upto
this, the procedure is common for most Meditations.
After
breathing a few times, with closed eyes, within your mind, explore yourself for
any angers, irritations, hatreds, jealousies that may be lurking in your mind
against – your spouse, your parents, your children, your brothers, sisters,
friends, colleagues and neighbours.
Love
and friendship is the antidote for all of your angers, hatreds and Jealousies.
Understand
that you are the creator of your negativities, not the others.
Understand
that, if you develop love and friendship toward them, your angers, hatreds and jealousies
will evaporate like mist under the Sun’s
rays.
Understand
that, you are the first sufferer of your negativities, especially towards those
around you.
Understand
that love and friendship feelings can give you lots of beautiful alternatives to
improve your world all around you.
Understand
that love and friendship within you are great gifts within you that you can
distribute to all those around you.
Understand
that these two gifts will improve your own health and happiness almost
instantly and over a period of time.
Feel
and experience these feelings and sensations within you. Be with them and
silently express them to all those around you.
Understand
that your positive feelings are irrespective of and in spite of all the
negativities that may be in others around you.
·
Thou
shalt be positive and friendly, even of others are not.
·
Thou
shalt not criticize others around you.
·
Thou
shalt be friendly.
·
Thou
shalt express appreciation, friendliness and love to others periodically –
whenever appropriate
This
is your firm, irrevocable resolve and decision in accepting love and friendship
as your innate qualities wherever you go.
Now,
Accept these qualities totally, be in that state for 5-10 minutes, and then…..
Slowly,
smilingly, open your eyes.
Look
at all people around you right now, smile at them in a friendly manner with
open eyes, and come out of this Meditation.
Wishing you a wonderful day.
Sarve Janah Sukhino Bhavanthu
Sd/-
(V.Vijayamohan)
24.05.2016
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