Meditation is a practice that unifies the body, mind, and
awareness. Meditation makes life a blossoming delight of beauty. Life without
meditation is a jumble of confusion and deception. Meditation was formerly
thought to be a way of life in ancient times.
True, meditation is not distinct from daily life, yet we
must practice techniques, methods, and systems as a discipline. Once we have
learned a kind of meditation, we carry that discipline with us in all aspects
of our lives. It, whatever approach you choose, whatever system you follow,
please do so in accordance with your teacher's instructions.
But, exactly, what is meditation and what isn't?
Meditation
is not the same thing as focus. We restrict the mind when we concentrate, and a
restricted mind is a narrow mind. To explore into any subject, solve
difficulties, learn a language, or fly an aero plane, we need that constrained,
focused, concentrated intellect. We require it. However, this is not the case
with meditation.
We develop a wall of resistance when we concentrate, and we
lose energy when we try to regulate our thoughts. Some individuals meditate in
this manner for an hour and then feel exhausted, denying everything, saying no
to all ideas and perceptions, and attempting to focus the mind. Meditation, on
the other hand, is all-inclusive, whereas concentration is all-exclusive.
Meditation is a state of open, non-choiceful consciousness. Everything is ok.
Meditation allows you to say yes to everything, whereas focus allows you to say no to everything. It is essential to concentrate. There is an effort creator everywhere there is effort. The ego is the one who creates the effort.
Concentration feeds the ego, which is the creator of the effort.
The
more concentrated you are, the more ego you will have. There is no effort and
no effort-maker in meditation. As a result, there is liberty. You're simply
sitting calmly, listening to everything, whether it's a bird's song, a child's
scream, or the rustle of leaves.
Every sound is appreciated. Allow any sound you hear to come to you. When you listen to the music, you become the focus, and the sound rushes toward you, wanting to meet with you.
You become the center when you listen to any form of sound without judgement, criticism, loving or rejecting it. All sounds rush toward you, attempting to melt into you.
Pay attention to the sound. Allow yourself to get swept away by it. Don't fight it. Then something extraordinary happens.
You're left with nothing. You revert to a state of silence and pure existence. Allow a breeze to flow through you when it comes your way.
There will be no opposition if there is no effort. Keep in
mind that silence is not the opposite of sound. Every sound fade into silence.
Sound comes to meet you and melt into you because you are that serenity. Look
at any item, such as a tree, a lawn, or even a wall.
There is no judgement, no choice in the gaze, only
choiceless observation. Listening and gazing are both acts of awareness. There
is no need for effort or attention. Concentration comes naturally when you're conscious
when you're meditating. It has been presented to you as a present. However, you
lack meditation when it comes to focus and decision-making.
Thinking ends, breathing quietens, and one just existing as
pure awareness in extended, empty consciousness. There is a lot of happiness,
beauty, and love in that condition. When individual awareness joins with Cosmic
Consciousness, one transcends space and time. It makes no difference whether
the eyes are open or closed in such state.
Because this state is your genuine nature—love, happiness,
beauty, and awareness—it arrives as a breeze without invitation. Fear, despair,
anxiety, worry, and stress are all absent. Anxiety, worry, and tension become
visible to the observer.
Healing takes place in that condition. This is what discipline is all about.
Discipline denotes learning, and a disciple is learning.
As a result, we must master the skill of discipline. Discipline
entails placing things in their proper places.
Thought has its proper place, desire has its proper place,
job has its proper place, and duty has its proper position. Our lives become
more harmonious when we practice discipline. As a result, discipline and
meditation complement each other. There is no meditation without discipline,
and there is no meditation without discipline. They are one and the same.
Meditation trains the mind to be disciplined.
A dominating mind is the so-called concentrated mind. A
perplexed mind is in charge. A mind that is free, awake, and aware, on the
other hand, is pleasant. That's a disciplined intellect you've got there. And
life's scent is discipline. Life is never a celebration without that scent. Sit
with your back straight as you meditate.
Sit in the Lotus stance if you're able (or Half Lotus if
that is more comfortable for you). If it isn't comfortable, sit on a chair
while maintaining your spinal column's upright position. You may expand the
time you spend in the Lotus to one, two, or even three hours with consistent practice.
Enlightenment will come quickly if one sits properly in a Lotus stance for
three hours each day. The Lotus posture encourages the heart to expand.
Breathing slows and ceases and thinking slows and ceases as well. Suffering is
created by thinking, therefore going beyond thinking is going beyond suffering.