Meditation -sureshot to self improvement
By- Prof.Ashok Sinha
&
Prof.Nisha Singh
Meditation elevates the soul to a plan of consciousness where it unites with the all-pervading conscious energy of Spirit. This bears some resemblance to the launch of a space shuttle. Consider soul to be the command vehicle which is to be lifted into space. Mind is the powerful rocket on top of which that vehicle sits. Our body is the launching pad gantries that support the various components of the space shuttle. This mission, the over-arching goal, is to place the command vehicle-soul-in a high ‘orbit’.
The launching pad of our body plays an important role in preparing for this mission. Our physical senses, after all, are the means by which we learn about meditation and the other research methods of science. But just as the gantries which supply the space shuttle drop away in the final seconds before lift – off so much we become detached from materiality-including our consciousness occurs. The power for this transport initially comes from mind, which serves as the engine for overcoming the pull of the physical senses and thoughts about this world
The spiritual scientist repeats words associated with non-material planes of existence. This gradually pulls the mind away from the lowest domain of creation, just as the engines of the shuttle’s booster rockets cause it to rise above the launch pad- barely moving at first, then more and more rapidly until it disappears into the clouds. The command vehicle of the soul is controlling the engine of the mind, but cannot rise up without its power.
However, after reaching a certain height those rockets drop away, and the command vehicle travels on own power. Similarly, [at a certain level] the soul leaves the mind and the Spirit becomes the motive force for mystical transport. This force is audible as sound and visible as light.
MEDITATION- only route to self upliftment
Meditation is the medicine that will cure us from the suffering that we have brought upon ourselves. If we want this medicine to work, we have to let go of many attachments and meaningless pursuits that further complicate the illusion in which we alive. Through meditation alone we can learn to let go of our attachments before we die.
Meditation makes us aware that everything in life is transitory. No matter how much time we devote to something, be it our own body, another person, work or anything else, eventually at the time of death, we will have to let it go. Whether we want to or not, we will have to let go of everything.
As stated before, in meditation we learn to quieten the mind. When the mind becomes settled, we begin to see that we are apart from our mind. Meditation helps us to become free from the habit of judging, which strengthens our ego, and free from the thinking processes where our illusions are created. When the mind becomes processes where our illusion are created,when the mind becomes free from judging and when the current of thoughts settles down, we begin to see where we really stand. We might not like it. But the only way to make any progress is to accept our secrets devils and to recognize our weakness, and then to work on them. An alcoholic, a drug addict or an obsessed person cannot begin to cure himself or herself if until he or she acknowledges and accepts the basic problem. It is essential to know ourselves as we are, before we can change.
Only meditation goes deep enough to extricate the root of our problems. Wishful thinking, mental affirmation and other types of therapies just scratch at the surface. They may work for a while, but after some time power evaporates and we go back to our habitual ways of behavior. These methods are like aspirin for cancer. Meditation strikes at the roof of our problems by dissolving our attachments, by putting us in contact with the primordial source of power and joy.
Meditation helps us develop our positive qualities. It dissolves the block that prevents them from coming to the fore. By the correct practice of meditation, we get closer to the core of our being and then, automatically, our positive qualities begin to show themselves. They come up to the surface of our being just like cream rises naturally in milk. Through meditation our downward tendencies turn around, anger becomes tranquility, lust becomes indifferences, greed becomes contentment, ego becomes humility, attachment becomes real love.
As we become aware of the PRIMODIAL POWER in us, we experience a radical change in our approach to life. We quite naturally adjust our priorities and make the effort to behave in a way that is in harmony with who we are and with the world. Our problems don’t go away, but we are stronger and better equipped to deal with them. We don’t lose our balance and we maintain our inner peace.
The peace we find through meditation is independent of any external factor. In that peace we are aware of reality. Meditation makes us more focused, more skilful and more productive in everything we do. With meditation we give direction to our life, and we purify ourselves. It removes the tensions and the junk that beset our mind. Meditation stills the mind, meditation resurrects our soul. Meditation makes us aware of the deep love present inside us; it is only means to know, experience and go back to God.
Start Meditation:- There are many ways to meditate and their results and purposes vary. If we have a T.V that is disconnected from its source of energy then it would be oblivious that we would not be able to hear or see anything. To tune it to a broadcasting frequency, we would have to find a way to connect the T.V to a source of power. Lasting happiness is attained through meditation. It starts to happen the moment one begins to raise one’s consciousness through the body and concentrate it at the spiritual eye focus. This focus is natural seat of the mind and soul in the physical body-a point midway between, and slightly above the two eyes. It is a subtle spiritual point and cannot be found by dissecting the body. It is at this subtle point of our consciousness in the walking state. And it is here, if we raise our consciousness to this level, that we contact PRIMODICAL POWER.
The same mind that was constantly running after sensual pleasure becomes completely subdued, the pleasure of the world become utterly insipid, when, through the practice of meditation, we come in contact with the bliss of the divine melody. To mould our life towards this aim will make it meaningful and worth living.