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rush about in search of unknown experience, but unfortunately,
you always take the same mind with you. Many modern scientists
do not fully understand the theory of mind over matter. Too
often they equate control of the mind with mental institutions,
drugs, and biofeedback techniques. They do not realize that
the soul stands above both mind and body, which it uses for
its expression and evolution. The mind is a hard taskmaster.
It insists that we jump when it says jump, that we eat when
it says eat. |
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One
desire can multiply and destroy the best intentions. The secret
of conquering the tyranny of the mind is to play the game.
By continuously controlling the thought
waves, or by observing but not identifying with them, you
can reduce and eventually stop them. Unity already exists.
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It is our true nature but has been forgotten through ignorance.
Removal of the evil of ignorance, the idea that we are confined
within body and mind, is the chief aim of any spiritual practice.
The constant attempt to feel that you are the all can and
ought to be practiced in the midst of intense activity. Let
the mind and bodywork, but feel that you are above them as
their controlling witness. Do not identify with them. If the
senses are under full control, perfect peace and solitude
can be found even in the noisiest and most crowded city. |
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The Unreal to real: |
Meditation
is an experience that cannot be described, just as colors
cannot be described to a blind man. All ordinary experiences
are limited by time, space and the law of cause and effect.
Normal awareness and understanding do not transcend these
bounds. Finite experience cannot be transcendental, for it
is measured in terms of past, present and future. |
Meditation
is the source of real rest. True deep sleep is a rare occurrence.
During dreams the mind remains active, working subtly. There
is little true rest during sleep. In meditation, when the
mind is fully concentrated, far away from object and near
the Atman, the Self, a lasting, spiritual, blissful rest,
is experienced. Once meditation is achieved, the time normally
devoted to sleep will gradually be reduced to as little as
three or four hours. |
On
the purely physical level, meditation helps to prolong the
body’s anabolic process of growth and repair and to
reduce the catabolic, decaying process. Ordinarily the anabolic
process predominates until the age of eighteen. Between eighteen
and thirty-five the catabolic process sets in. Meditation
significantly reduces this decline because of the innate receptivity
of body cells to its benign vibrations. |
Modern
research substantiates the fact that the mind can control
the activity of a single cell, as well as groups of cells.
Each of the body cells is governed by the instinctive, subconscious
mind. Each has both individual and collective consciousness.
When thoughts and desires pour into the body, the cells are
activated, and the body obeys the group demand. |
Meditation
is a powerful tonic. During meditation there is generally
a tremendous acceleration of energy to the individual cells.
Just as negative thoughts can pollute them, positive thoughts
rejuvenate them and retard decay. Penetrating all the cells,
its vibrations can prevent and cure diseases. |
With
meditation comes freedom from fear of death. Most people think
that death is the end of existence, but in fact, death means
only the extinction of the present name and form. The greater
the identification with name and form, the greater the fear.
The practice of meditation induces detachment from name and
form. It makes one aware of the ever-changing nature of the
body and of all phenomenal existence. |
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