Meditation
THERE are days when we feel exasperated with an inner turbulence that completely zaps our energy, enthusiasm and life-force. It is like strongly feeling the presence of a gang of raging monsters invading our mind-space. We suddenly realise the importance of `silence' in our daily lives. I do not mean to preach on the necessities of sacramental yoga, meditations in our daily lives. Yet we cannot dismiss the magic of `quietness' and solitude.
It's like listening to the same tapes again and again, yet not holding on to them or criticising and just letting them pass like a gurgling spring. In order to master our inner storms, we have to create spaces in our mind, be silent, pay attention to our own consciousness and breath, temporarily stop `thinking' and `looking' at things outside. We should just observe our own thoughts and not judge them.
We will slowly realise some thoughts are just conditioned by our minds, that there is no basis to it, no element of truth. Some thoughts are basically a blend of complex emotions. With such observations, the chaotic range of thoughts takes shapes and forms, become lighter and flows through the mind like whirring mild breeze. Eventually, such practice will help us get to our deeper selves and get intimate with our emotional core. We will also learn who we are and understand exactly what we must do, without evasion. It helps us become more enlightened by a thorough acceptance of pains and losses in our lives.
We learn the virtues of forgiveness, love and compassion, pity people who have backstabbed us and develop a self greater than our own. The stories of many evolved minds are rooted in such kind of meditation. It's quite amazing. We do not necessarily have to renounce the sensuous self in pursuit of a higher realm, but just to stay afloat in an ideal reality far removed from the `quotidian' world. It makes both the worlds, spiritual and sensual, richer, and leads to a greater sense of fulfilment and joy.
Meghna Maiti
THERE are days when we feel exasperated with an inner turbulence that completely zaps our energy, enthusiasm and life-force. It is like strongly feeling the presence of a gang of raging monsters invading our mind-space. We suddenly realise the importance of `silence' in our daily lives. I do not mean to preach on the necessities of sacramental yoga, meditations in our daily lives. Yet we cannot dismiss the magic of `quietness' and solitude.
It's like listening to the same tapes again and again, yet not holding on to them or criticising and just letting them pass like a gurgling spring. In order to master our inner storms, we have to create spaces in our mind, be silent, pay attention to our own consciousness and breath, temporarily stop `thinking' and `looking' at things outside. We should just observe our own thoughts and not judge them.
We will slowly realise some thoughts are just conditioned by our minds, that there is no basis to it, no element of truth. Some thoughts are basically a blend of complex emotions. With such observations, the chaotic range of thoughts takes shapes and forms, become lighter and flows through the mind like whirring mild breeze. Eventually, such practice will help us get to our deeper selves and get intimate with our emotional core. We will also learn who we are and understand exactly what we must do, without evasion. It helps us become more enlightened by a thorough acceptance of pains and losses in our lives.
We learn the virtues of forgiveness, love and compassion, pity people who have backstabbed us and develop a self greater than our own. The stories of many evolved minds are rooted in such kind of meditation. It's quite amazing. We do not necessarily have to renounce the sensuous self in pursuit of a higher realm, but just to stay afloat in an ideal reality far removed from the `quotidian' world. It makes both the worlds, spiritual and sensual, richer, and leads to a greater sense of fulfilment and joy.
Meghna Maiti
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