Friday, December 19, 2008

Right Meditation


AFTER BEING IN THE SAMADHI PROGRAMS HERE WHEN WE GO BACK HOME AND HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME ROUTINE LIFE, FAMILY, AMBITINS AND SO FORTH. PLEASE BLESS US SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO WASTE TIME IN THIS AND WE CAN GO DEEP IN SAMADHI FOR TEN TO TWELVE HOURS.


No, that will not be a blessing but a curse.

In the eight-fold path of Gautama Buddha the last one is Right Meditation. He adds ‘Right’ even with meditation. It’s ‘Right’ to go in Samadhi for one and a half hours to three hours. Live in this world for the rest of the time otherwise you will turn against this world. There is duality in your mind. You think of this world and the divine as opposites. Sanyas means ‘Right Distribution’. You don’t have to leave this world. Live in this world and also in divinity.

You have twenty-four hours in a day. Out of this eight hours are spent in sleep; another eight are spent in earning your livelihood. You can divide rest of the eight hours in two parts – four hours for taking care of yourself, your family and other social formalities; and the other four hours for your Samadhi, meditation. It wont be appropriate if you go in Samadhi for more than that.

I am in favour of ‘Right Meditation’. Don’t go for any kind of extremes. It’s like if you take excessive medicine it could become poison. Samadhi is also a medicine and should not be taken in excess. Excess of everything is bad.

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