True Meditation Has No Direction
सच्चे ध्यान की कोई दिशा नहीं होती।- आद्यशान्ति
सच्चे ध्यान की कोई दिशा या लक्ष्य नहीं होता। वह एक पवित्र निशब्द समर्पण है, पवित्र मौन प्रार्थना। सभी तरीके जो की एक विशिष्ठ मनः स्तिथि पाने के लिए उपयोग किये जाते हैं सीमित हैं, अनित्य हैं और ढाले गए हैं। मनः स्तिथि का मोह केवल बंधन और निर्भरता बढ़ता हैं। सच्चा ध्यान आदिकालीन सजगता का पालन करना है।
सच्चा ध्यान हमारी चेतना में स्वाभाविक रूप से स्फुर्ता है जब हमारी सजगता में कोई हेर-फेर नहीं किया जाता, नहीं उसे नियंत्रित किया जाता है। जब आप पहले-पहले ध्यान करना शुरू करते हैं, आप देखते हैं के आपका ध्यान किसी वस्तु पर स्तिथ हैं : विचारों पर, शारीरक संवेदनाओ पर, भावनाओं पर, स्मृतियों पर, ध्वनियों पर इत्यादि। ऐसा इसलिए होता होता है क्यूँकी मन को आदत पड़ गयी है किसी वास्तु पर केन्द्रित और संकुचित होने की। फिर मन किसी अनिवार्य तरीके से उस वास्तु जिस पर वह केन्द्रित है उसका अर्थघटन करता है और बोहोत ही यांत्रिक और विकृत तरीके से उसे नियंत्रित करने की कोशिश करता हैं। मन पूर्व संस्कारों से प्रेरित होकर निष्कर्ष निकालने लगता है और मान्यताएं बनाने लगता है।
सच्चे ध्यान में सभी वस्तुओं ( विचार, भावना, स्मृति इत्यादि) को अपना प्राकृतिक कार्य करने के लिए छोड़ दिया जाता है। इसका मतलब है की हमारी चेतना के किसी भी भाग पे ध्यान लगाने के लिए, उस में हेर-फेर करने के लिए, उससे नियंत्रित करने के लिए या दबाने के लिए कोई प्रयत्न नहीं किया जाता। सच्चे ध्यान में सजग बने रहने पे ज़ोर दिया जाता है ; न के किसी वस्तु पे ध्यान लगाने पे पर हम आदिकालीन सजगता स्वरुप हैं - इसी में स्तिथ रहने पे जोर दिया जाता है।
जैसे ही आप कोमलता से आराम करते हैं अपनी सजगता में, सुनने में, मन का वस्तुओं पर अनिवार्य संकुचन क्षीण हो जायेगा।
अस्तित्व का मौन बोहोत स्पष्टता से आपकी चेतना में प्रवेश करेगा आपको रहने और आराम करने का निमंत्रण देते हुए। खुली ग्रहणशीलता का दृष्टिकोण, बिना किसी धेय्य और अपेक्षा के, मौन और स्थिरता को आपकी प्राकृतिक स्तिथि के रूप में प्रकट होने में सहायता करेगा।
जैसे जैसे आप स्थिरता में और गहराई से आराम करने लगते हैं, आपकी सजगता मन की नियंत्रित, संकुचित और पहचान करने की अनिवार्यता से मुक्त हो जाती है। सजगता प्राकृतिक रूप से अपनी संपूर्ण अव्यक्त सामर्थ्य की अ-स्तिथि में पहुच जाती है, वह शांत रसातल जो समस्त ज्ञान के परे है।
आत्मनिरीक्षण के लिए प्रश्न:
१ " सजगता बने रहना " से आप क्या समझते हैं?
२ क्या " सजगता बने रहने " का कोई निजी अनुभव आप हमारे साथ बाँट सकते हैं?
३ जब की ' सच्चे ध्यान की कोई दिशा या लक्ष्य नहीं होता ' फिर आप ' सच्चा ध्यान करने का प्रयत्न करना ' इन दोनों विरोधाभासी विचारों से उत्पन्न होने वाले व्यंग को कैसे समझते हैं?
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does "being awareness" mean to you? Can you share a personal experience of being awareness? How do you reconcile the irony around attempting to get to true meditation, while, true meditation "has no direction or goal"?
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On Jun 6, 2023 Wyon wrote :
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On May 21, 2023 kim wrote :
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On Apr 1, 2022 Maureen wrote :
It's like taking a bath in the purity of our own essence. First you dip a toe in and feel the water, it's nice, really nice, then you submerge yourself a little further and then a little further still until you find yourself embodied with complete awareness of who you've been all along. Then you relax with this presence of yourself while living, breathing, and experiencing each and every moment forward. :)
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On Aug 27, 2013 Lama Tsering wrote :
This is it. Yet, how to accomplish this simple relaxed state of being? Spiritual heart is the key to experiencing this. Relaxing, smiling, smiling to the center of awareness/feeling within your chest, melting in to the awareness feeling within your spiritual heart. Enjoy Open Heart Meditation. www.open-your-heart.org.uk.
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On Aug 26, 2013 Dave Murray wrote :
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On Aug 23, 2013 rajnikant wrote :
Dear Thierry thanks for your thoughts and I have found out every morning when I review 9 diamonds it helps me a lot in my interactions and thus my 4 key meditative state are really taken care of. best of luck in keeping the checks and balances.
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On Aug 22, 2013 Bill wrote :
Last night I attended the “Wednesday” that went with this reading and had something to share, but then balked and simply passed when the mic came to me. It’s sort of an irony - the share was to be about how I’ve found it increasingly difficult to share in recent months.
I’d been feeling bad about that, but in retrospect, this reading and the ensuing comments suggested a new interpretation. Though I’ve always pretty much been a left brain-dominant person, after attending Wednesdays for several years, the experience for me is less and less about the words and more and more about simply *being* with you all.
Not that words are unimportant, but they are simply pointers to reality (and often crude ones at that). Lately, just give me the reality.
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On Aug 22, 2013 Thierry wrote :
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On Aug 21, 2013 Rajnikant wrote :
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On Aug 21, 2013 MVRAO wrote :
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On Aug 21, 2013 Sis Asha wrote :
True meditation is really connecting with yourself and being combined with all your goodness and goodness in the world and the Ocean of Goodness of the Supreme.
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On Aug 21, 2013 Thierry wrote :
It is always a pleasure to discover a few new Sanskrit words such as 'arta' and 'raudra' where we find the root of the English words 'rude', 'rogue', etc. Often unknown to ourselves our Indian heritage is present in the words and structures of our modern European languages. To be aware that we create binds, attachments, for ourselves through suffering, jealousy and greed is at least a beginning. That awareness creates a movement towards inner freedom which I would'nt call a goal but rather a drive.
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On Aug 20, 2013 rajnikant wrote :
Dear Bijaybhai very rightly said. In this Kali Yuga where there is no oneness of mind, body and speech it is very difficult to comprehend. That is why we need a Gyani as stated by Krishna Bhagwan who can lead the way. As I wrote earlier the Gyani or the Vitrage Scientist has stated that we are in one of the four meditation state all the time and if we understand them then we will understand how karmas are created and how they are discharged.
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On Aug 20, 2013 Bijay Naik wrote :
The description of "true meditation" in this article cannot be comprehended by human beings in general. Only those who have made some progress toward achieving a meditative state, even if for brief moments, can get an understanding of what this article describes. Normally, human beings need to set goals and follow directions to make any progress toward a state when they can get an understanding of what this article describes. Even Buddha had a goal when he left his kingdom and searched for the right direction for achieving his goal for many years before he finally found what he was looking for. Is there anyone who is born with the understanding of "true meditation" let alone experiencing it? I am sure there are some people, but understandably very rare.
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On Aug 20, 2013 Dianne wrote :
I remember being at a transcendental meditation seminar with 35 others "strangers" sitting around the table together. We were asked to meditate and during my meditation I was unaware of the presence of anyone else until I opened my eyes. Thoughts come and go randomly at first and then there is the silence. It is wonderful.
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On Aug 20, 2013 Thierry wrote :
I don't think this passage means that one should have no goal and no direction, that one should deny the role of the intellect. There is a place for all this. But I think it means that meditation is an inquiry into the nature of the one mind, where all thoughts originate, whether yours or mine, traditional or not traditional., inefficient or efficient, futile or purpose oriented. What is the state of the mind when it is not identified with any thought? Is it different from silence and is silence different from beauty? When does one best see the great beauty present in nature? Can there be depth and beauty in the field of relationships or must there always be struggle. I think all this is part of meditation and I think meditation proceeds through endless observation and questioning. I may be wrong but this is what I understand Raja Yoga to be.
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On Aug 20, 2013 Rajnikant wrote :
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On Aug 20, 2013 BK Prakash Talathi wrote :
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On Aug 19, 2013 Ajay Mehta wrote :
Meditation is an emptiness...Shunya.....!!!
It is pure silence within....A state of Bliss, Inside and outside...!!
Its a personal experience of being surrendered to yourself..... to the supreme power.....!
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On Aug 16, 2013 Ganoba wrote :
When we try to define anything, that is try to put it in words, we miss its essence. We are left with its dry shell.
This what happens to meditation.
We can neither meditate nor define it.
Meditation/Dhyan happens when we become like a statue for a while, doing nothing, not even observing.
We then come to realise what is happening, why is it happening, who is making it happen. All this is so very personal. All generalisation are a crude mockery.
All that I am saying may be complete nonsense.