Sometimes we also come face to face with our own personality weaknesses as if they are
shown to us in a mirror.
When we meditate, we are face to face with ourselves and our heart is the mirror at that time.
It can be uncomfortable but, again
it is our attitude to the process of change that matters.
As the heart is purified through cleaning and we go deeper into meditative states
we find old habits dropping off. They no longer seem to fit us
They seem foreign to us. We have outgrown them
That is a miracle actually, as often prior to starting meditation we have not been able to
shake them off despite all our efforts.
My guide used to say the biggest miracle in life is how such changes are made possible
inner changes in an effortless way
Sometimes we also come face to face with our own personality weaknesses as if they are
shown to us in a mirror.
When we meditate, we are face to face with ourselves and our heart is the mirror at that time.
It can be uncomfortable but, again
it is our attitude to the process of change that matters.
We are inviting this change voluntarily. We want to change, we want to evolve.
With self-acceptance and the willingness to change, everything moves forward.
Having extra meditation sessions with a trainer at this time will help us a lot, they are very helpful.
Just as there are challenging phases,
there are exhilarating phases where consciousness expands,
and we feel that we go to deeper and deeper
states in meditation and we realize that there are infinite possibilities.
So the ups and downs are part and parcel of the process of growth and change.
At some point when you feel that, “Oh I don’t feel like meditating”, that is the time you call for help.
You seek the help from a trainer and say, “Okay, I would like to meditate.
Would you please walk me through meditation again?”
This is what I call ‘individual attention’,
and all these trainers throughout the world will be more than happy to assist
assist you under all circumstances actually.
Whenever you want such a meditation session with them, they will be happy to walk you through.
Each time though when a trainer supports us
with a remote sitting or when you go to them face to face,
very special work happens
again, it is a matter of experience
Though the practice is the same
it will be the same meditation
but the outcome will be extraordinary
You got to feel that, experiment with it.
The support of the guide here is invaluable
as he has already been on this journey and knows its ups and downs very well
It is very reassuring to have someone so experienced supporting us. In fact
it is the most wonderful feeling to know that we are not alone on this path
Gradually we feel lighter and lighter, and we find our capacity to love expanding as our heart expands
Complexities that restrict us from loving our near and dear ones, family members, friends,
unconditionally melt away and we appreciate others much more.
Our lives, they become moulded towards a more loving approach
along with many other qualities such as compassion, courage, generosity, patience, acceptance, humility
These are all the outcomes of the main thing – love.
You try to develop compassion and empathy and courage and generosity.
I think it will be like putting a cart before a horse. It is a bit complicated.
We need to create one original state, that balance in our heart in such a way that the rest of these qualities,
they just become the offshoot out of this main flowering of the inner heart.
What is the main flowering of our inner heart? It is love.
It is only through this love that generosity is possible.
It is through this love that compassion is possible.
It is through this love that empathy, acceptance, patience, tolerance,
they are made possible because of this love, and we are freed from these complexities and entanglements.
It is a gradual process, no doubt, and that is why we do this process of Cleaning every single day
and ensure such a lifestyle of such an order that
we don’t form more and more impressions and make our life more complicated