But if we go on thinking that,“Oh, Lord is like this Lord is not supposed to be like that”
then the mind remains busy in fabricating states of meditation
visions during meditations. Then that is not meditation.
We are only daydreaming, we are cooking up things in our mind
The biggest problem
people often complain about
thoughts during meditation
If we let our thoughts
run riot during the rest of the day
how will they be calm during the one hour of meditation?
So we have to train the mind so that it becomes an instrument for our evolution.
The mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy
Mastering this art of keeping our mind focused on one idea is often a challenge
With the help of this Transmission
we are able to move into deeper level of consciousness very easily
without much being distracted by these thoughts.
It is a matter of experience - how in such a simple path, simple way of meditation
we gently remind ourselves that, “Yes, I am meditating on the presence of the Divine light in my heart”, that’s all
And when thoughts do arise, we simply remain unmindful of them
and just divert our attention in a very simple way in a very
natural way to drift attention towards the presence of Divine light.
When these thoughts disturb us too much, when it becomes overwhelming
then at that moment it will be best to take a deep breath
and hold your breath for some time and see what happens and resume your meditation
Then too if your thoughts are disturbing, open your eyes for a few seconds
and close again gently, see what happens.
Or if it is still overwhelming, then take up some nice book
read a passage or two, something that can remind you of Divinity
something that reminds you of humanity, something that can remind you of love compassion
and then resume meditation.
Often, we get carried away by some pious thoughts. We think that
meditation will be wonderful if such images keep coming to the mind
For example, some deity that you are worshipping
thoughts of that particular deity may keep coming to your mind and you think that is meditation
That, I tell you, is wrong. It is not a very good idea to entertain any sort of thought actually
except this one noble idea of the presence of Divine light and prayerfully we remain that,“My Lord,
whatsoever I am thinking during meditation is my imagination.
Whatsoever I am thinking and cooking up things in my head about your qualities, about your form,
that is also my mental fabrication.”
Because if you have a certain belief in a certain religion,
one would tend to think of that particular deity and,
by chance if you happen to
think of some other deity belonging to another religion then you think that your meditation was spoiled
This is nothing but narrow mindedness.
If we go on imagining things, imagining the form, the quality etc. of God,
it is always based on our imagination and our fancies.
Our prayer should be, “My Lord, whatsoever you are, qualitatively, figuratively,
I’d like to feel your Presence”, and remain waiting for this.
We give the open invitation for such a moment to arise in our heart in its natural way.
But if we go on thinking that,“Oh, Lord is like this Lord is not supposed to be like that”
then the mind remains busy in fabricating states of meditation
visions during meditations. Then that is not meditation.
We are only daydreaming, we are cooking up things in our mind
In meditation we remain patiently waiting, that’s all.
And whatsoever happens in meditation with such a positive attitude is best for us.
Practice, in itself, whatsoever be, any spiritual practice, it rarely contributes more than 5% towards our success.
95% depends on our attitude.
What are these attitudes we must have and how
can this attitude accelerate or decelerate my association with this practice?
Wrongful attitudes also can create stormy thoughts during meditation
Loving attitude, open mindedness, joyful state
all these make our meditations very fruitful, very effective, very, I would say, contentful
If you are angry and try to meditate, see what happens at that time.
Immediately after you are angry, try to meditate. Will that meditation be deep?
Per contra, if you are so much in love, so happy, so joyful and at that time you end up meditating
So we slowly realise that, “Yes, having a particular attitude prior to starting meditation
can help us a long way.” As for the outcome of meditation
each time we have a different attitude, it will be different
So we slowly understand that certain attitudes are good to have, certain attitudes are
worth ignoring, worth denying
Most important attitude that comes to mind is this,
“My lord, whatsoever it be,
I am here to experience your presence”,
that’s all. This is what I found to be the best attitude,
and I remain open.