Guided Meditation/ Guided Imagery
How do ordinary beings living in the midst of worldly things perceive and live up to the highest truth?
I want to introduce to you one of the most brilliant ideas which have evolved over the last thousand years and this was termed as Maya illusion.. that which blocks our vision of truth. It is has been one of the greatest discoveries and I want you to understand this completely today
The Illusionary Power Of Maya
The Hindu sages had discovered that a crowded mind acts as a delimiting factor in discovering the liberating truth. The power of this massive consciousness was always there within every being. It only appeared to be hidden. Note as well that these Hindu sages were studying every aspect of human behavior centuries before the birth of Christ and Buddha.
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Consider this example: The farmer is irrigating his field. Through a little corner of his field he brings water from a reservoir. He has got a little lock that prevents the water from rushing into his field. When he wants water he has to simply open the lock, and in rushes the water of its own power. The power has not to be added. It is already in the reservoir. So everyone one of us, every being has as his own background such a reservoir of strength, infinite strength, infinite purity, infinite bliss and existenceonly these locks in the form of bodies and minds are hindering us from expressing what we really are to the fullest.
Swami Vivekananda
The mind is the center of all activity, and the mind is powerful at one time and weak at another. Notice that when you sign a cheque for a big amount youre extremely alert, but this level of alertness may not be maintained when having dinner with your family. When men and women talk with people theyre attracted to the level of alertness can be very low. When couples love each other their alertness level goes rock bottom. These ancient Hindu sages studied every aspect of human behavior and found out that many daily activities hindered ones capacity to stay alert. They termed these activities as Maya that which blocked ones vision of truth. Maya stands for all those pleasurable things which become the very cause for our inability to explore our own consciousness.
Based on this truth, the seers advised people to give up the pleasurable and hold on to the preferable. Youll find the same truth echoing in every major religion even thousands of years later.
Blessed are they who are pure in heart for they shall see God, said Jesus Christ
Beware O Arjuna lust and anger are great enemies. They cover the knowledge of even the wise, said Krishna to Arjun in the Bhagavad Gita.
Buddha said: When I left the palace, my father (the king) was told that I was doing a great wrong in renouncing the family. My parents, kinsmen and others tried to put pressure on me to return to the ties of family life. These wrong efforts on their side made me more determined to pursue the spiritual path. In the quest for spiritual peace several ordeals have to be overcome. Today I have found the Truth about life. What is it? The sanctification of the five senses is the way to Truth. If the senses are polluted, of what avail are spiritual exercises? When the water in a tank is polluted, all taps will only give polluted water. Your heart is the tank. When it is filled with good thoughts and feelings, all that comes out of the senses - your speech, your vision, your actions - will be pure.
Purity isnt about refraining from doing certain things; rather its about living that life which helps you to stay alert and discover the liberating secrets of the universe.
The Hindu sages were never for any prohibition. They only placed certain realities before the world after they had observed and tested it thoroughly. Their message was: Choose and indulge in activities that increase your level of alertness. When given a choice between the pleasurable and the preferable, choose the latter.
What began as a search for truth in the form of an external God sitting in heaven ended with the profound discovery of Purusha (soul) seated in every being in the universe. He conquers all who conquers the Self. Know this and never yield was the great message of the ancient seers. Long before any religion was born this truth was established in the Vedas and the Upanishads. Subsequently, this sublime truth set the stage for Krishna, Buddha, Christ, Mohammed, Ahura Mazda, Jehovah, Guru Nanak, and many others. Each of these imposing figures possessed all the qualities and characteristics of that one thing. That soul which the Vedas and Upanishads claimed to be the seat of all truth was found shining in its true form in all these great characters. All the great religious figures were the highest manifestations of that grand truth which was boldly proclaimed in the Vedas and Upanishads.
The Bible, The New Testament, The Old Testament, The Quran, The Dhammapada, and every other great scripture doesnt contradict the Upanishads and Vedas; rather they fulfill it. Each of these great scriptures might not talk about the Purusha (soul) but each and every scripture talked about the characteristics of this soul through their religious figure.
Its knowledge that leads us to inspiration and its character that embellishes our desire in search for this truth. Meditation leads to realization of your own purusha or soul, the key to inspiration and an inspired consciousness. Let us all meditate on that divine truth that ultimate unity..
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The greatest thing is meditation. It is the nearest approach to spiritual life- the mind meditating. It is the only moment in our daily life that we are not at all material the Soul thinking of Itself, free from all matter- this marvelous touch of the Soul ! May He who is the Purusha of the Hindus, the Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, Mohammed of the Muslims and the Father in Heaven of the Christians, give strength to you to carry out your noble idea!.
Swami Vivekananda
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The ability to stay alert is the greatest secret weapon of achieving serenity and wisdom. http://www.360meditationtips.com
by: Soul Power Magic
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