Om Namah Shivaya
" When we die, we gather up all the subtle energies that comprise our astral and causal bodies-energies that ultimately are seen to be intelligent thought-force"
What does this mean? so asked a protege to the mentor*. The reply was in the form of an email conversation, the distilled contents of which are presented below in this blog.
All matter- human bodies, trees, animals, stones, mountains, rocks, buses, cars etc are but collection of particles which can be sub-divided into atoms, neutrons, protons etc that in turn are nothing but packets of energy in motion - for gases, the motion is faster, for liquids comparatively slower and still slow for solids- we see things as a box or a car due to the
limitations of our eyesight in not able to see them as their constituent particles- an X-ray machine sees through.
Since the whole world is energy, our thoughts are also energy. Our thoughts form our habits- more regularly you think in a particular manner, the more you are forced to think that way- it cuts grooves in the mind space- called samsakaras; a man is nothing but a collection of thoughts or samskaras- character is nothing but regular habits
When we die, the samskaras outlive the physical body, they continue vibrating in the atmosphere till they get another suitable physical body to be reincarnated- similarly when we are born, we have got with ourselves the samskaras of all our previous lives- these samskaras are called our prarabdha karma- they play out like a movie- the events are predestined and cannot be changed by us since these are results of our own actions in previous lives- I murdered someone in one of my last lives, hence I have to tolerate jokers in this life.
When a person dies, only the physical form dies, the soul is everlasting and the samsakaras as a bundle continue to vibrate and be alive- think of an antenna, if you have good thoughts, you will attract the frequency of similar radio stations or thought packets in the atmosphere- if you are
miserable, all the sad and stupid stations will be connected- hence be extremely careful of what you think- every thought is LIVE- the best is not to think- when you align OM to every breath of yours, thoughts cease, your mind cannot play tricks.
What we can change is to stop reacting and create further karmas in this life; we can change our thoughts to alter our habits to transform our character. When we meditate, we burn up the stored samskaras so that they are not played out like scenes from a drama; meditation is deletion of these scenes from the script; by meditation we can realize God and then we need not be reborn and undergo the pain of human births.
* The mentor happens to be my better half - Swati, whose companionship has been a calming influence not only on me but there are many others among friends & family, who have benefited through her advice
What does this mean? so asked a protege to the mentor*. The reply was in the form of an email conversation, the distilled contents of which are presented below in this blog.
All matter- human bodies, trees, animals, stones, mountains, rocks, buses, cars etc are but collection of particles which can be sub-divided into atoms, neutrons, protons etc that in turn are nothing but packets of energy in motion - for gases, the motion is faster, for liquids comparatively slower and still slow for solids- we see things as a box or a car due to the
limitations of our eyesight in not able to see them as their constituent particles- an X-ray machine sees through.
Since the whole world is energy, our thoughts are also energy. Our thoughts form our habits- more regularly you think in a particular manner, the more you are forced to think that way- it cuts grooves in the mind space- called samsakaras; a man is nothing but a collection of thoughts or samskaras- character is nothing but regular habits
When we die, the samskaras outlive the physical body, they continue vibrating in the atmosphere till they get another suitable physical body to be reincarnated- similarly when we are born, we have got with ourselves the samskaras of all our previous lives- these samskaras are called our prarabdha karma- they play out like a movie- the events are predestined and cannot be changed by us since these are results of our own actions in previous lives- I murdered someone in one of my last lives, hence I have to tolerate jokers in this life.
When a person dies, only the physical form dies, the soul is everlasting and the samsakaras as a bundle continue to vibrate and be alive- think of an antenna, if you have good thoughts, you will attract the frequency of similar radio stations or thought packets in the atmosphere- if you are
miserable, all the sad and stupid stations will be connected- hence be extremely careful of what you think- every thought is LIVE- the best is not to think- when you align OM to every breath of yours, thoughts cease, your mind cannot play tricks.
What we can change is to stop reacting and create further karmas in this life; we can change our thoughts to alter our habits to transform our character. When we meditate, we burn up the stored samskaras so that they are not played out like scenes from a drama; meditation is deletion of these scenes from the script; by meditation we can realize God and then we need not be reborn and undergo the pain of human births.
* The mentor happens to be my better half - Swati, whose companionship has been a calming influence not only on me but there are many others among friends & family, who have benefited through her advice
Pinax, nice blog! I had never though of mediation like that before, may be the technocrat in me needs to take a breather and try it out one of these days. Have you done any research on what kind of following it is getting in terms of average age of people doing this? I know all can benefit from it, but my perception was that you get into this in your 50s, but I just may be completely out of touch.
ReplyDeleteNiraj bhai - meditation in some form or the other is catching up - i try to do this morning yoga pretty regularly & am amazed to know that Baba Ramdev's movement today has produced 2.5 lac yoga instructors with a target to make it 11 lacs in the next couple of yrs. Assuming 8-10 students per instructor, the no. of practitioners is mindboggling. Some of them from all ages ( though mostly those who've crossed 35 yrs age ) I presume would also be into Sadhana or meditation part of yoga. Your perception of 50+ yrs as the age to contemplate meditation seems pretty much accurate. It also goes with the age I presume for our ancestors to have gone for Vanaprastha, when the lust for material achievement gives way to need for realization. Unfortunately, human beings by design are reactive - they take corrective measures after it is too late - as realization & acceptance of life dawns later as we age.
ReplyDeleteThe point I am trying to make is - we are all fools to be caught in this Maya of mundane life - the earlier we realize this the better - a lot of all that has happened to us is due to our past karma. One form of meditation - chanting - say something like a mechanical sequence of 11 Maha Mrityunjaya mantra, 108 Om Namah Shivaya, 5 Durga stuti, 11 Gayatru mantra, 11 Bogola mukhi mantra, 108 Shani mantra, random chanting of places of worship, 108 shani gayatri, 11 Om Hanumatey namah & a few others for some other planets - takes around 20 minutes - something that I try to do during drive to office or during morning walk. - Not bad at all in my experience - Logic , well none - its all trust on the empirical & on karma deletion hypothesis. What we can do is be good human beings for the rest of our lives and add good karmas for future.
Meditation in the form that elevated souls do - something which Guruji ( Shreesh) does - is very very difficult - for me sitting for even 2 minutes on Pranava asana doing nothing but concentrating on nothingness - is very difficult - the mind starts thinking when you'ld rather want to feel blank.
Actually, its not a bad idea giving it a try now! today.