Mind : ( 24/10/2012. )

---------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, August 30, 2020. 5:15.AM. MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS CONTROL : Chapter - 32. Meditation - 11. ------------------------------------------------------- 11. HOW TO DEVELOP VIRTUES BY MEDITATION : 1. Examine your character. Pick some distinct defect in it. Find out its opposite. Let us say that you suffer from irritability. The opposite of irritability is patience. Try to develop this virtue by meditation on the abstract virtue of patience. Regularly, every morning, sit down at 4 a.m. in Padma or Siddha Asana in a solitary room for half an hour and begin to think on patience, its value, its practice under provocation, taking one point one day, another on another day and thinking as steadily as you can, recalling the mind when it wanders. Think of yourself as perfectly patient, a model of patience and end with a vow: “This patience which is my true self, I will feel and show from today.” 2...

  ----------------------------------------------------------- # OPINION : Tuesday, August 11, 2020. 4:22.AM. - 2223 ----------------------------------------------------------- # Swami Sivananda and the Spiritual Renaissance - II.4.2 :  Swami Krishnananda. (This article was written in 1946 and later on published as a booklet.) II. The Mission of the Philosopher :4.2 4.2 : His Method of Approach  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. It is said that a sage of Self-realisation is like a pure crystal which has, by itself, no colour, but appears to assume the tint of any object that may be brought near it. Such a sage is supposed to behave, speak and act like a child with a child, an adult with an adult, an old man with an old man, a scholar with a scholar, and an ignorant one with an ignoramus. The idea behind this spontaneous self-expression, uninitiated by any particularised motive, intention, effort or w...

Friday, July  24, 2020. 7:37.AM. MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS CONTROL : Chapter - 32. Meditation - 10  ----------------------------------------------------- 10. BENEFITS OF MEDITATION : Continued frm last blog - Considerable changes take place in the mind, brain and the nervous system by the practice of meditation. New nerve-currents, new vibrations, new avenues, new grooves, new cells, new channels are formed. The whole mind and the nervous system are remodelled. You will develop a new heart, a new mind, new sensations, new feelings, new mode of thinking and acting and a new view of the universe (as God in manifestation). The fire of meditation, annihilates all foulness due to vice. Then suddenly comes knowledge or Divine Wisdom which directly leads to Mukti or final emancipation. Real peace and Ananda (bliss) manifest only when the Vasanas are thinned out and Sankalpas get extinguished. When you fix the mind either on Sri Krishna or Siva or Atman even for five minutes, Sat...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, June  25, 2020. 7:21.AM. MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS CONTROL : Chapter - 32. Meditation - 9&10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. MEDITATION WITH EYES OPEN : -------------------------------------------------- In the beginning, when you are a neophyte, you can close your eyes to remove the distraction of mind, as you are very weak. But, later on, you must meditate with eyes open, even during walking. You must keep your balance of mind even when you are in the bustle of a city. Then only you are perfect. Why do you close your eyes during meditation? Open your eyes and meditate. Think strongly that the world is unreal, that there is no world, that there is Atman only. If you can meditate on Atman even when the eyes are open, you will be a strong man. You will not be easily disturbed. 10. BENEF...

==================================================== Thursday, May 28, 2020. MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS CONTROL : Chapter - 32. Meditation -8. 8. SOME USEFUL HINTS-1. Continued ======================================= You must daily increase your Vairagya, meditation and Sattvic virtues such as patience, perseverance, mercy, love, forgiveness, purity, etc. Vairagya and good qualities help meditation. Meditation increases the Sattvic qualities. Just as you conserve the energy by observing Mouna (vow of silence), so also you will have to conserve the mental energy by stopping useless thinking. Then you will save abundant reserve energy for meditation. Remember these three word-images: PURIFICATION, CONCENTRATION, ABSORPTION. Repeat them mentally during meditation. This is a triplet. Remember this triplet. Purify the mind. Get rid of Mala (impurities such as Kama, Krodha, etc.). Perform selfless, desireless actions. This will purify the mind. Practise Upasana, Prana...

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # OPINION : 21/03/2020 : 2100. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Swami Sivananda and the Spiritual Renaissance - II.4.1 :  Swami Krishnananda. (This article was written in 1946 and later on published as a booklet.) II. The Mission of the Philosopher : 4. Characteristics of His Works : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #The writings of Swami Sivananda cover a vast range of subjects, in accordance with his plan of approaching man from every side and every aspect. #Th...

====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/03/2020. MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS CONTROL : Chapter - 32. Meditation -8. 8. SOME USEFUL HINTS-1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In meditation, do not strain the eyes. Do not strain the brain. Do not struggle or wrestle with the mind. It is a serious mistake. Many neophytes commit this grave error. That is the reason why they get easily tired soon. They get headache and they have to get up very often to pass urine during the course of meditation owing to the irritation set up in the micturition centre in the spinal cord. Make no violent effort to control the mind. Do not wrestle with it with force. It is a mistake to do so. But, rather allow it for a while and let it run and exhaust ...