This is Sunday, May 17th
I have been successful in my attempts of extreme confinement that I had planned for days now. It included the 24 hour non-stop stay in a room without speech, without fresh air and any human communication. This is a way to discipline the mind and body and to get a feel what it is to be like "YOURSELF". This form of detachment is what is extremely necessary for the realization of a long -term goal.
It has to start with short-term milder goals..which ultimately cumulates to the long-term picture. It has been mentioned in Jewish Caballah that meditation is only successful when we can actually detach the mind and body from any external influences. It should not be a fashion statement ( like what it has become today ). Meditation and yoga has become a money-making rackett and a global multi-million dollar business.It is hard to believe that humans hav not let this pure form of emancipation be left alone in this world of marketing and greed.
Confinement purifies the body and mind quite effectively or if I may say calms down. My attempts included meditating for an hour listening to natural rain drops and rumbling of clouds in my earphones. To get an actual feel of the whole action, I had switched off the lights and fan. It did cause me a lot of perspiration and irritation to beging with. But with time passing on and going deep into mediataton I realized that these external factors slowly stops playing roles in how one feels. What remained behind was the sound of raindrops and that of trickling water down some rocks..It brought along a natural feeling of feeling cool and relaxed. It may sound astonishing and even fishy to somebody who has not practised it yet..but IT DOES HAPPEN THAT WAY..!
The lesson that I have learnt is that feeling of hot or cold, lonely or bothered starts with the presence of an environment. The brain reacts to whatever lies around you and makes you feel a part of the system. Imagine at this moment if you are on the top of a hill looking down on a snowy valley, would you feel hot ??...but yes, as you would say, it is not so easy to imagine something like that so easily. For this, The creator has given us the wonderful gift of dreaming!!
Now in dreams you would obviously see yourself wherever the dream takes you. You have no choice left there.
Here lies the catch! Meditation is the only way by which you can have 100% self- control consciously. The funny side is you can almost decide what you waant to feel or what you want to be indifferent to. This can be made so strong that physical responses to your immediate environment cease to exist. It goes a long way in trying to chase happiness. As Thomas Jefferson has rightly said, you cannot catch upto happiness, you can only chase it! which is another way of saying that the chase only ends when you let the target chase you back. Happiness is something you cannot look out for...you got to wait for it to find you, and I believe that meditation does that work of waiting a lot more pleasant....
So much for today....Hail and fair well...:)
I have been successful in my attempts of extreme confinement that I had planned for days now. It included the 24 hour non-stop stay in a room without speech, without fresh air and any human communication. This is a way to discipline the mind and body and to get a feel what it is to be like "YOURSELF". This form of detachment is what is extremely necessary for the realization of a long -term goal.
It has to start with short-term milder goals..which ultimately cumulates to the long-term picture. It has been mentioned in Jewish Caballah that meditation is only successful when we can actually detach the mind and body from any external influences. It should not be a fashion statement ( like what it has become today ). Meditation and yoga has become a money-making rackett and a global multi-million dollar business.It is hard to believe that humans hav not let this pure form of emancipation be left alone in this world of marketing and greed.
Confinement purifies the body and mind quite effectively or if I may say calms down. My attempts included meditating for an hour listening to natural rain drops and rumbling of clouds in my earphones. To get an actual feel of the whole action, I had switched off the lights and fan. It did cause me a lot of perspiration and irritation to beging with. But with time passing on and going deep into mediataton I realized that these external factors slowly stops playing roles in how one feels. What remained behind was the sound of raindrops and that of trickling water down some rocks..It brought along a natural feeling of feeling cool and relaxed. It may sound astonishing and even fishy to somebody who has not practised it yet..but IT DOES HAPPEN THAT WAY..!
The lesson that I have learnt is that feeling of hot or cold, lonely or bothered starts with the presence of an environment. The brain reacts to whatever lies around you and makes you feel a part of the system. Imagine at this moment if you are on the top of a hill looking down on a snowy valley, would you feel hot ??...but yes, as you would say, it is not so easy to imagine something like that so easily. For this, The creator has given us the wonderful gift of dreaming!!
Now in dreams you would obviously see yourself wherever the dream takes you. You have no choice left there.
Here lies the catch! Meditation is the only way by which you can have 100% self- control consciously. The funny side is you can almost decide what you waant to feel or what you want to be indifferent to. This can be made so strong that physical responses to your immediate environment cease to exist. It goes a long way in trying to chase happiness. As Thomas Jefferson has rightly said, you cannot catch upto happiness, you can only chase it! which is another way of saying that the chase only ends when you let the target chase you back. Happiness is something you cannot look out for...you got to wait for it to find you, and I believe that meditation does that work of waiting a lot more pleasant....
So much for today....Hail and fair well...:)
hmmm..u did this??...but what about food, water?..and why the earphones?..technology cant be a part of meditation..or atleast it shouldent..what clarity did u achieve in your targets and goals in life??
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