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meditation
Meditation means concentrated thinking: concentrating
on the idea – the feeling – of bliss (infinite happiness).
Concentration means only one thought. But there
are usually many different thoughts in the mind. So how do we control
them? We have to channel all our thoughts towards a greater one;
a stronger and more positive one. And the strongest and most positive
thought is that of bliss; perfect peace and contentment –
the essence of our existence.
That positive thought is introduced into the mind through what we
call a mantra. Man means "mind," and tra
means "that which liberates." So mantra means a word or
phrase which "liberates the mind." Although we rely mostly
on our eyes, sound actually has the most powerful effect on the
mind. So the internal sound of a mantra is the most powerful way
of concentrating the mind. It concentrates the mind on a particular
idea – the idea (or rather feeling) of infinite peace and
happiness.
The mantra has three qualities which empower it to do that:
1. Concentrative: It acts as an object of concentration, because
the mind has to have something to focus on; it cannot be objectless.
2. Incantative: Everything has a particular vibration. You like
music with a congenial vibration to your own. You like someone when
their vibration suits your own. The mantra also has a particular
wavelength, and that wavelength vibrates the mind with the feeling
of infinite happiness – bliss.
3. Ideative: "As you think, so you become." This powerful
psychological principle is the mainstay of meditation. If you think
negatively, your life will be negative; if you think positively,
your life will be positive. We are continually in the process of
becoming the object of our ideation. So the meaning of the mantra
is vital. It must be the most uplifting ideation; the most positive
of thoughts. Again: infinite happiness; perfect peace and contentment
– bliss.
By ideating regularly on the thought of bliss, one's mind gradually
expands, and that expansion continues until one's limited sense
of existence merges into the infinite cosmic existence. One's individual
experience of pleasure and pain eventually gets transformed into
the constant experience of cosmic bliss, just as a river attains
total freedom when it merges with the sea.
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