My Caravan of Dream

Before I get more and more into my personal experiences of meditation is i wanted to put in a nice quote from T Lobsang Rampa. Yes I know the controversy concerning him nor do I care, when  some takes the time to point out something beautiful to you do you look at the hand pointing or do you look at whats is being shown. Can you judge and his works but only outward appearences are can you judge by intuition? At any rate Here is  an exerpt from his book Chapters of Life

    Much later in the day, as the hot Sun poured down its

waves of heat, the old Monk ended his long meditation and

partook of a frugal breakfast.  Turning to the elder of the

Assistants, he said,  ‘It is time you learned the art of medita-

tion, my son, for I have observed you well and your time of

instruction has come.’

    ‘But is it so difficult to meditate, Master?  Cannot ANYONE

do it?’ asked the younger. 

    ‘No, my son,’ replied the old man.  ‘Some people never

meditate because they are not worthy, and some, who are

worthy, do not meditate because they do not know how.  Medi-

tation is an art which must be imparted, it is an art which can

lift one’s ego to sublime heights.’  He paused in thought for a

moment, then said to the younger, ‘Today you travel alone to

seek out food.  I must instruct your senior.  In time, if you are

worthy, your opportunity will come.’

 

I really feel that if you are drawn to meditate and it is a need for you continue onwards and dont stop, no matter how poor you think your experiences are. Just my advice.

But furhter on in this Chapter Dr Rampa goes on to say andi truly beleive that

    So many people say that they are ‘going to meditate’, but of

course most of these people have not the faintest idea of what

real meditation means.  They think that it is some mystical

thing whereas, as in the case of most metaphysical matters,

meditation is simple and is just a means to an end, a method

whereby one can obtain certain results. 

From tv and bad films nad bad teacher we have as a society a warped view of what meditation is.  Also I feel that there is this prejudice still that the West has against the various forms of expression of the East. I heard when I was last at the Rubin Museum of Tibetan Art, people refer to hindus as ‘those people’. There is still misisonary work going on in India, and other parts of Asia, if you are poor you can get food from the christian mission for the price of your time and going to church look into it maybe I am wrong in saying this you tell me .

Continuing our theme. I feel that there are many difficulties in just the languages of the east in that they were well suited for dealing with abstract concepts. The only solid repeatable definition Ive gotten as to what is Nirvana has been a grunge band from seattle, I have heard that nirvana is sitting and doing nothing, or when you are at peace, what ever that means or the buddhist version of heaven.

Anyways  the mind is  a unique expression what i mean by that is that the mind is a grand schemata that organizings and arranges our experiences. At some point we gave out mind control over our lives < which is fine> however we got confortable doing this and now cannot shut it off.

When we pray the mind is constantly running, hither and thither. If you were at work and had a deadline and you had to fous you would find that after a decent amount of effort you have been able to maintain and direct your attention only  one thing and the mind  naturally processng the info and does what a mind is supposed to do.  How are we to be receptive to the dictates of our hearts in this case.  When the soul yearns for something though we may get hazy messages in dreams how do we really figure out whats happening with ourselves.?

Through meditation we “awaken the mind to higher consciousness, and permits the mind to ‘tap in’ more freely to the subconscious.” We start to  make a communication pathway between our other selve and inner self through God. That isthe beauty of it. It is said for every step we take towards God he takes a 1000 to us. 

So you must be asking yourself does all this meditation stuff work? Yes for me it does constant and regular meditation even if its just 1 day a week has made a big difference in my life. Especially as of late. What have I felt,I have felt calmness radiating  from me, I have sometimes felt a slight shift in that my ego or my self was put aside. I have felt love that is indescribably jsut this impersonal love, it may grip me for a second or two sometimes a few minutes but its wonderful.

There is a lot more to meditation various techniques. Combined the right way with yoga,prayer and service to your fellow man will make us into saints I believe, it may take lifetimes, for me I dont really care. I have been touched in my heart and am drawn to continue I can explain  it.

I think that is it !!! Those of us who find ourselves on this path are drawn to it, there is no logical explanation why. Something urges me and i continue, I would rather watch tv or go to movies than sit in dark room and have my leg fall asleep and get cramps and have my mind race.  But the two days a week when I do it, (surprised not every day? – lately i’ve been so busy onces I get home from multiple jobs i pass out, got to pay the  visa bill) it wonderful no substitute for it. Sometimes afterward i jsut want to be quiet and not say anything  jsut sit there nad hold on to the feeling.

What do you guys think, as always i have much uch  muhc ore stuff to say but i would rather you guys gave me some direction. Want references want to learn more about meditation let me know what else. I can blog all day

Leave comments, let me know

Dave-O