Re: To look inward
All good thoughts .
In meditation we learn to shut out all external influences, including a restless and chattering mind. The best example I can give; when we had 'quickenings' where the community of Kriya practitioners would gather (approx. 100 of us) and meditate together. It was quite an event including lectures, food and music. The problem for me was (being a musician) I thought the music and songs were really cheesy and trying to meditate with that crap in the background was very distracting. But that's the was it was. It's not so hard to ignore the air-conditioner or even a cough here and there, but the music just irritated me.
The challenge was obvious. Could I 'look inward' with enough concentration that I couldn't hear the music anymore? Well, yes I could and realizing that I felt I had made some real progress. I was able to find the silence within.
This, too, is somewhat related: Always present in our classes was a graphic of a person in lotus position with a hierarchy of states of consciousness (Buddha, Godhead etc) rising from above the crown chakra. I told the teacher one evening that that seemed counter-intuitive to me. That for me, anyway, the journey in consciousness was a matter of going in and down, deeper and deeper. He was not surprised and said I could have it my way too.
Maybe this is helpful, I hope so.
Matter is only mind in an opaque condition; and all beauty is but a symbol of spirit.
- E Hubbard
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