Take
a different approach to meditation
Once we understand the concept of meditation,
we realize that an individual is not a separate
entity from the universe, We are all interconnected to each other. However,
often , in our day to
day life we become so much involve in the petty issues of mundane importance, that we
forget the larger picture of things.
There are many theories and ideas related to man's
relationship with universe. Different thinkers and scientist world over have come out with
their own outlook towards it. In this section you will find some of the most fascinating
ideas and theories from the various fields of science and religion.
From ancient Indian
texts like Isavasyopanishad
&
Bhagavad-Gita
to the ultra modern ideas of
Time-Energy-Space
Hypothesis and
Gaia, this section will take you to the most interesting inner journey of
life.
Ponder over these
articles. A contemplation on them will stimulates your thinking and
quickly take you into a meditative state. Realizing your oneness with universe is not at
all difficult. A new perspective for life is bound to come when you begin to
understand that you and the world around you are not separate and both belong to one reality.
How
this new approach to meditation works ?
This new approach to
meditation. is very easy way of meditating which anyone can do
with
effortless ease. This method lies in a small suggestion .
Just do this:
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"'See the world from a cosmic perspective and you
will be in meditation ! "
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Yes
! just expand your horizons
and change your perspective. I mean stop looking at this world from the
looking glass of your own personality.
Just by looking at this world, at this whole creation around us
from a different perspective (which I called a cosmic perspective) you
can be in meditation instantly.
This
works on a simple logic that
Whenever
you meditate: you attain a cosmic perspective for life
So,
whenever you attain a cosmic perspective for life, you will be in
meditation ! Simple
!
Just for a few minutes everyday, stop evaluating this world from your
own opinions, notions and thoughts. Stop looking at this world from your
own individual perspective and let a cosmic perspective take the
driver's seat in your life..
Why & how
to do this ? :
First
of all : Why do this ?
Just
like billions of people around the world, you are living a life and facing
all types of ups and down, meeting with triumph and disasters, enjoying
moments of happiness/ victories and enduring the hour of trials and
tribulations.
All
these life experiences have developed in you a particular perspective
for life through which you look at this world. Now this perspective may
be positive, negative or neutral depending upon the various
circumstances that exists in your life. In all likelihood you will spend
your entire life with this particular perspective for life. Since no two
persons are identical in all respect, everybody has its own perspective
for life and lives according to it.
A
rich man has a different way of looking at this world that may involve
spending his life thinking about the next stock market boom, buying the
latest luxury car or thinking about his next world trip. On the other hand the perspective of a poor man may be
limited only to thinking
about earning the next quotas of bread and butter. For a sick, the whole
world may be confined to his room with nothing to do and just thinking
about his sickness all day long. In
contrast, a healthy person may have a different perspective altogether
which may include planning for the next safari trip to Africa or for
participating in the Bungee Jumping .
In
short , we all have our own ways and logic to see this world.
So
what's in for you ?
As
I have already explained that meditation is a process of making our mind
quiet so that we can contact the self within. ( See
What is Meditation)
Self is the 'I' consciousness that exist everywhere. The 'self' in us is
the part of
same cosmic consciousness. Therefore, when we contemplate on
cosmic consciousness by means of adopting a cosmic perspective, we
instantly experience the presence of the same consciousness within us.
This self, by its very nature is calm, blissful and
circumstance-independent. So when we perceive this world from a cosmic
perspective, we recognize our own little place in the universe
(which though small is also a part of the same consciousness.)
This experience will help you to shift from a
'body-mind
framework to
a 'self -witnessing the body-mind'
frame work.
This realization of 'self
-witnessing the body-mind' is what meditation is all about.
So
How to achieve a cosmic perspective ?
It
is very easy. We will understand this from an analogy:
Suppose
you are participating in a drama and during the drama, you become so
much absorbed in the character of whose part you are playing that you
forget your real identity and start behaving like
that particular character in your real life itself. Then somebody takes
you from the stage and make you sit in the audience to watch the drama.
When you watch the drama as an observer you suddenly realize ," Oh
! it is just a drama and I was acting as this character". You
instantly recognize who you are in reality. You realize that it is just
a drama going on and you are just one of the actor in this drama.
Someone different from the character of the drama.
In the above analogy the most important incident happens when 'somebody
takes you and make you sit in the audience to watch the drama'. It's
only when you get separated from the characters of the drama and sit in
the audience that you recognize who you actually are.
In the same way the life itself is a drama that is going on and we are
playing our respective parts in it.
Now we need that 'somebody' who comes and makes us sit in the audience so that we can see the
reality.' Somebody who can show that we, in reality, are self -the 'I'
consciousness and the present life that we are living is a transient
(short lived) play of a character..
In
this different approach to meditation we will take the help of this somebody to understand the
reality. Now
this somebody is nothing but an intense contemplation on an idea
about how this world works, what is the reality around us. Just
contemplation on this idea will take you in to an instant meditation.
Efforts
have been made by some of the most brilliant scientific and spiritual
minds to describe this world from a cosmic perspective. There have been
attempts to see this world 'as it is' without allowing our own
pre-conceived notions to interfere. These
attempts have given birth to some of the most interesting and
informative theories and books on the cosmos. These theories and
books contain the ideas with the potential of changing our perspective
from individualistic to a global one.
Though
man has made great scientific advancement, the truth remains that we are
just one of the 84,00,000 species on this planet earth, which are parts of this solar system, which itself is a part of
this big universe. No one knows exactly how life originates. No one
knows how life will vanished. There are only assumptions. Some appears
very accurate whereas some are just beliefs. But
these assumptions, ideas and beliefs helps us to relate ourselves with
this vast universe.
Once
we recognize that we are part of this cosmos, we have emerged from it and
one day will again merged into it, this reality makes us calm. Just contemplate on these ideas, try to relate your life with
these ideas and you will start getting a cosmic perspective for life.
Make
a printout of these articles. Sit quietly in a comfortable place and
read these articles. They are meditation for contemplation. Just
read an article, think over it, contemplate over whatever is written.
Try to relate it with your own life. Do it and you'll see the big
picture. You'll slowly start progressing towards mental calm &
peace.
I
am not saying that your all problems will vanish. Unfortunately
life is not that easy. But
I can say with surety that you'll have a new perspective for life. You
will stop nagging, fuming & fretting on small issues. You will start
enjoying nature, the beauty around us Think over these ideas, contemplate upon what has been written and
you will have a cosmic perspective for life that will take you into
meditation.
Next
:
the
first idea for contemplation 
Gaia:
Is earth alive ?
