Bill (William)Simmons wrote: >I can't seem to come up with a rational reason to spend a great >portion of my life in meditation. What gets accomplished? What gets >created? > >I'm not trying to be argumentative here or confrontational, I am >just trying to understand . My X GF spends two hours a day in >meditation and has for 25 years. Has no will to work and has made >this one thing the center point in her life. She is what she calls a >Sidhi. > >She says she transcends and connects to the universal consciousness. >Cool!!!! but why the need to do this twice a day for your life. >What's the point. Clearly given the recognition of a higher >existance (through the acceptance of a higher universal consciounes) >is it not reasonable to assume that one day we will all leave the >physical plane a transcend to this higher place as part of the souls >natural evolution? > >So why spend the time we have been given here in a physical form and >on a physical plane trying to get back to the other side each and >everyday....When its time to go home we'll all get to go home. > >It seems to me like a person who goes away on a vacation to a far >off exotic land only to spend every day, twice a day calling home to >see how things are back there. > >Me I am here now in the present and on this plane of existance to >experience what is here in all its positive and negative aspects. >Why else would I be here if it wasn't to experience what is here on >this level of existance. > >I am wrong???? > I've always taken into consideration that meditation is just a non-drug way of getting high for a few minutes every day but that in and of itself would be beneficial in reducing stress and rejuvenating the body.
A good meditation technique will peel away the layers of maya (illusion) until you perceive the world in its true reality. This can be very useful in a practical standpoint for making good decisions in life. This same process will peel away the ego until just enough remains to maintain the existence of the body. This also allows for much more freedom. Your GF's experience sort of blows wholes in the idea that mantras without OM (Omkara) are better for householders. Since there are many Indian millionaires and a few billionaires that practice mantras and pujas with OM in them the idea is most likely false and that has been my own experience. Once I started using a mantra with OM my prosperity improved and my life got back on track. Is your GF a philosophical vegetarian? Maybe even against the advice of an ayurvedic specialist? That can also cause these symptoms. The bottom line is meditation should be creating more wisdom and self-sufficiency not more insecurity. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
