--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. >
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