Indeed…Money is important. Luxury is important.
Meditation needs
money. Empty stomach one cannot meditate. Somebody, somewhere once told a nice
story- “once a man was having high fever. He went to his Master and asked for
knowledge; he pleaded, ‘Please give me knowledge; or tell me the way how to do
Meditation’? The Master answered…‘First
get rid of your fever; get well first, and then come to me’."
So you have to get
rid of your fever of poverty first, and then learn Meditation. A poor man
cannot meditate. A beggar cannot meditate. It may sound absurd; or
contradictory but basically…Meditation is for rich people.
If you are rich; you
cam afford an umbrella in rain.
You have means to get your basic requirements, and
then you can start your meditation. Meditation is to get rid of mental burden,
to get peace; tranquility…Enlightenment.
If you are extremely poor, where you have
nothing to lose, then too you can achieve enlightenment; there are several instances
for this in history; there were many extremely poor people who were enlighten.
Extremes; rare; very few, cannot be taken as regular happening. One has to get
rid of his/her fever first; to learn Meditation. This is true that money is not
everything; this is also true that you cannot buy peace, or enlightenment
through money.
On the contrary, mostly, it is rich class who are more mentally
disturb; they have everything but they do not have peace of mind; losing money worries
them, family problems, sickness, they have many mental problems, and they want to
get rid of this; and they start searching ways of meditation.
Initially, before
meditation money solves your many problems; like if you are sic you can consult
a doctor, or buy medicine; if you are hungry you can buy your food without
thinking, you get your basic needs, without making any strenuous effort for
it.
Unless your basic requirements are met effortlessly; how you can even think
of learning meditation?
That is why that master, written above, asked his student
to get rid of fever first. Off course, meditation leads to a place…where you
get rid of your all fevers.
Money is important. You have to earn. You have to
make a plan. You have to make an effort. You have to take the risk; without
risk there is no gain.
Meditation teaches you…how to make effortless effort; how to
take the biggest risk of your life, and that is…do not take any risk; you don’t need to take any
risk.
Meditation teaches you how to stay effortless; without taking any risk…how
to achieve the ultimate peace where, after reaching, absolutely nothing is
required; where all diseases are cured.
Teaching of Meditation is very
simple, and that is…just float, with the moment, do not swim.
Floating is
effort less. There is great teaching behind this. When you are absolutely not
making any effort, when you are simply floating, it means you are totally
surrendering yourself to existence.
You are accepting everything, whatever is
coming your way effortlessly. You are not trying to differentiate it, you are
not making any choice…whatsoever is coming to you are accepting; absorbing.
And
that is...Techniques of Meditation; total acceptance.
Asoka
PS: You have to be
careful regarding your health. This is a tiring journey; you might get panic
attacks; anxiety. And to get rid of panic attacks; anxiety…try Linden method;
this method is a sure cure. To know what this method is; and how it works…simply
Click Here
