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You are established in your true nature -- Bliss Purest in this moment. And suddenly a wave arises in the mind: and you get lost in that wave. What is that wave very dear friend?
Whenever I meditate, some family members come and disturb me and I get angry. This is a big problem for me.
What is your True Nature? Pure Awareness. Isn't it? Our true nature is Bliss and Peace Absolute. An eternal ocean of peace and awareness. Do you experience that?
Yes, I do experience that in meditation.
Our real nature is an Eternal Peaceful AWareness. Do you want to keep experiencing this beauty? Yes. Surely.
A thought in your mind -- people should not disturb me at all when I meditate, people should be considerate, they themselves do not do meditation and disturb others -- When you are lost in these thoughts, do your experience your true nature at that time also?
No. Not at that time. My mind gets disturbed due to these thoughts and goes far away from peace.
The restlessness of mind -- is it an imagination or a reality? It is just an imagination. Just a dream.
Do you, during meditation, experience anything else besides your mind? When I am having deep meditation -- then?
No, when you are restless -- then? At that time also, I am experiencing my mind only.
And you are lost in that mind. Yes. This is called day dreaming. Yes.
Is this dream beneficial for you in any way? Not at all. It disturbs my meditation and gives me restlessness and unhappiness. It is only harmful for me.
And, does this restlessness cause any change in people. Do they change? No they don’t change.
How many years have passed that you are carrying this pattern? Since I was born. It is a regularly repeating thing for me.
Do you want to come out of this dream now? Yes. Absolutely. I want peace. I don’t want to get angry and unhappy.
In this dream, there are many very subtle other dreams hiding. We need to dig them out. First of all, what are the feelings hidden in the dream? What are the causal feelings and what are the consequential ones.
The causal ones are your desires, likes-dislikes, expectations etc. They disturb your mind. What are your desires? What are your likings and dislikings?
I like that during meditation, nobody should disturb me. I like that people should understand the importance of meditation. I like that people should meditate and let others meditate as well.
And I dislike that people disturb me and they are not considerate and they don't meditate. People don’t understand the importance of meditation. I dislike that people don't meditate for attaining peace of mind.
These likings and dislikings -- are they dreams or reality? Only imaginations of my mind. That people should change -- this should happen; that should happen. But nothing changes just because I am disiring.
When you have these causal feelings, what are the other feelings that arise in your mind?
I get angry, unhappy. I don’t like them. I sometimes feel that those who don’t meditate are a little inferior.
These feelings -- when they are there in your mind -- is your mind a happy mind? Peaceful mind?
No. When I give up these feelings, then it becomes peaceful. But it happens due to my nature again and again. I think it is my habit.
We must understand here, that likes and dislikes -- that people should change and people should not disturb me and they should understand the importance of meditation etc. are just the mental formations of your mind. When you have these desires you will naturally get the results in the form of anger and unhappiness.
If I now ask you that given a choice between Your Freedom from all these negative feelings and then getting established in peace and bliss on the one hand and the mental formations of likes-dislikes and expectations from people on the other, what will you choose?
I am incapable of giving you both. Only one can be taken. What do you go for?
If I have a choice, without any doubt I choose establishment in my true nature of peaceful awareness. I want to free myself of desires and expectations. I want to get established in Unconditioned Peace and Freedom.
OK, I give you the choice NOW. Well...Really? Yes... Make a Choice... I choose now. Bravo!