Friday, September 12, 2008
Shankara
This idea of everything being Brahman, and being one Atman or soul is beautiful. I have been taking Yoga for the past year 3 days a week, and i practice at home. After the stretching there is a period of mediation. You have no idea how incredibly hard it is to free your mind of "sacred places, moral disciplines, set hours, postures, directions, or objects for meditation." The idea of letting thoughts flow in and out of your mind like clouds is very difficult. Your constantly pondering what your doing later that day, the things you need to do and other useless obsessions. But when you can finally clam the mind and the "soul finds perfect tranquility" a peace comes over you that is indescribable. Honestly once you feel that peace, even if its just for a moment or a min you will realize that there is nothing better in the entire world. This peace is in a sense a feeling of love for all because everything becomes one.
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I could not agree more with this. I was in a meditation class that Sierra College offers and after weeks of practice, while at class and at home, I was amazed at how empty my head was at the time, so empty that I couldn't even call it that until after I "woke up". It's one of the most enlightening things in the world.
Hi Alli,
I know what you mean when you describe the meditation practice. I practiced a lot this summer, and when you get to the point where your mind can just sit still (I think my record is like 20 seconds or something), it's just a super-peaceful feeling.
This kind of meditation is also part of the Christian religion. "The Cloud of Unknowing", by an anonymous medieval author, talks about it.
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