Sivananda Daily Reading for 12 October
SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 12 OCTOBER
MEDITATION IN VEDANTA
Preliminary meditation for six months:
On the blue expansive sky, all-pervading air or ether, or light, or
Himalayas, or infinite ocean.
On abstract qualities - mercy, patience, generosity, etc.
On abstract ideas - indivisibility, existence, wisdom, bliss, truth,
eternity, immortality, infinity, purity, etc., will render the mind
subtle and sharp and prepare it for deep abstract meditation on atman.
Just as one thread penetrates all flowers in a garland, so also one
self penetrates all these living beings. Behold the one self in all.
Serve all. Love all. Give up the idea of diversity. You will be
established in Brahman. When one Atman dwells in all living beings,
then why do you hate others? Why do you use harsh words? Why do you
try to rule and dominate others? Why do you exploit others? Why are
you intolerant? Is this not the height of folly; is it not sheer
ignorance?
Behold the "One in all". Feel, "I am the all", and "I a m in all."
Feel, "All bodies are mine; the whole world is my body, my sweet
home". Feel, "I work in all hands; I eat in all mouths". Feel, "I am
the immortal self in all". Repeat these formulas mentally several
times a day. Repeat Om mentally and feel oneness of life or unity of
consciousness when you play football or tennis, when you drink and
eat, when you talk and sing, when you sit and walk, when you bathe
and dress, when you work in the office or answer the calls of nature.
Spiritualise every movement, action, thought, feeling. Transmute them
into yoga. Gradually names and forms will vanish and you will
feel, "Aham asmi" (I exist). The balance or residue left will be
atman.
A jnani sees atman everywhere; there is no thought of self; the lower
self is entirely annihilated. He lives to serve all. He feels that
all is himself only. He has cosmic vision and cosmic feeling. He is
free from worry, trouble, difficulties and sorrow. He is always happy
and cheerful.
In the formless vedantic meditation of advaitins (non-dualists) there
will be an abstract mental image in the beginning of sadhana
(practice). This will vanish eventually. When you meditate, deny
names and forms, do net-ineti (not this, not this).
MEDITATION IN VEDANTA
Preliminary meditation for six months:
On the blue expansive sky, all-pervading air or ether, or light, or
Himalayas, or infinite ocean.
On abstract qualities - mercy, patience, generosity, etc.
On abstract ideas - indivisibility, existence, wisdom, bliss, truth,
eternity, immortality, infinity, purity, etc., will render the mind
subtle and sharp and prepare it for deep abstract meditation on atman.
Just as one thread penetrates all flowers in a garland, so also one
self penetrates all these living beings. Behold the one self in all.
Serve all. Love all. Give up the idea of diversity. You will be
established in Brahman. When one Atman dwells in all living beings,
then why do you hate others? Why do you use harsh words? Why do you
try to rule and dominate others? Why do you exploit others? Why are
you intolerant? Is this not the height of folly; is it not sheer
ignorance?
Behold the "One in all". Feel, "I am the all", and "I a m in all."
Feel, "All bodies are mine; the whole world is my body, my sweet
home". Feel, "I work in all hands; I eat in all mouths". Feel, "I am
the immortal self in all". Repeat these formulas mentally several
times a day. Repeat Om mentally and feel oneness of life or unity of
consciousness when you play football or tennis, when you drink and
eat, when you talk and sing, when you sit and walk, when you bathe
and dress, when you work in the office or answer the calls of nature.
Spiritualise every movement, action, thought, feeling. Transmute them
into yoga. Gradually names and forms will vanish and you will
feel, "Aham asmi" (I exist). The balance or residue left will be
atman.
A jnani sees atman everywhere; there is no thought of self; the lower
self is entirely annihilated. He lives to serve all. He feels that
all is himself only. He has cosmic vision and cosmic feeling. He is
free from worry, trouble, difficulties and sorrow. He is always happy
and cheerful.
In the formless vedantic meditation of advaitins (non-dualists) there
will be an abstract mental image in the beginning of sadhana
(practice). This will vanish eventually. When you meditate, deny
names and forms, do net-ineti (not this, not this).
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