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Bodhayanti Parasparam – Vol 10
Satori. But it is also necessary to realise there is something like a premature Satori which happens when we push themselves into a deep meditative state before we are properly prepared for it. This is a bit like attempting to compete in a marathon without training for it. The results will be frustrating at best and dangerous at worse.
4. There is a tendency to find out whether the meditation was good. We are the best judge about it and to ask another that question is not very relevant. Please do not judge whether your meditation was good or bad. Do not judge your meditational practice. When I say judge not I am only saying do not evaluate. If we started to practice the system and are meditating regularly and start fretting and fuming that it is not yielding the results expected, know that such an expectation is itself the detrimental cause of this exasperation. It is our attitude of expectancy that is the problem. Do not try to compare an earlier meditational session with another one. That may lead to the undesirable condition of ungratefulness. More experienced and advanced sadhakas may sometimes judge themselves during chit lake camps. We may find ourselves slogging through meditation periods sleepy or uncomfortable, or unable to focus because we keep thinking about our jobs or marriages or passports and visas. And when the period ends we are frustrated and unhappy with ourselves, because we think we are not meditating properly. This judging is a problem in two
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