Page 66 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 10

Bodhayanti Parasparam – Vol 10
positions. That posture which is comfortable for u$ to meditation is advised with a condition that the body is erect or a bit bent forward in the system of our Master. We have all found this comfortable. However there are some who bend so much that their heads get into their stomach so much so the heart is out of view for the aspirant.
7. The other reason is that body position really does affect meditation experience. In our system meditation is not something we do only in our head; it engages the entire body and mind and more essentially in the heart. Experienced meditators nearly always come to appreciate that exactly how the spine is aligned and they automatically correct their posture. They change their posture and certain times their gesture according to the knot in which they are travelling. When we switch our attention towards certain centres not out of our volition but because of the need at that point of time there is change in the posture and the condition of being rigid about posture would be rather irrelevant.
8. We are advised to meditate on the divine light in the heart and we start searching for that light inside. Though the heart is inside physically the psychological heart covers the entire body and as one advances in sadhana the divine light is perceived not only inside our whole system but the system itself expands to cover the universe. The true state of realisation is not within or without; it is
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