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Masters’ path suggests a more scientific approach of not making the human body as our enemy but rather works with our natural physiology to allow more intense meditation with less effort and discomfort. If the aspirant is clear about this concept he may not gloat around with an idea that he is as stable as a rock during meditation or suffer a feeling of incapacity to be such a rock. Surely masochism is not an effective path to self-realization.
It is the general principle that we keep our place of meditation lit. It is because meditating in a darkened room presents fundamental physiological problems. When we sit quietly with our eyes closed in darkness, our brain interprets this situation as a signal to start shutting itself down for sleep. We are informed by scientists that sleep inducing hormones such as melatonin are released at the same time our heart rate and circulation are reduced due to lack of movement. We feel swept away on a sea of quiet relaxation. This pleasant experience may be a type of hypnosis and should not be construed as meditation at all. If the aspirant were to bend the head such that it glares the stomach it would induce sleep like state more easily. Meditation means that we are relaxed as if sleeping, but our consciousness has to be fully and intensely awake. Therefore, it is
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