Monday, September 29, 2014

SAMADHI PAD SUTRA 30 CONTINUED

     There were 9 things that were mentioned in this sutra. These are the obstacles in the path of     practice of meditation to reach the GOD.In last blog I mentioned 4 of them . Sometimes they sound similar,but they are not as there are subtle differences in them.
    The fifth that is mentioned is the LAZINESS. We are all too familiar with this one.We act lazy in every aspect of the life , be it doing exercise , be it controlling sugar intake or studying , we always find our self tired.This is more true in case of doing regular meditation . So when the body and mind both are tired,that is called LAZINESS.The difference between second one  (DULLNESS) and this one , is that in Laziness both mind and body are tired.while in Dullness , there is mental fatigue.We do experience this all the time . We are told to wake up early , (called BRAHMA MUHURT)and then do the meditation. But we don't follow ALL the behavioural changes and so we attend the party  night before . But with determination , we wake up,but neither our body , nor our mind is ready and either we fall asleep or can't concentrate. This is the Laziness.But sometimes we have had good night sleep . we wake up , but the mind is too fatigued and can't seem to do much progress.This the Dull mind .
    The sixth one is AVIRATI.When one follows the "does and don'ts", that are describes in this book, the mind is well controlled.The desires or Vasanas are suppressed. But they are not completely gone.But when we come in contact with the subject of our desire , they come out and may be even with greater force than before. Th take an example , let us say we are having Satwik diet , which would include fruits and vegetable and dairy products etc,Now suddenly we are invited for a function , where there is fried food like Samosa or Batatewada or fried chicken, our desire comes back. We are tempted to eat it .If we eat it , then the" circle of Mind" starts . The action leads to impression , the impression leads to desire and desire leads to the action again , which again reinforces the impression. So now we are 'cought' in the vasanas. Other example may be easier to understand could be seeing old girl friend.She was out of sight -out of mind.But the desire was not completely gone and the Vasanas will pop up and will not allow us to concentrate on the object of the meditation.
    The next one or the seventh one is BHRANTIDARSHAN.This one is little difficult to understand. When the meditation is continued and one starts progressing in to higher and higher levels of the Samadhi, then he will have some 'vision'.This happens when the 'NIRWIKAR' Samadhi is reached. When this level of the Samadhi is perfected , then the devotee starts having vision. But at times the devotee has 'BHRANTI' an illusion that he is having visions , is called the BHRANTIDARSHAN.The problem with this misunderstanding is that the devotee tries to go in to higher level and is unable to do so ,as he has not perfected the Nirwikar Samadhi . So then there is frustration.So the one has to be sure that the Vision is real Vision and not just the illusion.
     The eighth one is ALABDHA BHUMIKATWA.We all know this one . So many of us complain that we try and try but we do not get any progress in the achieving the Samadhi. So we do not get -ALABDH- any level BHUMIKATWA.This discourages the devotee. One needs to check on our preparation and the way in which we are doing the attempt. Are we following the diet , the behaviour, the physical and mental  both , the time the place , and the surrounding etc are they suitable and conducive to the concentration .This needs to be revised.
   The last one is ANAVA STHITATWA.Again some of us may have felt this . When one tries to do the concentration and the meditation , one may feel that he he ts in to a level and then he comes out of it . The state can not be maintained for the long time . So there are 'flashes' of the complete concentration for may be short time but then we are back to our own mind's game . So there is some success , but it can not be sustained.
    So these are 9 different obstacles in the path of meditation . Each one has a solution and we can get over them with efforts.  

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