Guru Habit: Guru Habit 3

The Third Guru Habit is Meditation.

Meditation is control over your thought patterns.

It is difficult to explain it to a non-meditator, because a non-mediator cannot perceive a possibility of such control. At the simplest level it is forgetting everything and being present only in the meditation technique.

To explain this simply I ask: Whats the difference between a light bulb and a lazer? Both put out light, except a Lazer can cut through anything. The difference is the concentration of light. A light bulb is diffused scattered light, a lazer is focused concentrated light.

Same with a meditator, and non-mediator. A meditator practices harnessing thoughts into a single stream like a lazer. Dependent on method and intention, many things are possible, however laws of nature needs to be respected, and energy has to be harnessed for spiritual uplift of oneself, self control, humility and love.

This may seem a burden to direct your thoughts, however let me ask you, would you take your hands off a steering wheel while driving. Thats exactly what we do all the time. All thoughts and action must have a positive purpose, otherwise it is mindless, and result in suffering.

"Self Discipline is not a burden, it is liberation from the chains of your mind..."myself...

Meditation is a shower for your mind, and needs to be done to keep your mind clean. Keeping your mind clean gets rids of negative thought patterns, which are the root of all disharmony and chaos including lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego. Even the absence of thinking naturally leads one to entropy and chaos. Through one's example and presence alone others will surely benefit, so will the world!

"Maharishi made a prediction: If as little as 1% of the world's population practiced Transcendental Meditation, there would be no more wars. The peaceful influence created by people practicing Transcendental Meditation, he said, radiates throughout the environment, like the light from a bulb radiates throughout a darkened room."

"What you are, the world is.
And without your transformation,
there can be no transformation of the world."
~Krishnamurti

I hope this article has give you some motivation to do meditation in all forms. I believe it is the only way for real and lasting change to happen on this planet.

Wishing you persistence in your meditation,

Kirpal