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excitement go together. Sometimes, we find a nondhyanee keeping cool and collected in a trying situation, whereas an individual practising meditation for a number of years loses his temper. Why does it happen like that?
Ans. This is quite natural. The practice of meditation
- results in the accumulation of vital energy. With an increase in vital energy, anger also grows. The greater the heat in the body, the higher the mental temperature. And corresponding with anger, man's other dispositions also get defiled. If the energy derived from meditation and austerities is not properly channelized, it can certainly lead to greater anger.
Q. What is a sadhak required to do in a situation like
that?
Ans. He should utilize his energy in study, service,
and other activities. The intake of food increases energy; by practising asanas, this energy is kept in equilibrium. If a sadhak does not know how to utilize his energy along constructive channels, he is bound to be assailed by anger, lust, etc. It is, therefore, necessary for a practitioner of meditation to undertake hard work. His additional energy is then well spent. Thus, the energy of a man who keeps busy in a regular way, is never misutilized. Only a lazy and easy-going person is troubled on this account. Self-study and anupreksha (contemplation) are the means of utilizing extra energy. Therefore, the man practising preksha meditation, should also do contemplation.
· Lord Mahavira was a unique practitioner of meditation, withal a unique ascetic. Going on a journey was an obstacle in the path of his sadhana, yet he undertook
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