Realize What You Are

SR No.: 006986
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Centre
Total Pages: 138
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 10 MB

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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
in your mind. If we add fresh things to what is polluted, the fresh things will become stale and foul along with the old things. So we must empty ourselves or we will be unable to feel the freshness of the new learning we receivè.
Meditation has three main connotations. The first is to see a thing properly and clearly, as it is. When we have difficulty in school, the teacher tells us to concentrate and meditate on the problem, to bring our complete attention to the subject matter and see it clearly. In this waywe find a solution. The second aspect of meditation is to perceive that which is behind the thing you are seeing, to go beyond the superficial world. It is like the husk and the grain. In our normal way of thinking and seeing, we are aware of only the husk. But there is grain inside, beneath the husk, and it is the grain which is rich and nourishing and full of energy. In meditation we go beyond the husk and find the grain of life. The third aspect of meditation is to concentrate on only one thing at a time. You learn to train your mind to do only one thing and leave the other duties and obligations for another time. In this way you do not waste energy in fantasy or being somewhere else; you bring your full awareness to the one thing before you at the moment. Doing this in each moment you feel a flow in life. You accomplish many more things each day in a more precise manner.
This beautiful example illustrates the power of meditation very well. One of the greatest scientists in India, C. Raman, received the Nobel Prize for his work in science. At a large gathering in his honor, he told the elite of the nation this storywhen they asked him to speak.