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THE ART OF POSITIVE THINKING
This is also true that people who come here for meditation have no intention whatsoever of becoming kevalis though salvation continues to be the ultimate goal. But we are just now going through the initial stage.
Ifall those attending Preksha meditation camps come here with the intention of becoming Veetarags (sages who have subdued their passions), it might produce a stalemate. The entire organisation of society will be upset. Parents would hesitate to send their sons and daughters to Preksha Meditation camps. If their wards returned home as Veetarags, indifferent to participation in the activities of everyday life, attending camps would be a profitless undertaking. The husband, the wise, mothers and fathers, and sons and daughters would be of no use to the family. People would stop attending Preksha Meditation camps. Those who attend these camps have no intention of becoming Veetaraqs. They are primarily interested in getting rid of their physical and mental diseases, so as to maintain themselves in perfect health. Let all incongruity dissolve, let there be balance, let diseases fly, let there be perfect health-that is the only objective of the practitioners of Preksha Meditation.
What is called health, or freedom from diseases, in the language of ayurved is known as equanimity in the language of spirituality. They are one and the same. The masters of ayurved have given a beautiful definition of health: The equilibrium of humours is good health', they say. But how to achieve equableness? The only means lies through ceaseless attention, through the evolution of a mind given for ever to positive and constructive thinking. The elements of positive and constructive approachare-truth, forgiveness, tenderness and sincerity. But these are mere aphorisms, words. Will mere reiteration of these words make a man tender or sincere? Will cruelty or illusion vanish of itself? Such an expectation is bound to fail. The word is a convenient symbol for the thing, not the thing itself. The right choice of words has great psychological significance. The words no longer remain words but represent a positive and constructive vision. Positive attitudes which lie buried deep in the subconscious are not palpable; they cannot be known. Words like truth, forgiveness, etc. serve as a link to establish contact with the reality within. The Master's expositions are perfectly valid. If one gets down to the feeling inherent in the word "truth, it would awaken in one the constructive vision. Similarly, a descent into the depths of words like 'sweetness' and 'sincerity' will help awaken the positive attitudes latent therein. Here let me share with you an important fact. The Master's saying is for ever a kind of spell, an incantation. An Acharya is a magician. He initiates his followers into an eternal secret. A spell is something occult. mysterious.
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