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POSITIVE THINKING
Something about it remains hidden, unrevealed. It is never wholly clear. The whole truth about it is known by the Master alone. He alone may communicate the whole truth to another. At times it scems everything has been revealed, but later one finds that nothing is really intelligible. The key to the secret remains with the Master.
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We learn about the attitudes. We also know the words representing those attitudes, but we do not know how to establish contact between the two. One who practises Preksha Meditation becomes acquainted with this secret-which is wakefulness, an emotional rapport, unceasing awareness, constant mindfulness. The manifestation of a particular quality or humour demands constant practice, eternal vigilance. Working by fits and starts, remembering it now and letting it slumber for long periods, would not be conducive to its manifestation.
Ceaseless and total attention is important. A drop here and there would not do, what is required is an unceasing flow. Generally a spiritual practitioner would practise mcditation spasmodically, devoting himself to it now and then, sitting down to meditation when the mood takes him, and abstaining from it for months together. Such intermittent practice yields no fruit. For success, continuity of practice is essential. Whatever quality we wish to manifest, or develop, we must give it our alert and incessant attention. Only constant endeavour will bring about the needed transformation.
Incessant awareness, eternal wakefulness is the spell that takes us directly to the inner world of the spirit.
A word is like a spell. Every word is a charm. To negate fate, the Jain Masters have spelled out different kinds of charms. For weakening the effect of actions hindering full knowledge, they have given us the incantation anantgianibhyonam (i.e.Obeisance to the possessors of infinite knowledge!), for actions hindering direct experiencing, the incantation, anantdarshanibhyonam (Obeisance to endless experiencing!) and for the removal of all kinds of obstacles, the incantation, anantviryabhyonam (Obeisance to incxhaustible power!). There does not seem to be any mystery in these maxims, yet all these reperesent knowledge, direct experience and power. If we can be, at all times, open to limitless knowledge, endless experience and inexhaustible power, the resulting spell would become so powerful as to inculcate all these qualities within us.
Today hypnotherapists and psychiatrists give some words to the patient for continuous reiteration. The patient is required to repeat those words at all times, awake and asleep, eating and drinking. The idea behind it is that by constant repetition, you are ever mindful and the disease is likely to reach its culmination sooner and dissolve, thus marking the beginning of freedom from disease,
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