Journey to Enlightenment Part 02

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Nirmala Hanke
Publisher: Create Space

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Being Programmed Our only hope nowadays is meditation, introspection. This is the only thing which awakens a man who is slumbering, is walking in sleep and is programmed. We are programmed people. Whatsoever we are doing, we are doing under a trance of a program by the media: the newspapers, the magazines, television, radio, the writers. They are day by day programming us and they also are programmed by others. Still we think that we are the one who is thinking. No! If the person were thinking, there would be clarity. The definition of happiness is clarity. Clarity of thinking is happiness. So, today, when I was asked what I am going to speak about, I thought: “Let's take time to think and let's take time for meditation.” I am going to share some insights with all of you on meditation.
What is Meditation? Meditation has now also become like a product in a supermarket where you go and buy various kinds of meditation and so I want to define what meditation is, because it can be used in negative ways also.
Meditation is a journey of discovery to your self, and from self to Higher Self, the purest Self, and in this state you see the world journey; it is a discovery that we are sentient energy. You find it within you, and this meditation takes you to that state which we call God Consciousness, Divine Consciousness, Self Consciousness, or Self Awareness. It's an inward journey, but various approaches in life are trying to take us out. Meditation is the only thing which takes you in and into your own self. And when you go inside, God talks to you. In prayer you talk to God but in meditation God talks to you; that is the difference. In meditation you don't say, “You are holy. You are big." You are this or that. He knows who He is. Why are you using unnecessary words? They are merely praise and flatteries. But in meditation, you allow Him to talk to you. Listen! Just be calm! Find out why you are here. What you are really is the light, the love. When we go closer to ourself, we find inside what we are seeking outside. You are seeking God outside, but He is inside and He is a reflection
"Meditation is the only thing which takes you in and into your own Self. And when you go inside, God talks to you."
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