Meditation and Enlightenment

Author(s): Chandraprabh
Publisher: Jityasha Foundation

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62/Meditation and Enlightenment: Chandr Prabh
Roughly, there are only two prospects of the mind. He is either shaken-up by 'Mar' (beating) or is moved by 'Ram' (Lord Ram). Mind choses any one from the two-'Mar' and 'Ram'. To have a mind at peace is the entrance to trance. 'Mar' (beating) provides fuel to lust. Ram is the echoing of liberty. The mind's becoming 'Ram' is not its "Viram' (halt). It is not its last camp. That is just applying the brilliant energy of the mind on the path of tryst with the Supreme Soul.
Halting of mind is suppression and suppression is the preapprehended preparation of the earthquake. If the mind gets moved by Ram, then there is no other helper in attaining 'sadhana' (seeking) and in knowing Him, who dwells within his own self. The same mind becomes a very forceful helper, as clutches, to the broken and bewildered legs in proceeding onwards. The same boat that had so long kept us mislead, becomes helpful in getting ashore.
If we fail to get moved by 'Ram', we would land in the clutches of 'Mar'. If 'Mar' becomes effective, we would have to lick the knife on which sweetness is sticking. To swallow the sweetness sticking on the knife is tantamount to take poison in the name of sugar. It is akin to taking poison in the name of 'amrit' (the enlivening nectar).
'Mar' is but an intoxicating pill. He who takes it, his condition would become like a heroin addict. If one takes heroin, takes the risk of death in the lap of life. If he does not drink, he pines, he feels like getting roasted. It is a storm emerging in a tea-cup.
Let us first understand 'Ram' (Lord Ram) and 'Maar' (beating) 'Maar' does not mean slapping. 'Maar' is the reverse alphabet-order of the word 'Ram'. Break-up the word 'RAM'—R, A and M. Reverse it-M, A and R. When A is added to M, 'MA' is formed. And, addition of R to MA makes MAR, MAR is absolutely the reverse of RAM. If you understand these two words carefully, then a big portion of the scriptures will be understood by you.