Meditation and Enlightenment

Author(s): Chandraprabh
Publisher: Jityasha Foundation

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Under the Shade of Trance
Dawn is birth, morning is childhood, noon is youth, evening is senility, night is death. Life is a non-stop journey. The sun that has risen in the east proceeds towards the west step by step. Every one earns something or produces something in life. Unfertility is considered a misfortune. Whatever is earned-saves externally, remains lying nearby. To pass away without producing anything is nothing else than one's own infertility.
Night is the full-stop of the life-story. Evening is approaching. It is the maturity of experience of the grey-haired ones to make the evening meaningful before death ridicules them. Much of the life has passed off. It would be a very precious achievement if eyes get opened even in the small portion of the life that still remains. It is not necessary that what is not accomplished in the whole life, can not be accomplished in a short period. Does a student persever throughout the year ? As the moment of examination draws nearer and nearer, accordingly the mentality begins to get prepared. During the examination days, time is little but dedication is more. This very dedication is the foundation of success.
A person should slice off some time from all his work, and devote a moment or two to meditation. For organising internal strengths one must activate himself, at night while going to bed, and while waking up in the morning, in meditation. The effect of a moment's meditation remains vibrating for twenty-four hours. Even a single pill of medicine can spread the waves of health all through the day. Once the person is coated with the paint of