Self Awareness Through Meditation

Author(s): Ranjitsingh Kumat
Publisher: Ranjitsingh Kumat

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INTRODUCTION
by Gurdev Chitrabhanuji
Meditation is Power. Meditation is devotion as well as means to attain the end. Power is attained by concentrating and converging the energies of mind and sense organs. It is devotion as it involves total commitment and dedication to attain the ultimate objective. Once the mind is fully focused, it becomes the means to reach the desired goal. A small child of 12 years was given a gift of magnifying glass by his father which helped him in getting the award of Nobel prize. This child was none other than Sir C.V. Raman, the first Indian scientist to receive the Nobel prize in Physics. He, in his speech while receiving the Nobel Prize, gave credit to his father for giving him the magnifying glass at a young age. The child, while playing, collected the grass and dry leaves and focused solar rays through the magnifying glass which ignited the fire. Father explained to the young boy about the power of concentrating the solar or other physical energy leading to qualitative change and further research in solar power led to discovery of an important principle of Science qualifying for Nobel Prize. What is true of concentrating and converging the physical energy, is true about energies of our mind and sense organs. So long as our mind is entangled in material objects and defilements, it is scattered, weak, deviated, aimless and rudderless moving like a dry leaf in accordance with the direction of the wind. Such a weak mind does not have power of its own to reach the desired goal. This very mind, when concentrated, concerted and determined and directed to a goal, has brought about astonishing results exemplified in the life of Saadhakas' or dedicated people. The power of a concentrated mind is infinitely more than the power of concentrated physical energy. Mind gets attracted to physical objects and gets diverted from its natural course. Meditation brings back the mind to its right path leading to attainment of
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