Self Awareness Through Meditation

Author(s): Ranjitsingh Kumat
Publisher: Ranjitsingh Kumat

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PREFACE
Self-awareness has been emphasized as the goal of life by the thinkers of the yore and the present day. We are rudderless, live with a huge void and face conflict in life with doubt as to whether we are heading in the right direction. So long as we are engaged in collecting things, amassing wealth and moving around people, we have no time to look inwards. It is only when we take a break, look inwards and pay attention to the self that we can fix the goal and the right means to realize it. Paying attention is the move towards meditation. Meditation has come in vogue as a means to reduce tension, which is the most prevalent disease among the rich and busy people. Tension is the cause of various psychosomatic diseases like hypertension, depression, cardiac problems, diabetes, allergy, etc. Modern medicine has failed to alleviate these and so the meditation is fast replacing medication. However, meditation is not limited to health. It is the means to attain the ultimate goal of life—selfawareness and freedom.
Meditation means to concentrate, to focus, to converge. Mind is a powerful tool but it is not utilized properly and in the right direction. Its energies are scattered and diverted in various directions. However, once focused, it is the most powerful tool and can be used to attain material objects or to attain spiritual heights. It can be used to create marvels or to destroy the beautiful creation of the Nature. Generally our mind is moving in different directions to achieve multi-purpose goals set by us. It is mainly engaged, after meeting the creature comforts of bare existence, in seeking carnal pleasures, recognition and unique position in society and the world through amassing wealth, governing or guiding the destinies of people, or subordinating the will of those under one's command. Those not engaged in seeking recognition spend time mainly in eking out existence, procreating and bringing up the family with no ambition. However, those engaged in the goal of amassing wealth or expanding one's empire (kingdom or corporate
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