"Tranquillity maybe realized rapidly provided one does not concern oneself with gain and similar desires, abides perfectly by the moral law, is capable of joyfully enduring suffering and the like, and makes serious effort."
As we have out…
"Tranquillity maybe realized rapidly provided one does not concern oneself with gain and similar desires, abides perfectly by the moral law, is capable of joyfully enduring suffering and the like, and makes serious effort."
As we have outlined for you in the previous lectures, meditation is an exact science that is founded on a very strict logic. In other words, to learn how to meditate requires that you understand the science, the steps, and the practical aspects. Meditation is not a process of beliefs or assumptions. It is something very exact.
To learn how to meditate you have to study and you have to practice. Most of all, you need to develop the ability and the capacity to question yourself, question your process, and analyze your procedures. This is the most effective way to make quick progress in your practice of meditation.
The most important concept that has to become a practical reality in yourself in order to meditate successfully is to understand what your consciousness is, to know, recognize, and work with your own consciousness. If this escapes you, and you are not clear about this practically in yourself, meditation will always be elusive. It will be something you do not understand. Meditation itself is a function of consciousness. It is to work with consciousness.
We all use this word “consciousness,” we discuss it, we debate about it, but the theory or the intellectual idea is meaningless if we do not have a practical grasp in our daily, moment to moment life of what our consciousness is and how it functions.
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