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Thinking involves time and that prevents meditation, and meditation involves being and that destroys time. This is the fundamental battle raging in our lives. Either we absorb ourselves in time and thought, or we give ourselves to the eternal now and transcend it. The direction to take is really obvious, for with meditation you get bliss and with time you get suffering.
(Anmol: Here are some insightful spiritual stories used by Sri Ramakrishna for teaching spirituality and explaining the true nature of reality. They are contributed by guest author David Aubuchon. David is a deeply spiritual being with great knowledge and wisdom about natural healing, yoga and meditation. Read more of his wonderful writings on his website and blog http://scientificliving.net/.
If you would like to be a guest author on Master of Meditation and Yoga, please email me at anmol@anmolmehta.com).
By: David Aubuchon
(Anmol: A fantastic guest article below explaining clearly the dynamics between a Guru and a disciple. Profound insight from a deeply spiritual and wise blogger and teacher Lucky Balaraman. Find out more about his teachings and free programs here: http://calmandcool.com/4-part-course.
If you would like to be a guest author on Master of Meditation and Yoga, please email me at anmol@anmolmehta.com).
By Lucky Balaraman
If you have placed yourself under a spiritual teacher’s (aka a guru’s) wing for spiritual enlightenment and make steady progress, dependence on the guru will cease at a certain stage. This article illustrates this phenomenon with an analogy.
It’s been some time since I wrote my last Spiritual Story, The Secrets of the Universe – A Zen Story, and my creative side is itching again to be expressed, so here is another zen tale to entertain and enlighten. To find my other spiritual short stories here on Mastery of Meditation & Yoga, just visit the Spiritual Stories category.
Is reincarnation true? How about an afterlife? Karmic Laws? Now, that absolutely must exist. Heated debates and discussions swirl around these and other such fascinating questions, but what are the answers? Well let’s head over to Nowind Monastery and see if Master Blumise can help shed some light on these intriguing questions.
Part 1: Totonaka the Fanatic
So what is the art of meditation? Can it be understood in simple terms? Let’s find out.
It’s been some time since we visited our favorite Zen monastery and I think checking in with Master Blumise and company will help unveil the simple secret behind the profound science of meditation.
A special competition was underway at Nowind Monastery and all the monks were quite eager to do well. Master Blumise had pointed out a very special tree that lived in the woods surrounding the monastery grounds and the monks had been asked to write a story or poem about this tree. The winner would be the one who wrote the best story or poem.
A spiritual story…
Part I – Injin the Joyous
In a small village on the banks of the great river Ganga, there lived an immensely happy boy named Injin. He was full of the energy of life and seemed to be tapped right into the hidden stream of spontaneous joy that runs through the heart of every human being.
His contagious smile made the whole village a happy place and all the villagers loved spending time with this uplifting spirit. All except one… the Seer.
We begin with a Zen story…
Senior monk Tara shook her head in disbelief as she looked around the meditation hall at No Wind Monastery. She could hardly believe what she was seeing. The meditation hall, her favorite place on Earth, which was normally full of devoted, sincere monks working hard to break out of the delusion of duality, today looked like a circus gone wrong.
In part 1 of spiritually oriented time management, we introduced the key concept of doing things right away. So, whenever life popped up with a task to do, the idea was to try to reject all excuses and make every effort to try and respond to that challenge and get the work done.
This approach would then allow new opportunities to emerge and prevent the mind from being weighed down with clutter and incomplete tasks. In this second part of the series, we will continue to understand time, and time management from the perspective of a spiritual heart.
There have been volumes written on time management in the personal development and self-help space, but, I would like to tackle this issue form a different angle all together. I would like to explore this art of time management from a spiritual perspective, which I think you will find to be surprisingly useful and beneficial.
This is going to be a 2 part series and although the focus is on time management to promote spiritual evolution, I think what you will discover this approach to be very helpful to you in all areas of your life.
