<strong>APRIL</strong> 1, <strong>2018</strong> 22 Communitylink Meditation eliminates spiritual ignorance for better life Swami Tadananda Editor’s Note: Swami Tadananda is President of Ramakrishna Mission in Fiji. He will conduct Meditation Sessions from Friday, April 13, <strong>2018</strong> to Sunday, April 15, <strong>2018</strong> at the Waitetuna Retreat Centre, 391, Cofswell Road, RD 1, Raglan 3295. The Centre is about 20 minutes from Hamilton and about twoand-half-hours drive from Auckland. There would be 25 reserved seats at $150 per person for two nights. Further information can be obtained from Kumaran Ramakrishnan on 021-973663 Email: kumaran.ramakrishnan@googlemail.com; or from Javahir Lal (Jailal on 021- 02635162 javahirlal@yahoo. com This article is apreliminary presentation of meditation for beginners as atool for the development of the vast and untapped subjective or inner spiritual dimensions of human beings. The aim is to teach meditation as aproven scientific technique to strengthen and purify the mind, comprising of our inner mental, intellectual, emotional, moral and ethical aspects of being, by systematically harnessing the power of the inner Pure Consciousness within us all. As the concentration of the mind and will-power develops, the mind becomes abetter channel for the flow of the inner knowledge, bliss, power, beauty and strength. Divine birthright These powers potential in us are our divine birthright. An impure and untrained mind is like ahigh impedance to the expression of the inner powers. Deprived of the inner power, we become weak and suffer physically, mentally, emotionally and so on. The same mind, when purified and concentrated through meditation and other Yogas, can ultimately become asuper-conductor for the spiritual current. Then the infinite power of the spirit shines through in all its glory, transforming our thoughts, words and deeds. Nourished by the spiritual power the strengthened mind easily overcomes all challenges that the external world can throw at us. Having identified the primary cause of all our ailments such as anxiety, stress, depression etc. we now also have the remedy thereof. Training of the mind Therefore, education in its true sense ought to be the training of the mind to make it abetter instrument through which we can connect to our core Pure Consciousness and avail its powers to creatively and easily overcome the various challenges we face in our internal and external lives. Swami Vivekananda said, “The training by which the current and expression of will are brought under control and become fruitful is called education… Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind is the ideal of education. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.” Moreover, meditation not only self-empowers us to live a better life, it is apowerful tool for totally destroying the darkness of spiritual ignorance and bestowing the supreme gift of freedom and enlightenment. Life in its spiritual perspective. World as a gym This world is the great gymnasium where we come to do exercises to make ourselves strong. The various challenges in life are the exercises which help in the manifestation of our inherent strength –physically, emotionally, intellectually, morally and ethically and spiritually. We should not run away from them but face them boldly with the faith that within us are all strength needed for success. Life in general is a constant struggle between forces of external nature and internal man. We are products of the experiences of these struggles. Most societies develop aformal system of education to empower us with knowledge and skills to fight the battle of life better. Therefore, it makes sense that agood education should teach us both about the external world we live in as well as about the various dimensions of our inner nature. Unfortunately, such is not the case. Most of the attention of the education system is on the study of the external world –the macrocosm; very little attention is given to the microcosm –the training and development of the mind -the internal instrument upon which depends much of our happiness and suffering, knowledge and ignorance, success and failure, and so on. The above article is a highly edited version. For full text, please visit www.indiannewslink.co.nz (Picture of Swami Tadananda from FBC Fiji).
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