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It
takes a long time for a seed to grow into a tree. If it does not sprout, we will
be deprived of the benefits we receive from the tree. We get flowers, fruits,
shad and fuel only when the seed has sprouted and grown into a tree. Consciousness
also has to perform a long journey before it can attain its highest development.
If it remains dormant, we will not be able to receive from it what we expect to
receive. Friendliness, peace, sympathy, goodwill, equanimity and synthesis are
the consequences of aroused consciousness only.
To arouse consciousness,
we have to carry our energy to the upper parts of the body. When it descends into
the lower parts, it excites sex consciousness. Knowledge and consciousness can
be developed only when energy is carried upwards. Meditation is an attempt to
carry energy upwards.
Preksha meditation camps are being organised from
time to time. These camps provide exercises in meditation as well as discussions
on the subject of meditation. The practice of meditation introduces the practitioner
to his self. He establishes direct contact with what happens in him. Discussions
on meditation are much helpful in this respect. Knowledge of physiology and anatomy
is essential for a physician as well as for a meditator. Their purposes may differ.
Knowledge of the body is essential for the meditator so that he may be able to
perceive its parts and touch and activate every cell of it with consciousness.
Knowledge
of psychology is as essential for the meditator as it is for the psychologist.
Unless the Preksha meditator knows the different strata of consciousness, he cannot
activate the powers of the psyche. The purpose of meditation is to arouse and
develop the powers of the psyche.
Knowledge of karma sastra is as essential
for the meditator as it is for the philosopher. The meditator cannot subdue the
waves produced by the fruition of karma without knowledge of the nervous system.
Preksha meditation makes the mind wakeful. The wakeful meditator can feel the
excitements and passions arising in the nervous system and render them inactive
through perception.
We are aware of the power of thoughts, but we are unacquainted
with the power of perception. Thinking tires out knowledge tissues whereas perception
energises them. Perceptive consciousness is natural. In whatever part of the body
it enters, consciousness releases the current of vital energy in it. The flow
of the current of vital energy in sufficient quantity arouses the dormant centres
of consciousness in the body.
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