When one is not rapidly evolving, they are essentially like a single point in space. From the perspective of that one point, a line can be drawn through it in any direction and be argued as just as valid as any other line.
However, after doing PROPER meditation for a while, another point is experienced. The newly discovered point is a more evolved state of being. Those two points determine a line that points in the direction of enlightenment… just beyond the horizon. That is what really gives your life deep meaning. That is when you really begin to evolve rapidly.
There was a great Guru who said to not even bother talking too much to people about spirituality until they have learned and practiced proper meditation. This is the reason why. Without those two points, most anything can be justified as valid.
In this world today, you are bombarded with a multitude of perspectives… unlimited lines through a single point. Anything can be and is rationalized with the intellect. If you allow yourself to be swayed by all those perspectives, you are cast into a tailspin that wastes time… wastes life.
It is an essential awakening to move in the direction of your evolution at least enough so you experience that next point. It lies within you. It is not what you have been told or have taken on from the outside. It is what you have become from the inside.
Only then do you know what direction to set the rudder and cast the sail. Then the real journey begins, as you tack your way over the ocean of karma in the direction of what lies just beyond the horizon.
Great Blog!
The experience of learning the Surya mediation has set my trajectory toward a deeper understanding of life. However, I find it puzzling to find myself in a tailspin due to the degree to which I’m bombarded, and pretty much unhinged by, the multitude of perspectives around me.
Although, I imagine the “I don’t care what people think or say” mentality from my teen years was rooted in ignorance, I do long for the day where “the multitude of perspectives” doesn’t phase me.
So informative. This gives me the insight, I needed, to explain the necessity of meditation to my children. Thank you.
I can relate to what Martha has said about being so affected and phased by the bombardment of multitude of perspectives. Why? Don’t I know better by now? Haven’t I established the second point? I am reminded of Brahmarshi’s teaching about the aMAZEing and sticky nature of the relative.
Wow, this is great… That metaphor immediately makes visceral sense in my body. I feel like I had a sense of that other point my whole life and was determined to get there. I searched through many dark forests with limited senses and vague or coded clues to go on. Encountering you and your teachings (the Surya meditation, classes, ashram / Mount Soma) really put that point on GPS so I could finally look up the most direct and timely directions there!
🙂 Thanks
I remember myself before the temple consecration. It felt like i was blowing around on the surface of life. But during the consecration, i remember feeling like i broke through into something so deep. I felt the depth, that other point. Then it was clear what i was going to do with my life. So I made a B line for it. How could i have ever done anything else?
Very wonderful blog and deepens my gratitude even more to you Brahmarshi for teaching me to meditate.
I do miss my meditations at Mount Soma however. Meditation at home is wonderful..meditation at Mount Soma is heaven like.
Martha,
You need to sort it out for yourself. I know you know that. Tailspinning is also largely physiological and I know you know that also.
Just to speak of my own experience, I like all the opinions. They inform [and also at time entertain… even amaze]. Perhaps enjoying the sitting with it all and giving it time and space is part of the process I cherish. I believe many who have worked closely with me would recall me saying, “Let’s just sit with it for now. The solution is there. In time we will find it.”
I guess that is rooted in some sort of knowing that nature supports. Yet such support comes in Gods timing, not ours. Instant gratification is alluring, but is more often than not illusory. Maybe keeping in mind a simple expression like “just be with it easily” will help. ‘Might be a good motto.
I will continue to reflect upon your situation… Let’s just sit with it for now. The solution is there. In time we will find it.
WOW! This is incredibly beautiful…poetic.
Jai Guru Dev
The anchor of deeper wisdom is palpable. Uncanny timing.
Exquisite! No one else makes these principles of math shimmer with all their Life-affirming power to guide our understanding … You make me fall in love with the world over and over again as I feel the truths you express, these beautiful and profound connections that resonate all the way in. Thank you again and again for this gift.
This makes so much sense. Thank you!
“Yet such support comes in Gods timing, not ours.”
So true… so true…
Thank you. thank you. thank you.
Orin used the word “beeline”… which has a neat definition:
“A beeline refers to the direction in which a bee flys after gathering nectar. Bees use the sun to navigate their way around and when they are ready to return to the hive they fly in a straight line back.”
The Surya Ram meditation and the sun… harvesting the nectar of life from the “sticky nature of the relative” and churning to make honey…