IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION
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Relating to space – the meditation is the only element that can reflect consciousness
Meditation is falling in tune with nature, with Existence. This is your natural state, your true state of bliss. This is connecting with the Ultimate Consciousness.
Man is born out of Divine Energy. Man is made up of 5 major elements, namely Earth (Prithvi), Water (Jala), Fire (Agni), Air (Vayu), Ether (Akasha). Man emerged from these 5 elements, lives in these elements and will go back to them – the original source.
Existence or Cosmos or Prapanjam or Macrocosm is made up of these 5 elements. All the 5 elements are different forms of the same Energy called God or Self or Atman.
As Thythreya Upanishad says "...from Existence came Ether, from ether came Air, from air came Fire, from fire came Water, from water came the Earth and from the Earth came Life...."
When Man is at ease or is in tune with these 5 elements, he is all right. When he is not at ease with them, he is dis-eased. All the meditation techniques that Enlightened Masters have designed over the years are aimed at tuning man to these 5 elements.
We can relate to the macrocosm, the Whole, the Divine, through any or all of these five elements. The microcosm can experience the macrocosm by relating with these five elements that pervade both. Relating to the macrocosm through the earth element is worshipping through idols or deities. Deities are made of the earth element, such as clay, brass, copper, etc.
So worshipping through them is worshipping through the earth element. Relating through the water element is offering abhishekas, holy baths to deities, or bathing ourselves in holy rivers. Relating through the fire element is performing homas, fire rituals. Relating through the air element is chanting mantras, divine chants. Relating through the space element is meditation. Through these five ways, we can relate to the macrocosm.
Out of the five elements, space is the only element that can reflect consciousness. The four grosser elements, earth, water, fire and air, cannot relate with or cannot reflect consciousness. Only space can reflect consciousness. And the way to relate with space energy is meditation.
Assignment 3
Self work out
When Man is at ease or is in tune with these 5 elements, he is all right. When he is not at ease with them, he is dis-eased. All the meditation techniques that Enlightened Masters have designed over the years are aimed at tuning man to these 5 elements.
We can relate to the macrocosm, the Whole, the Divine, through any or all of these five elements. The microcosm can experience the macrocosm by relating with these five elements that pervade both.
Pen down your earlier experiences with five elements in different stages of your life(This tells how much expanssion you have with life|) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
Conclusion
Out of the five elements, space is the only element that can reflect consciousness. The four grosser elements, earth, water, fire and air, cannot relate with or cannot reflect consciousness. Only space can reflect consciousness. And the way to relate with space energy is meditation.
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