94 THE FRESHNESS WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU
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Electrophysiology began
in the middle of the eighteenth century,
soon after methods of generating
electricity became available.
I tell you honestly, there is no need of so many meditation techniques. Just one meditation is enough. But because you intellectual nuts have not been sincere enough to practice meditation, there are so many of them. There is actually only one meditation that is needed. That is the breath watch meditation.
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First, I will give you a brief introduction to breath-watch. Why is breath-watch meditation so powerful? Breath is the base for all Existence. It is the bridge between you and Existence, between you and the universe. Just think, every time you inhale, you are inhaling in the universe; you are breathing in the world. Your breath is simply a bridge between you and the cosmos. This is why being aware of this moment is so important.
Now for the technique: Close your eyes and sit in a relaxed posture. Now, watch your breath. Become aware. Feel the breath first touching your nostrils. Then feel it going into your lungs, refreshing you. Then there is a short gap of less than a fraction of a second before the exhalation. Be aware of this gap also. Next exhale. Feel the utter relaxation in the exhalation, the sense of peace. Be aware of the same breath that you inhaled from the world leaving you and entering back into the cosmos. Simply watch every part of your breath. All your so-called mediation or devotion is simply pseudo. Any small distraction and your awareness goes off. Not only that, you do your mantra chanting and your meditation just for the sake of doing it. You don't do it with your whole awareness.
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I have seen people chanting their Hare Rama Hare Krishna In total un-awareness. They will say: Hare Rama Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna. Have you paid the bills? Hare Rama Hare Rama... hey, be quiet! Hare Rama Hare Krishna..." If you are doing this, you might as well say, ‘Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola...’! What is the need of putting Krishna's name if you are not doing it in awareness? At least be happy with your Coca Cola! Even chanting Coca Cola with awareness will become a meditation, but chanting Lord Krishna's name without awareness will become pseudo meditation. So, whatever you are doing, mantra chanting, prayer, meditation, do it with awareness; don't just blindly do it. Apply your full attention.