Hi everyone !
I am Srinivas Reddy. I am a graduate in Mechanical Engineer. My spiritual journey in the past started in my childhood.
For the first time my father brought a book titled “ Bliss Divine ” by Sivananda Guruji. That was my first encounter with spirituality. This happened in my childhood days.. in my school days.
After that, through Dr ıı Newton.. I met Patriji in the year 1995 and for the first time, I got to know the technique of “Anapanasati Meditation” . This happened in the year 1995, on the day May 4th.
So, for the first time.. I sat in meditation and I had the taste of meditation in the year 1995. After that, I had so many questions.. I was more confused with those questions and started reading…
Through the advice of Patriji.. I started reading books like “A Soul’s Journey ” by Peter Richelieu, “Making Miracles” by Paul Pearsall. Then,“ Celestine Prophecy ” by James Redfield.
Then, in the year 2000, I got to know about “Torkom Saraydarian” and I started reading Torkom Saraydarian.. all the books written by him. Then, I got to know the whole picture.. the holistic approach of meditation became very much clear with reading these books.
So, what I have understood in this twenty or twenty five years is… meditation is a process.. it’s a life-long process.. Meditation transforms all darkness.. that could be emotional darkness or mind-level thinking darkness.. all that needs to be transformed into light.
And the second thing is… all the chaos in life needs to be transformed into beauty. Because chaos.. confusion.. and clarity that can never be in one place. That is the second understanding I got through these twenty five years. And the third thing is… all the unreality.. all the assumptions or superstitions need to be transmitted to reality.. these three things are very important.
Then comes the fourth understanding.. fourth understanding is from Death to Immortality. We have to understand this basic fourth principle.. you know that death is an Illusion and immortality is our real home. This understanding comes from real deep meditation and contemplation.
So, in my whole journey, I understood these four principles that, meditation is a process, it’s not a product.. from darkness to Light.. from chaos to beauty, from unreality to reality and from death to immortality. We can get this understanding in one meditation session or this may happen for some people gradually.
Meditation should be done gradually and it’s a very long process. Don’t see it like a short-term result-oriented thing. Keep this simple thing in your mind that meditation is a life-long process. Do it gradually, gradiently and never think of end-results.
Focus on the cause .. that is the entire concept of meditation about, we need to focus on the cause. This understanding , it comes to every person at the right time. Please give away your short term pleasures for long term goals.
If this attitude is there, then spiritual journey becomes a smooth journey. Otherwise, it is a very zigzag process.. which we can observe throughout the world. Don’t expect all your problems to be solved in a given immediate instant. If you keep your weeds in your mind and your emotions and start meditation then the weeds too will grow. As told by Jesus Christ, if you give energy to the problems, problems will increase.
Before doing meditation if you have an attitude like “Practice of no problem meditation”, then you will enjoy your meditation journey more effectively and efficiently. People seek instant solutions for the problems and when they don’t get the solutions for the problems.. they become nervous or anxious or worried. So, before meditation, have a clear understanding of the word called “problem” in your life. So the real definition of meditation is, if we enter the Kingdom of God .. everything will be given to us. That is the fundamental principle in meditation. All the solutions will be given to you if you expand your consciousness through meditation.
“ The practice of no problem attitude ” needs to be cultivated by everyone while doing meditation technique, “Anapanasati Meditation/ Breath Meditation”. Problems will always be there, but chasing problems you won’t get solutions. So meditation is a process where you go and tap into the solution domain and get the solutions by yourself and solve your own life problems.
The shift, if you do it gradually .. scientifically.. and regularly.. the basic shift in any human being will be like… you become more cause-oriented .. you will know motives and intentions more clearly.
All awakened meditators.. they become more introvert and the whole world is more of like extroverts and we can see the play or the dramas happening between these introverts and extroverts.
As you evolve more vertically inside yourself through meditation you become more introvert. The biggest sign of a meditator is…you become introvert, you don’t have to see the external world and become like them and you don’t start becoming extroverts.
Service should be integrated without expecting, falling into expectation hangover. Service should be like more of giving than expecting something in return.
We should do more service without expectations. This understanding is like being more clear before working towards Group Consciousness. Yeah, there is so much of New Age literature, Spirituo- Scientific literature available. One has to go through in this time period because with science and scientific insights.. meditation becomes more holistic.. more integrated. Science makes things more clear… less amount of assumptions.. less amount of superstitions.
Read more of meditation and neuroscience-related literature which will help everybody. Like through meditation what all changes happening in the brain. Please study all New Age science-related meditation literature. “ The Science of Enlightenment – How Meditation Works ” by Shinzen Young is a fantastic work and “ Becoming Supernatural ” by Dr ” Joe Dispenza is a superbook with so many of case studies, scientific case studies done in the lab for the people who do regular meditation.
Read the book called “ Science of Meditation ” by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson. And you can read books by Torkom Saraydarian, he wrote “ Science of Meditation ”, three volumes – “The Fundamentals, Deeper Wisdom and Higher Connections”. Jeff Carreira.. wrote a book called “ Practice of No Problem” .. it is a fantastic book. You have so many New Age books.. like latest books, they give you so many of beautiful insights and foresights and upgraded versions and their understanding and their experiences and this makes our journey more inspirational and it gives a sense of direction.
Live in a group, decrease your obsession with self .. become meditators. In the behavior, there should be more of selflessness and more of Group Interest.. that’s what future is all about.
Our families are groups and our community.. our society needs to be educated .. that is the permanent solution for all the things. For all the issues happening throughout this Earth plane, meditation is such a beautiful tool, if people practice it regularly with a pinch of scientific temperament.
All issues can be answered through this beautiful tool called “meditation”.
Meditation is a very big Ocean.. the word meditation can be seen as a “seed” or a “ big tree”. So we can talk about so many branches.. so many trunks.. or leaves. We can talk about fruits.. we can talk about flowers because meditation is such a big concept.. its an oceanic concept.
Read literature by “Osho”. He spoke in two or three fantastic books regarding meditation. He spoke a book called The “ Orange Book – the Techniques of Meditation” , it’s a fantastic book. Another book called “ Meditation- The First and Last Freedom ” by Osho is also an excellent book.
All these books give you so many of beautiful insights, so many revelations. So that all physical level people ..emotional level people.. mind oriented people.. higher domains oriented people.. all people can do this process and become more integrated and become more synthesized.
The Source is One.. that is what will be the final understanding that meditation makes every individual connect with another individual and make some more interconnected.
Separatism is the greatest sin.. that we are not connected with anything is what ignorance and stupidity is all about. One has to take up meditation tool more consistently. Do it practically daily for whatever amount of time one can, but do it more regularly, that is my message.
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