PURPOSE OF MEDITATION

Articles In This Section:

· MEDITATION WITH YOGA

· DOUBTLESS IN YOURSELF

· PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF MEDITATION

· CORRECT BREATHING IS ESSENTIAL IN MEDITATION

· MEDITATION IS AN ACQUIRED ART

· PITFALLS IN MEDITATION

· PURPOSE OF MEDITATION

It is also not the purpose of Meditation to make you into a self-absorbed, egotistical person. On the contrary, your increased self-knowledge and understanding will inevitably give you increased understanding of the weaknesses and shortcomings of others, so that you will be less prone to sit in judgment on your fellow-beings. Consequently your relationships with the people around you will gradually become more harmonious and warmer in quality. As your understanding of yourself deepens, as you learn not to dwell on past failures, not to give way to groundless fears or panic over trifles, you will feel free to give more of yourself to others.

Thus the self-knowledge brought about by systematic Meditation will first become the basis for greater self-reliance and self-confidence and later will help improve every human equation of which you are a part. Through Meditation you will gain a sense of perspective that will enable you to view the world around you objectively, to accept hard facts, gauge the good and the bad at their correct value and so never again allow yourself to be weighed down with a sense of impotence or defeat. Similarly there will be no room in your heart for envy, jealousy, resentment or hatred, since all these emotions stem from weakness, insecurity and fear. Instead, you will experience fresh inner strength which will be your balance wheel the rest of your life.