I had a very profound experience, a felt sense of love and acceptance and a presence of something all loving. I try to imagine that feeling again and try to offer that feeling back, although I don't see how I am capable of producing such immense love.
Namaskar Dada, i want to share my own practice to be in joy...i usually listen to music, go on outdoor pursuits, find some place near the seashore just to listen to the waves and also go to the mountain top to feel myself at the highest point
love is a shadow of freedom. very first step on the journey, Ahimsa is all about love and opening your heart. It is about going beyond your fears, beyond your personal borders as an individual. If this is all it takes to anybody to "do your meditation" (this sentence makes no sense of course, because you can't do it), at least you know where you stand. At the very first step. No matter how many years, how many hours you tried, that's where you are. at the very beginning. And there is nothing wrong with that, as long as you except it. If you think you are a meditation master at this stage, then yeah, there is a problem. because you are deceiving yourself and potentially others. if there is a goal, if there is a question of purpose, it is very clear indication, that Anahatha is not open to it's full extend. What is the purpose of love? Love is the purpose! what is the purpose of life? Life IS the purpose. For blade of grass, for a frog, for a bird, and for any living creature, you included. Once Anahatha is opened, you know this not intellectually, but existentially. It takes a lot of bravery to open Anahatha, because open means vulnerable. You need to drop all your defenses, all your protecting walls, in order to touch, you need to be ready to be touched. And it is not an easy task. But it is a first task never the less. talking about meditation at this stage, however, is way too premature. Only if you are mostly living in first 3 Chakras, you can find any purpose. Muladhara- eat, sleep, procreate, survive. Swadishthana - pleasure of all things Muladhara provides. Manipura - great achievements in the world. With Anahtha fully open, you drop the nonsense of purpose, because love is more then enough, life is more then enough. Then you go and explore life to it's full extend, not as a purpose, but as an existential need/curiosity and it has no end. you can get very far with hope, but you cannot go all the way with hope. Guatama Sidhartha became Buddha when he gave up all hopes and was ready to die. He said to himself - I will sit here and die, or I will get to know the ultimate truth. Where is hope in that? He didn't think - I hope for enlightenment, he left all hope behind. Hope can be your best friend, but at the very end you need to let it go. If you jump into an abyss of existence with hope, the very hope will bounce you right back like a trampoline to the spot from where you were jumping and nothing will happen. art, yes. But art is not what you do, art and creativity is a quality you bring to anything you do. Poetry can be rubbish or just a mental game with words, and at the same time house cleaning can became poetry. Yoga is the science and the art. If one of those two elements are missing, you can't be called a Yogi.
Is it possible to achieve these states of inner love and peace while feeling lonely? Sometimes negative feelings seem to overshadow the positive one. How does one channel this love while avoiding the emptiness?
starting with gratitude 🙏🏽 one can open their heart by warm welcoming everything that is coming...also one has to be grounded as well...even one can serve others without expecting anything in return just like one is serving the brahma with brahmibhava
It is absolutely possible to achieve these states in the midst of all kinds of emotional turmoil. It may take more time, practice and patience but it can be done. Be gentle with yourself. And don't neglect meditations which focus on compassion.
there is no perfect practice? you can get always better day by day Also let me say for meditation you dont need concentration, it requires focus and/or attention or maybe you can meditate on concentration too and work on those different aspects through being more mindful about it. Just my 5 Cents.
