Oftentimes in meditation we start to have fascinating experiences. If you aim is self-knowledge, you should consider these experiences as just experiences and not the ultimate purpose of your meditation practice.
Ok, what if when I meditate I feel energy coursing through my body? Or what if I feel a more subtle energy space that is nonphysical? What should I do next? When you enter an energy state it can feel really powerful and for this reason it catches your attention.
But energy states are not the end all and be all of meditation. The proof is that they come and go. As this state started so it will come to an end. This is the nature of all experiences. If you enjoyed this state, the end will be disappointing.
Liberation is finding lasting satisfaction
So if you aim for liberation, when you feel this state know that it is not the end of your meditation. That which comes and goes can never provide lasting satisfaction. What you want to find is the quality that makes your experience seem so real. Where does the sense of reality come from anyway?
This examination will land you right in the place where you really stand. What we do is overlook the reality and bliss that comes right from our self nature. Then we assign reality and bliss to the objects that we experience like states of energy.
Returning Reality to its source
Human liberation is returning your sense of reality and bliss to its source which is your own self nature. Here is a hint for finding this state: You are not only aware of the energy state that you are in, you are aware of the character that???s experiencing the energy. You are free from both the subject and the object.
You stand as the unaffected seer sometimes called Awareness. Ramana Maharshi might consider this the still screen on which the movie of life plays. When you reach to touch the movie you find only the screen. In the same way when you look to find the realty that seems to come from the world, you find only Awareness.
The real meaning of life
Start to find your identity as the seer and not the limited character that seems to experience the world. Stand here free from the mind and body and your life will change in ways that you could not have anticipated. This is where you begin to find the real meaning in life and how you can even find freedom from death.
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Because we point to your direct experience, your questions are the heart of this blog. When you ask questions about your practice you will see that this blog is not about some theory, it is about what you are. You can reach me at michael@ananya.com.
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