Posted by admin
on October 25, 2012
Todays post comes from the need to understand, in advance, the challenges for the beginner meditator.
Material Desire Is The Supreme Ruler in the person who does not meditate. It is Desire’s power that lures man to follow the path of sense pleasure rather than the path of soul happiness. The ordinary person, knowing nothing of the intoxicating Joy flowing from meditational practices, unwittingly reconciles himself to sense pleasure…….
…..As soon as the spiritual aspirant tries to meditate and to rouse the powers of self-control and discrimination, he will find King Material Desire tempting him in several ways. New desires will invade his thoughts to distract him from meditation: [an excellent movie is playing…. Your favorite television show is on…. Remember you wanted to call your friend about next week’s party…..Now is a good time to do those neglected extra chores] …..even the resolute who resists these lures and sits to meditate will be invaded by pernicious inner urges of past habits of restlessness, mental lethary and sleepiness, and spiritual indifference.
The aspiring [meditator] should be aware of these dangers, which are merely tests easily mastered if one is forwarned by wisdom.
– Yogananda – God Talks With Arjuna – The Royal Science of God-Realization
