I wonder how come I’ve never written a post about this. This is so important and this is the key science is looking for when they try to experiment with meditation and meditators.

The key is emotion. What will it take them to accept that we are emotional / visceral / vibrational beings? Every action we take and every thought we think has a visceral cause. That’s advanced explanation of the law of cause and effect.

The emotion that meditation provokes the most is compassion. Now before we go further let’s define it.

What is Compassion

Compassion is not pity that you feel for someone less happy than you, it’s the joy that you feel in knowing their wellness. Jesus and Buddha are great examples. They never let themselves see the version of you as you are but they knew so vividly the real ‘self’ of you.

This quality comes from meditation. There are other ways too but this is most effective of all. Meditation is like sunbathing in light of your true self (which you often come to know as God). But God is not outside of you –it really is you – the greater you, it’s King Sidharth or Abraham part of you.

A Symptom of Change and Self Realization

As you know that light, you know it to be not only yours but to be all that is, you shine that on everyone. That is compassion – overflowing feeling of love, appreciation and joy.

“You are the light of the world.” – Jesus

All Buddhist are supposed to practice compassion since Brahama asked Buddha to teach it.

• Compassion is the aura that surrounds you, and people call you charismatic.
• Compassion is the healing power of healers.
• Compassion is the calmness that experience and others say, you are always so peaceful!
• Compassion is what you feel when you see others facing same problems that you overcome. And you trust that they will find a way.
• Compassion is the power of transformation.
• Compassion is the symptom of great eternal change. It’s at the brink of enlightenment.

Scientific Stroy

For scientific minds of you, when we are fussing and worrying – then those are the connections that neurons in our mind is are making. Meditation ceases that, and the brain-wiring returns to it’s natural state of wellness. The whole process feels like compassion.

Practice Compassion – Be Aware

So from now, let us be aware of compassion rising within us and let us consciously practice it. And whenever you feel anger, rage or any negative emotion rising within, do not fight it. Just meditate it out.

How do you perceive compassion? What is your take on this? Do you feel it dawning on you?

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Sounds sarcastic eh? On one hand we think of meditation as peaceful activity to be performed in silent coroners of world. People even go to the mountain tops and retreats to meditate. Cutting off from rest of the world.

Is Meditation Powerless?

But here is the thing, if meditation needs so much of peace before it could be practiced, if meditation needs you to run away from your lifestyle doesn’t that mean that meditation is powerless in front of all these things?

Is the honking of horn, laughing of people, shouting crowd, raging traffic, chattering mind more powerful than meditation?

I’d say meditation is far more powerful than all these things put together. Meditation is so powerful that Buddha was enlightened, Jesus defeated Satan and You rocked your life!

So Why Go to Silence?

So why do we go to retreats? Why do we run away? Why to we need silence to create silence?

There is not one reason. People what to create a mood, take a break, it’s easier, distractions are less and all sorts of stuff expect ‘I want to meditate.’ And when you really do want, it will happen, right there and then. No matter where you are standing, what you are doing.

Personal Experience

I’ve meditated in my school, in libraries, in public parks, at discos and many places that I will not utter here. And there was no hardly any difference. In fact, I find it quiet amusing and it helps me a lot to feel detached.

When I am meditating, I pay no heed to the meaning of sounds around me. Though I am highly aware of them because of raised sense of awareness but all sounds are meaningless. And this practice helps me render all the struggles meaningless at any point of time and I can walk out of problems with my heart full of gratitude.

Peace is a bridge and so is violence. But bridges can never hinder my practice.

Group Discussion

So after reading this don’t you feel that noisy environment is not only good but in some ways awesome for meditation?

Tomorrow I will discuss with you how to meditate in a noisy environment. Till then let’s discuss what other benefits it could offer. And if any of you have tried that already, please share your experience.
Photo Credits: The Living End White Noise Tour Perth by Michael_Spencer, on Flickr

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