concentration

[krishnarao]

From :- krishnarao
Subject :- concentration

mAnanIya BhUpEnderji,
Please dont bother for the concentration. In fact this is not possible
even for the so called R^iShis and also for viSwAmitra like brahmarSis
too. The very name of the mind itself is 'cancala'.
This is just like the story of a guru who initiated a SiShya, with a
great mantra which can give a good fortune, but with one condition
that he should not remember the thought of any monkey. The SiShya
could not begin to chant the mantra at all because every time he sits
to begine to meditate upon chanting the mantra, an image of a monkey
was appearing in his mind.
The way you are practicing upon the day-dreaming is in one way a good
sAdhana, if you streamline it in a proper method. You have to
gradually replace good thoughts in place of bad thoughts. This is a
kind of swapnAvastha while being in the wakeful state. This will lead
to the turIya avastha, which is the experience of all the three states
during the wakeful state itself.
Just try to remember the events of your pleasent experiences of your
pilgrimages, try to recall the memories of the precepts of elderly
spiritual teachers you have heard in the past. Leave the mind freely
for some time to think of its own thoughts, but immediately include
the above type of thoughts for a few minutes of time. In this way
increase the time of good thoughts in your mind to be filled
gradually.
I hope you will acheive what you are aspiring for in a very short
time.
Yours always in the service of the mother,
krishnarao

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L.Krishnarao