November Project: Question #15
This question arrived today from Nishanth through the Contact form
Most fully awake people that I have heard of – like Adyashanti, Buddha, Sri Nisargadatta, became realized after a lot of meditation. Only very few people like Sri Ramana Maharshi, Eckhart, and probably yourself, had spontaneos awakenings (without any effort) which led to permanent realization.
So I was wondering how much importance do you give for meditation? For most of us the ego and conflict runs deep, so do you think that meditation and discipline is important for awakening to happen? Will the mind get attached to meditation and if so how to avoid this?
(I understand that awakening always happens by Grace and not by our-doing, and the process of meditation is to keep the mind silent so as to increase the probability of awakening to happen. Of course on rare occasions it can happen in chaotic minds too.)
Thanks for the question, Nishanth. I’ll take bits of what you’ve asked, and try to answer the best I can.
I am sure my answer will differ from those people with backgrounds of spiritual study, spiritual searching, and spiritual seriousness. [click to continue…]
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