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(from my notes on

Meditations :21-02-2010 / 5:10 p.m.)

The Witnessing Attitude :

On The last occasion. He talked about one of his friend named ‘Suhas’.

He had told Suhas to give his 24 hours for ‘meditation’. The friend (Suhas) could not follow what it meant, and how one can do that .

Meditation in this vein is rather an ‘attitude’. And 'attitude' is far more important than a mental concept.You try to ‘observe’. It is of course, no mental process. You somehow act inspired by the fact, that there is a ‘silent witness’ within you.

One can reach this conclusion by mere intellectual and logical discussion with some-one, or within one’s own mind. Vedant has elaborately treated this aspect of ‘Sadhanaa’. When you have reached to this ‘understanding, even only at a theoretical level, you can start anew. You simply remind yourself of this simple fact. Repeatedly, during your waking hours. It is no ‘japa’. In ‘japa’, one need not, and should not think over the ‘meaning’ of the words uttered. So, when you again and again remind yourselves, your mind is not ‘split’, but you carefully try to see. In seeing, your mind accesses ‘silence-zones’, i.e. you begin to realize, that mind can remain in thoughtless ‘mode’ (In Kaivalya Navaneet, this very word ‘mode’ has been used to convey the meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘vritti’.) But you can also ‘note’ this, while you wake-up in the morning, or after a full sleep.At that moment, the ‘silent witness’ within you is naturally at the fore, and you can ‘capture’ it there. Then, on the next occasion, when this reminding comes to you, your mind may enter that ‘silence zone’. If you are occupied in some mental activity at the moment, you suddenly ‘feel’ as if you were ‘acting’ in a film or drama.

This silence gradually ‘deepens’ and you tend to get absorbed in it. You tend to get ‘swallowed’ into it, (while alive!). You can check it if you go on for long morning or evening walks. Slowly an understanding takes roots in you.

You first ‘observe’ the things around you, while walking on your way . Then very attentively, once in a while, you begin to ‘observe’ the happenings at your ‘mental level’.

'Observation' is not a 'mental activity,it is the natural, silent way of attentiveness.

The sense of ‘controlling the mind’ or responding to them or some other outside person is at its minimum at that time.

If you ‘do’ this practice for a month or more, you become very calm and collected. Or May be, sometimes you may get ‘disturbed’ also, for a short-while. Wait, and continue the practice. Remain a ‘witness’ to that too. Then you may see the thing for yourself. Once convinced, don’t leave it. Even if you don’t get time for a walk, nurture the way you had discovered it. This will then spread-over you, for longer times. May be 5 minutes at a stretch. Then, while performing worldly things, it would come in as a surprise. Don’t expect, or try to imagine/‘visualize’ it.

After a comparatively long time, about six months or so, you may get ‘glimpses’ of the thing. Don’t try to hold-on to it. Remain a witness all the time.

This is the attitude that leads one to the level, when a 24-hour witnessing may take place.

How it works ?

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