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\u092c\u0928\u094d\u0927\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0928\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092f \u092f\u0947\u0928\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0948\u0935\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0924\u0903 \u0964<\/strong> bandhur \u0101tm\u0101tmanas tasya yen\u0101tmaiv\u0101tman\u0101 jita\u1e25<\/strong> For one who has mastered the mind, the mind is the best of friends;<\/strong> The name of the chapter is Dhyana Yoga, Yoga of Meditation, or Atma Samyama Yoga, meditation or samadhi on the true Self.<\/p>\n Lord Krishna explains that meditation is not a stand-alone practice. Usually in the West, meditation is seen as something separate \u2014 a meditation retreat, a workshop, something to reduce stress, to sleep better, or to fix attention.<\/p>\n But in the Vedic tradition, meditation is the pinnacle. It is the pinnacle of a well-regulated life.<\/p>\n Not only going to sleep at the right time, waking up at the right time, eating properly, but understanding life itself, understanding the purpose of life, and aligning ourselves with that purpose.<\/p>\n Only when everything is well aligned does meditation arise as the highest point.<\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 2. The illusion of \u201cI am doing\u201d” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”] Meditation is the subtlest action that we can perform.<\/p>\n By meditation, we can come out of the notion that \u201cI am the doer.\u201d<\/p>\n Because if we observe carefully, we will see: But if we look deeper: We experience, but we do not truly create.<\/p>\n Still, we take the credit. We identify ourselves with the actions, with the results, with everything.<\/p>\n This is because we experience it, and therefore we believe it.<\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 3. Meditation as negation” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”] The yogi is trying to realize the truth.<\/p>\n And to realize the truth, one must first realize what is not real.<\/p>\n Only when all that is not real is negated, what remains is reality.<\/p>\n Meditation becomes a process of examining:<\/p>\n Everything that seems obvious is put under the microscope.<\/p>\n And gradually, we discover that what we believed we knew \u2014 we do not really know.<\/p>\n Meditation becomes a renunciation:<\/p>\n Krishna says:<\/p>\n \u201cOne should raise oneself by oneself alone. Let no one lower oneself. For the self alone is the friend of oneself and the self alone is the enemy of oneself.\u201d<\/p>\n Here, the word \u201cself\u201d can refer to the mind.<\/p>\n The mind can compel us to identify with a very small, limited sense of self: For the yogi, this identification is going down.<\/p>\n So Krishna says: Through practice, through learning, through spiritual discipline, the mind must be elevated toward truth.<\/p>\n Otherwise, the mind will naturally move toward the senses and the objects.<\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 5.The mind \u2014 friend or enemy (Verse 6.6)” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″] If the mind drags you toward objects, it becomes your enemy.<\/p>\n If the mind follows you upward, it becomes your friend.<\/p>\n It is like a person walking with a dog: If the mind leads, you are dragged. Krishna explains: The word \u201cSelf\u201d can denote:<\/p>\n When the mind is trained and directed toward the Supreme, it becomes a support.<\/p>\n When it is uncontrolled, it pulls the individual soul away from truth.<\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 6. The example of the beYour Title Goes Here” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Swami Sivananda gives a beautiful example.<\/p>\n A bee goes from flower to flower, drinking nectar. That is its nature.<\/p>\n A fly may sit on something sweet, but then it may go to garbage.<\/p>\n Even when it has the option of purity, it may choose impurity.<\/p>\n Swami Sivananda ends with a prayer:<\/p>\n \u201cOh God, make me like the bee. \u2728 Conclusion (optionnel pour ton site)<\/strong> Otherwise, it will naturally go toward the lower.<\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||80px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] \u201cThe same mind can raise you to the highest, The Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse Hindu scripture, is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna. 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The name of the chapter is Dhyana Yoga, Yoga of Meditation, or Atma Samyama Yoga, meditation or samadhi on the true Self. Lord Krishna explains that meditation is not a stand-alone practice. Usually in the West, meditation is seen as something separate \u2014 a meditation retreat, a workshop, something to reduce stress, to sleep better, or to fix attention. But in the Vedic tradition, meditation is the pinnacle. It is the pinnacle of a well-regulated life. Not only going to sleep at the right time, waking up at the right time, eating properly, but understanding life itself, understanding the purpose of life, and aligning ourselves with that purpose. 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but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will remain the greatest enemy.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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We believe \u2014 I act, I build, I achieve, I enjoy.<\/p>\n
Do we know how breathing works?
Do we know how thoughts arise?
Do we know how anxiety or depression happens?<\/p>\n\n
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\u201cI am this person, this body, these capacities, these limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n
The inner self should raise the mind.<\/p>\n
Who is taking whom?<\/p>\n
If you lead, the mind follows.<\/p>\n
The conquered mind is a friend.
The unconquered mind is an enemy.<\/p>\n\n
Let me always seek the nectar,
and never find pleasure in garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The mind must be trained, elevated, and directed.<\/p>\n
or drag you to the lowest.
Train it, and it becomes your greatest friend.\u201de wise choose the good over the pleasant.<\/span>
The unwise choose the pleasant over the good.\u201d
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