Fear is not living in the now. Fear occurs when a memory of an experience of the past is projected to the future and a painful situation is imagined out of it.
You can't fear things that you don't know, therefore fear is a result of mind going to past, its a strong force which oscillates the mind between the past and then to future. an action is usually the outcome if the fear is deemed to be potentially serious.
Facing boredom and going beyond the need for entertainment http://t.co/5SqwMdDM -- Gurudev_English (@Gurudev_English)
An experience : while browsing through the world, I observe something which reminds me of a past memory. This memory is many years old stored in subconscious.
this memory triggered a thought which projected the memory into a future (imagination).
Soon after this a desire was formed to reenact the memory in the present.
That led to an action (which is actually a reaction of the past memory)
When trying to solve a problem or reach a goal, act from the now and not from the mental patterns, the ego is like a CD, it plays what is recorded in past, there is no way it can change.
In the here and now have the goal of the action very clear & work towards it, but don't think of the result of achieving that goal. This is karma yoga.
An example: a soldier in the field launching a projectile towards a target should be focusing on getting the projectile angle right and acting from the now, if instead he thinks about the results such as he imagine the missile hitting the target, and he getting a medal from his president and so on he will mess it up. This is how many of us live life everyday.
Acting in the now with the goal very clear is an expression of life, the use of will, in the now. It is an alive feeling. With the goal clearly in mind it is easy to concentrate on the same without getting distracted by thoughts which are linked. Getting constantly distracted is the main reason people fail in attaining their goals, the mind consumes us when we were distracted and there is no channelization of energy.
Experienced this first hand this Saturday !
Everything has its place in the world, repression has It's place, knowledge of the past has It's place, people who you hate, people who you love have their place : they are a reflection of how you see yourself, desire has it's place, internet and technology had its place, physical body and its demands has it's place, observation has its place, sublimation and transmutation of the creative forces have their place, devotion and meditation have their place. This beautiful world of Siva of opposites inspires me everyday as it leads to new discoveries everyday, every minute.
Observation becomes of paramount importance once the creative forces of the body are transmuted to a sufficient level, where the Will becomes transformed or assumes the position of a continuous observer (saakshi yoga)
The whole sadhana process is basically a preparation to discover oneself.
Heard a recent lecture from swami Ramakrishnananda, he compares physical body with mind and I liked the comparison
You order the leg to take you to the bed room, it takes you there, you sit and it goes to rest.
How nice it would have been if the mind was like that? The mind should come up from sleep only when its needed and go back to sleep once the job is done, it should not continue to stay when it is not needed, unnecessarily thinking of past future and go through ramifications
Again watching the body and its movements, associated flow of energies is hatha yoga, watching the mind its thoughts and emotions is bhakti yoga, watching the mind during our actions is karma yoga.
Aum namah Sivaya
