The Secret Of Meditation
A teacher and his student were walking from one
village to another, when they suddenly heard a roar behind them. Turning their
gaze in the direction of the roar, they saw a big tiger following them.
The first thing the student wanted to do was to run
away, but since he has been studying and practicing self-discipline, he was
able to halt himself from running, and wait to see what his teacher would do.
“What shall we do Master?” Asked the student.
The teacher looked at the student and answered in a
calm voice:
“There are several options. We can fill our minds
with paralyzing fear so that we cannot move, and let the tiger do with us
whatever pleases it. We can faint. We can run away, but then it will run after
us. We can fight with it, but physically it is stronger than us.”
“We can pray to God to save us. We can choose to
influence the tiger with the power of our mind, if our concentration is strong
enough. We can send it love. We can also concentrate and meditate on our inner
power, and on the fact that we are one with the entire universe, including the
tiger, and in this way influence its soul.”
“Which option do you choose?”
“You are the Master. You tell me what to do. We
don’t have much time.” The student responded.
The master turned his gaze fearlessly towards the
tiger, emptied his mind from all thoughts, and entered a deep state of
meditation. In his consciousness, he embraced everything in the universe,
including the tiger. In this state the consciousness of the teacher became one
with consciousness of the tiger.
Meanwhile the student started to shiver with fear,
as the tiger was already quite close, ready to make a leap at them. He was
amazed at how his teacher could stay so calm and detached in the face of
danger.
Meanwhile the teacher continued to meditate without
fear. After a little while, the tiger gradually lowered its head and tail and
went away.
The student asked his teacher in astonishment, “What
did you do?”
“Nothing. I just cleared all thoughts from my mind
and united myself in spirit with the tiger. We became united in peace on the
spiritual level. The tiger sensed the inner calmness, peace, and unity and felt
no threat or need to express violence, and so walked away.”
“When the mind is silent and calm, its peace is
automatically transmitted to everything and everyone around, influencing them
deeply”, concluded the teacher.
Moral:You have the mental tools and inner powers to
create a life of happiness, success, fulfillment and inner peace.
