By being clear about confusion, you become clear of confusion. You cannot abandon what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you should know yourself. To know yourself, means you come to know all that you are not.

By knowing what you are not, you are free of it. You remain in your natural state. It happens spontaneously and Effortlessly.

You discover that there is nothing to discover. You are what you are and that is all.

Liberation is of the self from the self – from its self-imposed false ideas.

The Self sustains itself in thinking that it is the doer and the experiencer. Drop the Illusion.

Even Witnessing is not your real nature – because there must be something or nothing to witness for the meditator. The duality still exists.

The Concept of Fullness and Emptiness are just Concepts. Every definition is a concept. One must be careful before starting a journey  to attain bliss
Or any other definitions. All definitions are limited.

The False self is still false whether it is Full or Empty or in expansion or contraction mode.

The falsity of taking a journey has to be seen. Journey involves desire, a goal. It needs time. It needs a discipline to reach a goal. There is a hidden belief that after the journey one will be improved, more perfect. The seekers attention is on the goal, not on himself, without knowing himself.

Before we understand Meditation – let us see what it is not.

It is not a self-centered activity, one does to find peace, relax his tensions, try to improve oneself, seek a profound experience, want powers, search a way to end his turmoil.

Various methods to quit the cycle of birth and death, seek to become immortal, blissful, secured, liberated and much more is not meditation.

Any more definitions a person can find  about meditation – it is not that.

Whatever we know about meditation – it is not.

No journey is possible – No activity of the mind is possible.

All activity  in the name of Meditation is a self-centered activity. It strengthens the False Self. Drop it.

Silence which has not been invited, induced, sought after. It has come about naturally by understanding what one is not. In this there is no motive which has brought Silence. If there is any shadow or suspicion of motive then that silence is directed and deliberate, so it is no silence at all. It is Innocent, not put together by effort.

Silence has been usually understood as absence of Sound, actually it is the absence of the false self.

In this state there is a possibility that ones true self reveals itself. It is this truth that liberates, not our effort to be free. 

 by Rajendra Sharma 

Humanity has made tremendous progress in the field of Science, Medicine, technology and other related fields. We can reach far off places in hours, instead of months. New inventions, break through in new technologies has taken the present civilization to new pinnacles, as never seen before. 

Development in the field of Medicine is a boon for both Urban and Rural Population. We say we have excellent hospitals in big cities, having state of the art technology.  Is progress having more hospitals or less hospitals ?  Have we made progress in being healthy. 

We have made tremendous progress in the art of Warfare, bringing humanity to the verge of extinction.  

Technological growth in the field of communication is immense and benefited mankind. Do we have time or inclination to talk to our family members or friends or we are too busy chatting with strangers. 

Have we made progress in being kind, more loving, more generous, more thoughtful, sensitive. Are we filled with gratitude for what has been given to us. 

By traveling faster, we save time. What do we do with the time that was saved by traveling fast ? 

New sectors opening up for younger generation, was supposed to give them more options to pursue their careers. But looks like more options has become a source of more confusion. There is hardly any progress in having clarity of vision. 

Most of the technological and Scientific progress is to cover up the shortcomings of the human being. At the Individual level, we have progressed by expanding & accumulating. More money, more cars, more branches of business, second and third home on a hill station, luxurious living, membership in prestigious clubs, children studying in international schools etc. Again we assume that we have made progress.  

All this is growing horizontally, where we keep on expanding ourselves. Nothing wrong in living a comfortable life. But it is not balanced with vertical growth, the inner growth of the Being.  

There are two lines on which man’s development proceeds, the line of knowledge and the line of Being. In balanced development the line of knowledge and line of Being develop simultaneously, parallel to and helping one another. If it is not balanced then development comes to a standstill.  

It is considered important that man may possess great knowledge, for example he may be an able Scientist, make discoveries, advance science and at the same time he may be, a petty, egoistic, mean, envious, vain, fearful, in-secure, naïve and absent minded man. In other words, a low level of Being.  

If Knowledge gets too far ahead of Being, it becomes theoretical and abstract and inapplicable to life, or actually harmful, because instead of serving life and helping people to become better to struggle with the difficulties they meet, it begins to complicate man’s life, bring new difficulties into it, new troubles and calamities which were not there before. 

The reason for this is that knowledge which is not in accordance with Being cannot be large enough for, or sufficiently suited, to man’s real needs. It will always be a knowledge of one thing along with ignorance of another thing; a knowledge of the detail without the knowledge of the Whole; a knowledge of the form without the knowledge of the Essence. 

Such Preponderance of knowledge over Being is observed in present day culture. The Value of Being is completely forgotten. At a given level of Being, the level of Knowledge is limited and finite. Within the limits of a given Being, the quality of knowledge cannot be changed. A change in the nature of knowledge is possible with a change in the nature of Being. 

If man wants to have real knowledge, or make real progress, he must first think of waking up, that is to develop his Being. 

Integrity in thinking, talking and action are signs of developed Being. If a man of knowledge thinks one thing, says another, and does something else then his Being is not developed. He will create chaos with his knowledge. A Person who knows himself, his true nature, free of  fear,  greed and in-security has a developed Being. 

It is necessary to understand the relation of Knowledge and Being to ‘Understanding’. 

“Knowledge is one thing, Understanding is another thing”. 

Knowledge in itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased with the increase in knowledge. Knowledge gained from Experience also does not result into Understanding. Because what one experiences in life is defined by his own concepts, his own interpretation, positive or negative attitude, opinion, greed, fear etc and hence knowledge from experiences get distorted leading to distorted understanding. Every experience is brought to the level on which the person is. 

Understanding grows with the growth of Being. Normally people do not distinguish between understanding and knowledge. They think greater understanding depends upon greater knowledge. A person who observes himself knows for certain that at different periods of his life, he has understood one and the same idea, in totally different ways. He realizes at the same time, that his knowledge has not changed, and that he knew as much about a given subject before as he knows now. What then has changed – His Being. And once Being changes – understanding must also change. 

Real progress of Human Being, is progressing, both Horizontally and Vertically, thus realizing his true potential.