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Med It A Tion....(2012 article for a Yoga Journal)

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Written and published for a Yoga Journal in 2012. This is an unedited version. My first draft! Meditation is a widely popular word these days. In this era of busy external and social media life Meditation definitely, stands as a unique aspect of not letting your being gets entangled with the hectic and distracting outer world. Meditation in the real world has no easily understandable meaning. We might consider it as contemplation or concentration but in reality, meditation is totally different compared to these terms.  Meditation means being aware of that tiniest phase or moment which exists between two thoughts. It is not easy to understand and even to apply it practically will take a lot of time. The reason is to be able to meditate, you require a basic understanding and control of three aspects of yourself. The three aspects of yourself are Body, Breathing process and Mind. When you gain control over these three aspects then only you will be able to dive deeply into deep m...

Flight to the city!

And the eyes opened because of the sudden jerk felt inside. The flight goes through some disturbances because of the heavy rainfall in the city. The tiny water droplets on the windows of the airplane depicted an artist trying to mark the empty canvas with its deeper desire. i.e to recreate. People around were dozing off.  When I looked outside the window, all I found were clouds. Dark and Light. White and Black. The sky above the cloud was clear.  Blue and white. The horizon was yellowish in color. And I felt is there a horizon really? What exactly happens at the horizon? And the words of the not-so-famous iconoclast Mr. U.G Krishnamurti came in front of me. Not his words actually but what he said to someone who noted it down and published it in a book which in turn I read and stored in my memory. So that storage of letting us call it 'Page' (Read my post ' Low roar of the magician' for more information on 'Page') came up in front when I watched the horizon....