Last week, I met this 75 year old gentlemen. He was an agnostic and now into meditation and pranayama. A very hale and hearty person, balding with large eyes and a rotund tummy. We got around to talking about meditation and he asked me whether we could meditate together the next morning. I promptly agreed. After my morning walk, we met at my balcony and meditated in the same space.
After the meditation he educated me about Buddhist approach to meditation. I replied that I was comfortable with my Gayathri Mantra and it worked for me. After few minutes he left and it was difficult for him to converse with me after that.
What went wrong?
We all have our Self Esteem or imagine we do have a strong one. This Self Esteem while confident about many things, is defensive about any comment or remark about the perceived Self. It's like a red beep that goes off when it imagines a poke at Self. It catches all offenses that floats in the air and makes it its own. It attempts to personalize the story, add drama and top it up at a personal rejection.
In Mexico, there are dream catchers that are placed near the bed to catch a person's dream. Similarly, we have our own dream catchers activated to catch all offenses, victim-hoods, hurts, criticisms and pain so that my perceived Self Esteem becomes Rajasic or worse Tamasic.
It reaps and confers hatred, blame, resentment, jealousy, guilt or shame.
The Self feels justified and seeks a natural retribution which lends a righteous purpose for their living.
After the meditation he educated me about Buddhist approach to meditation. I replied that I was comfortable with my Gayathri Mantra and it worked for me. After few minutes he left and it was difficult for him to converse with me after that.
What went wrong?
We all have our Self Esteem or imagine we do have a strong one. This Self Esteem while confident about many things, is defensive about any comment or remark about the perceived Self. It's like a red beep that goes off when it imagines a poke at Self. It catches all offenses that floats in the air and makes it its own. It attempts to personalize the story, add drama and top it up at a personal rejection.
In Mexico, there are dream catchers that are placed near the bed to catch a person's dream. Similarly, we have our own dream catchers activated to catch all offenses, victim-hoods, hurts, criticisms and pain so that my perceived Self Esteem becomes Rajasic or worse Tamasic. It reaps and confers hatred, blame, resentment, jealousy, guilt or shame.
The Self feels justified and seeks a natural retribution which lends a righteous purpose for their living.
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