Taking the Practice Into the World In the end we dont meditate - TopicsExpress

Taking the Practice Into the World In the end we dont meditate to become a great meditator– we meditate to have a better life. We once brought one of our meditation teachers to the US from India, and went on a tour of various meditation centers and communities. At the end of the tour, we said to him, somewhat proudly, Isnt it wonderful, so many people here are becoming interested in meditation. He replied by first agreeing it was wonderful. He then went on to add, Sometimes people here remind me of people in a rowboat, rowing and rowing with great exertion and energy, but they refuse to untie the boat from the dock. He was referring to people practicing meditation for great transcendent experiences, and altered states of consciousness, but were not that interested in how we speak to one another, how we meet a stranger, how we treat our neighbor. j.mp/TakingThePracticeIntoTheWorld Image by Caras-Ionut