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There were many techniques in India in those days, and also later on, practicing which meditators started feeling subtle vibrations throughout the body when the solidity had dissolved. The truth is that even the subtlest vibration one can experience is still a phenomenon in the field of mind and matter. It is arising, passing, arising, passing; still in the field of anicca, a field of constant change. Some meditators of old tried to impose a philosophy on this subtle experience. Having reached that stage where they experienced nothing but vibrations, they postulated: “Throughout the universe, there is this subtle energy. This is God Almighty. I am experiencing this; I am with God Almighty. The entire universe is one. Every being is God. Why should I have any kind of preference or prejudice?”—A very positive mental sugg- estion. But it only helps at a superficial level. The reality is that even this very subtle experience is still in the field of mind and matter. It is not the ultimate truth which is beyond mind and matter. All these suggestions, however positive they may be, cannot liberate anyone. You must be with reality, with the truth as it is. Things keep changing. All vibrations are nothing but a flux, a flow. This realization removes the deep- rooted habit pattern of reacting to the sensations. Whatever sensations you experience— pleasant, unpleasant or neutral—you should use them as tools. These sensations can become tools to liberate you from your misery, provided you understand the truth as it is. But these same sensations can also become tools that multiply your misery. Likes and dislikes should not cloud the issue. The reality is: sensations are arising and passing away; they are anicca. Pleasant, unpleasant or neutral—it makes no difference. When you start realizing the fact that even the most pleasant sensations you experience are dukkha (suffering), then you are coming nearer to liberation. ~ SNG @ Chronicles of Dhamma!
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:20:38 +0000

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