"Meditation is turning "inward." Most of the time our deep-seated beliefs go unnoticed due to our focus on habitual day-to-day activities. When we sit in Silence and relax, our "thought life" becomes visible."
One deep seated belief that leaps at us during meditation practice is: "I am not ok right now but if I do x,y, or z, I will be ok sometime in the future." For example: "If I could just lose 10 pounds I would feel so much better about myself".
Living our lives out of the belief that doing something now will bring about future happiness can be called the "tyranny of becoming". Not that there is anything wrong with wanting to improve our lives in some way, but when the "tyranny of becoming" becomes our life motto and daily mantra, it blocks the real freedom and happiness found only in the present moment.
Ramana Maharshi, the famous Indian sage, said: "you are already free but only believe otherwise".
This says it all; we only take up spiritual practice because we believe that we are broken in some way. In the present moment when thoughts subside - is this true? Where is the YOU to be broken?
turn inward and notice,
bob
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