{"id":4324,"date":"2018-03-16T23:15:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T23:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruquote.net\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2018-03-16T23:16:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T23:16:12","slug":"meditation-not-effort-mind-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruquote.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/16\/meditation-not-effort-mind-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation is not an effort against the mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span6 mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-image-obj motopress-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruquote.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MeditationQuotes5-2.jpg?fit=332%2C538&ssl=1\" title=\"MeditationQuotes5 (2)\" alt=\"When you become more meditative, the deeper you go into meditation, the more will be your capacity and clarity to understand the scriptures. Scriptures will become witnesses to you that you are on the right track. And when you reach to your innermost core, when you realize your being, then you will know what Jesus means by the kingdom of God, then you will know what Buddha means by nirvana, then you will know what the Upanishads mean by truth -- not before that.\" class=\"motopress-image-obj-basic mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span6 mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<p>Meditation is not an effort against the mind. It is a way of understanding the mind. It is a very loving way of witnessing the mind &#8212; but, of course, one has to be very patient. This mind that you are carrying in your head has arisen over centuries, millennia. Your small mind carries the whole experience of humanity &#8212; and not only of humanity: of animals, of birds, of plants, of rocks. You have passed through all those experiences. All that has happened up to now has happened in you also. 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