The SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDES are arranged so that each day the Advaitan readers is offered (1) a quote from an Advaitan novel entitled The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, (2) a consideration dealing with the content of the quote, and (3) an invitation to consider the pointer(s) in the quiet. Over the next days, this site will offer a variety of selections from the SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDES, Volumes One and Two which have led many to realization. Today, entry #7 from Volume One will be posted:
#7
[Regarding the Advaita "journey"]: Finally, there is no counsel to seek, no dues to pay, no organizations or groups to join. You do not belong to anything, thus You are free. Living should not be something one must ‘work at.’ (p. 261, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)
Consideration: Have you ever weighed the power of the words used to condition people? Have you recognized how words have the power to generate a thought-life? Have you ever considered the benefit that you might gain from pausing long enough to really examine what is being said and what those words reveal? How often do persons simply repeat what they hear, ignoring the meaning behind their words? For example, let’s consider the word “belong.” What do you think the effect might be if you say you belong to this or you belong to that? That you belong to this person or you belong to that person? That you belong to this group or that you belong to that organization? Is it possible that heightened awareness of words being used could reveal their full impact? Might that inspire a "journey" to become free of the effects of the concepts and beliefs being expressed via words? Please enter the silence of contemplation.
