Meditation is the neutral awareness that does not interfere and that reveals itself when there is total freedom from interpretation, from mental narrative, from desire. Meditation cannot happen without this freedom, which is the knowledge of what we really are. […]
The main impediment is that we fall victim to the forces of attraction and aversion. Desire consumes a lot of energy. We are attracted to what our mind considers “nice” and we reject the ‘undesirable’. Meditation leads to that calm presence free from any mental current. […]
In that infinite inner space there is no more need for effort, no need to try to control the mind or seek silence and peace. It is already here. That source of joy, of bliss, has always been here, but because we are busy with other things we have never been [...]
If we practice diligently and manage to remain in that state of absolute calm, this is meditation, in which we no longer follow any thoughts or ideas of the past, we will become aware of something that we never noticed before: a vast immensity that has no form and no name. [...]
The pure silence arises when thoughts, along with all their images, all their words, all their perceptions, cease. This is where true meditation begins. […]
The continuous mental chattering is a constant flow of ideas, thoughts, and desires from the past that traps our attention in the past. Meditation teaches us to bring back the mind in the present moment, in what is…in the silence. […]
For thousands of years, masters of every tradition have been teaching us how to calm the mind and come into contact with our real nature, our Self, the state of peace and contentment. Will we ever learn to really listen to those pearls of wisdom so gracefully given? […]
Meditation leads us beyond all mental movements, in a state that is infinitely stable, saturated with peace and joy…this state is our real nature. […]
Quando il meditante e l’oggetto di meditazione si fondono in quell’intimità segreta, tutto si dissolve. Si abbandona ogni ricerca, si lascia il sogno, si perde ogni speranza e ciò che rimane è l’inestimabile libertà. […]
Meditation activates consciousness. Consciousness reveals the mental tyranny that forces us into a fictitious reality stemming from involuntary thoughts and the emotional reactions that always accompany them: cause of constant suffering. The choice is then ours: light or constant darkness? […]
