In the mountains of Tibet
Younger Lama asked Elder Lama,
"What is Meditation ?"
Elder Lama replied, "Meditation means to step back from the world."
"Why one would want to step back from the world? Do people want to escape from the realities of world ?" Asked Younger Lama.
"Our bodies are programmed to go on automation mode. We think automatically. We react automatically. We choose automatically. We do automatically. We live automatically. When people meditate, they temporarily escape from automation."
Younger Lama thought for about five minutes and than asked, "Hindu's speak about Mokhsh (Liberation) as ultimate goal of a being. Some philosophies talk about Self Actualisation. Do these philosophies have something to do with 'Freeing oneself from automation'? "
Elder Lama replied, "Yes. When you step back from the world, you temporarily become free from automation. And than you experience your spirit."
Haresh Raichura
22/11/13
