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| The Aim of Surrender Meditation and the Ideal Conditions for Meditating |
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The Aim
The aim of Surrender Meditation is union with God, freedom (liberation from rebirth) and spiritual evolution.
This practice is not about balance because it is not about using the will. Will is the domain of techniques and ahamkara ("I do it"), or ego. The body is always thrown out of balance when the will is used, because the life energy is not free but in the service of the will, the seat of which is the mind and it's core drive, ahamkara.
Even if balance were to be attained, it is not possible to maintain this tenuous balance indefinitely by using the will. Sooner or later,
one must surrender. People devoted to control and willful practices may tell you otherwise.
What we truly are is, and has always been, in union with God, already perfect and already free. Through Surrender Meditation, impediments are swept away until nothing stands in the way of this awareness, and we live in Truth and the bliss of union without a break. At this point, the body can eventually cheat death. How long this takes varies with every individual, from weeks, to months, to years, to lifetimes.
Ideal Conditions
The optimum conditions for Surrender Meditation are a place of privacy and solitude where you will not be disturbed by distractions and outside stimuli, and where you will not be self-conscious about anything that happens in your meditation.
Your mediation room should have space for movement. This is not a practice in which you are expected to do or not do anything, including
sitting a certain way, or being as still as a tomb. This room should have no obstacles so that you feel free to allow movement to take place in any manner whatsoever. A small altar is alright, but do not leave incense or candles burning during meditation.
If your present conditions do not meet this criteria, just do the best you can to create conditions based on these ideals.
Any compatible practices that you may now be doing can continue at other times, although you may find that they may come up in Surrender Meditation, on their own, in their own way. Because this can be confusing and cause a student to doubt their surrender, it may be prudent to abandon other meditation practices.