Meditation and The Monkey Mind
On the International Yoga Day let us get clear on the Concept of Yoga and Meditation. The moment we hear the word “meditation,” there are all kinds of misconceptions about it. First of all the English word “meditation” doesn’t mean anything in the sense, if you close your eyes and sit, in English we call it “meditation.” You can sit with your eyes closed and do many things. You can do japa, tapa, dharana, dhyana, samadhi, shoonya. Or you might have just mastered the art of sleeping in vertical postures just like our great Saints and Gurus have done. So what is meditation then? Generally we assume that people are referring to what is known as dhyan or concentration. The reason why most people who have tried meditation have come to the conclusion that it’s very difficult or impossible is because they are trying to do it. In that context of referring to dhyan as meditation, Sadhguru says it is not something that you can do. Nobody can do meditati...