This is a really helpful quote from His Holiness Sri Shantananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of the Advaita Tradition.
He says that "True meditation is a highly indiviudal thing. It fulfils each person's deepest desire which no-one outside can guess, and the person himself cannot express. We can only encourage people ... to seek joyfully one's own divine nature at every possible opportunity.'
On the television the other night there was a programme about reprogramming thought. A fellow blogger saw it and described in Tears Amid the Alien Corn: how her meditation on Bible passages and prayer helps to reprogramme thought. This wise woman is quite right, whatever we keep company with will become the way we think.
Today's newspaper examines the nation's drink habit which is escalating into a problem. It is because drink is now such a part of our leisure culture, we allow it to keep us company too much. Far better to keep company with a profound expression of good such as the Bible or your own preferred scripture and allow that to change your thought patterns towards the good. But a glass of wine does certainly alter the state of mind even if it doesn't last.
Thanks Michele for your thoughtful words.
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