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The Path is Beautiful:
After conquering your mind, the second biggest challenge in meditation is going beyond your body. Your body presents a different challenge from that of your mind. While your mind is extremely disturbing and noisy, your body is very subtle and quiet. Even to recognize the constant sensations of your body is difficult. Since you have always lived with your body, you have gotten used to the uncomfortable nature of your body.
Although your body is in a state of constant disturbance, you are perfectly ok with it. The whole challenge in finding the empty zone of the body is to pay attention to the subtlest of changes happening in the body. This is where your understanding of meditation comes in handy.
If your objective is to reach get to the highest understanding of your Self, then you simply cannot settle with the comfortable body. You even have to question the idea of sitting, the idea of closing your eyes, and the idea of breathing. Always remember that the ultimate experience you are looking for is “Nothingness”. As long as there is something to watch, your journey is not complete.
Watching the sensations of the body takes a bit of practice, but once you get the hang of it, a beautiful and marvelous path opens up. The closer you are able to get to your True Self, the less becomes the influence of your body. When the influence of the body reduces, the pain, suffering, fear, worry, and everything connected to the body also reduces. This is the most magical thing about a spiritual journey.
Although Self knowledge is the ultimate experience you are searching for, as you take each step, you are getting rid of some of your baggage of life. The spiritual path is beautiful in the beginning, the middle, and the end.
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