The four aspects of good meditation are posture, lucidity, mindfulness and vigilance. Meditation in its own right even though it will help you tame your mind, it won’t necessarily lead to a state of bliss all the time because after all how many hours can you meditate in a day? Most of the time you are in the world, dealing with people, listening to people, talking to people, hearing them out, making them hear you out. Most of our time goes in interacting with people one way or the other.
A human being is pretty much never alone. You go to a movie theatre you are watching other people acting on the screen. You go to work and you are dealing with your boss and peers. You go home and you are dealing with your family. You go to a supermarket you are dealing with other people. You drive on a road, even though you are in your own car but you are constantly dealing with other drivers on the road. You are pretty much never alone. And, when you are on your own, you are still dealing with a lot of other people because your mind is reminding you of this person or that person or this thing or that thing. So, you are never alone.
Listen to this discourse by Om Swami to find out more on the role of virtues on the path of meditation.
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