Systems of meditation

Meditation as a Complete Emptying of Mind SURESH C MAHESHWARI The Times of India

I have practised and studied various systems of meditation like Vipaasana based on Buddhist tradition, Preksha Dhyan based on Jain tradition, Sufi meditation influenced by Isla-mic tradition, Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation. I have come to the conclusion that all systems of meditation invariably have one requirement and that is the control and harmonious regulation of breathing system. Jiddu Krishnamurti (JK) makes a stunning departure from all norms of traditional systems of meditation. He discards any method, system, technique, posture and even concentration because it leads to exclusivities. While engaged in extensive dialogue with the Late David Bohm, a theore-tical physicist, JK told him that any pattern or routine shrinks the brain and that those who have spent years in meditation are the dullest people on earth.

So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centred activity. Order in life is the first condition for achieving meditation. When through self-knowledge the mind becomes completely still, in that stillness you will find there is no experience to experience, because the experiencer and the experienced are the same. The thinker is not different from the thought.