What are the Impediments to Meditation?
Understanding the Disturbances in the Mind that Prevent Meditation
Higher Yoga – Distractions – Impediments – Disturbance – Concentration – Meditation
Join our worldwide livestream for a fellowship with our Himalayan siddha monk and living saint, His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda. In light of ongoing challenging times His Holiness has consented to deliver this continuing series of extraordinary discourses related to self-empowerment.
Experience an insightful discourse about the impediments that disturb mental peace:
What are these impediments and how many are there?
Do these obstacles bring about distraction of the mind?
Do these distractions arise with the fluctuations of the mind?
And when they are non-existent, do the fluctuations not arise?
His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda will expand on the Yogasutra framework of impediments that cause disturbance in the chitta (mind field) or the heart of the practitioner. As long as these impediments linger, the aspirant cannot break through the distracted state of the mind and achieve steadiness with one-pointed attention.
Destruction of these impediments and the mind in steady concentration are the same thing. When concentration is established, the mind field (chitta) remains firm in the attained state and meditation is then said to be spontaneous and effortless.
His Holiness will identify and explain each of the impediments in a manner that allows the aspirant to grasp what thought waves and emotions are conducive for spiritual practice (sādhanā) and the fluctuations that obstruct the reflective clarity of meditative calmness. Examples of conducive thought waves include devotional thoughts, right understanding of tenets of truth and affirmation of self-study.
Any persistent practice of higher yoga or meditation will require an understanding of these obstacles, the symptoms that signify their presence, and the method of their stoppage by embracing the rectification.
Each person is potentially divine. Divinity can be unraveled through mindful voluntary action related to higher yoga and meditation. Although godliness exists in potential form, it needs a reason to express itself. Voluntary action needs to be effected mindfully to obtain desired results. If higher yoga is practiced voluntarily and diligently, the practitioner may attain liberation even in a single lifetime.
Additionally, feel the impact of sublime Sanskrit chanting and darshan blessings during the broadcast. The livestream fellowship will conclude with vespers (ārati). We will be streaming live from Santa Barbara, California.
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