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One of the properties of the Soul is that whatever a
person contemplates, he will become that. A person can create
bondage of a new lifetime for each situation – this is how
everything is.
Meditation And Adverse Meditation
God has said that every human being is engaged in one
of the four types of meditative states : Artadhyan, raudradhyan,
dharmadhyan and shukladhyan
Arta-dhyana–internalized repressive or self-tormenting
contemplation or suffering. Raudra-dhhyana – evil contemplation
of perverse pleasure in causing injury to others; wrathful
meditation. Dharma-dhyana – Virtuous contemplation and
Shukla-dhyana – pure contemplation of the Self.
Dhyan-apdhyan is meditation that cannot be included in
the above four. In the past some people used to have apdhyana,
but nowadays even a peon has it. These people will tremble at
my words, if not today then after I leave. Apdhyan is even
worse than durdhyana (evil meditation). It exists only in this time
cycle and is not included in raudra, arta or dharma. And the
scriptures say that shukla-dhyana is nowhere to be found in this
day and age.
Apdhyana is the meditation that you failed to do
methodically in all activities related to your liberation. When a
person is doing samayik (introspective meditation), rather than
focusing on the meditation itself, he is preoccupied with how
much time he has left to complete his samayik. When a person
does samayik, his attention is on his doership, he even claims
that he did the samayik, but at the same time he is looking at
the hourglass. How can you call it meditation when his focus is
on the hourglass?
Raudra dhyan : What is raudra-dhyan? Say you are in