Q. So how do I know, I am making progress in meditation?
A. First I am able to sit down quietly even if it is for a short period, with my mind settled peacefully, without distraction. Fixing my attention on own inner self. The moment, I sit down to meditate, I am able to cut off all the disturbances of the world and go deep within – quiet and calm. I am now able to deal with serious problems of life without getting upset or confused, or without fearing what is the solution or without the fear that I might not succeed in handling the problem. I am now in tune with the whole of nature – with the rain, with the wind, with the clouds, with the earth. I can no longer hate. My mind is peaceful. In short, I am a better person now, than I was, before I started meditation. If that is happening, then you are making progress. And, as one proceeds deeper and deeper into one’s practice – one begins to also be in tune and open up to dimensions which are usually unknown to the ordinary mind.
How to know that you are progressing
May 13, 2014 by takelight
Loving Sairam to All
Some one asked Sathya Sai Baba once
how do I know I am progressing in my
sadhana.
Baba replied (am paraphrasing) in simple
words… When you are going
in an airplane, you just go and sit there
making yourself comfortable, napping,
reading, chatting, what ever. You do not
feel the speed of the airplane, dont even
realize you are moving. But then in time
you reach the destination and you are
there. Same way Baba says keep doing
your sadhana, God is the Pilot, and
HE will reach you to your destination
even if you dont realize or feel the speed
of your sadhana, like the airplane.
Have Faith and Patience
sairam saiasha