"Is there any connection between being vegetarian and the quality of
meditation?", that's the question of many meditation students. Being
vegetarian is certainly good. Mainly because it will reduce the guilty feeling
as a result of harming. However, the one who truely need of being
vegetarian is the mind (by which read: non-judgmental mind).
There are too many friends whose mouth are vegetarian, but their mind are
not vegetarian. As a result, their meditation journey are full of obstacles.
This is the experience of two students on the path of zen whose meditation
journey were very difficult.
One day these two disciples saw the moving flag. The first disciple
concluded that the thing that moved was the flag. The second one thought that
the moving thing was the wind. Consequently, they were very noisy arguing each
others.
In the midst of endless debates, suddenly their teacher came. When they
asked the teacher which one was right then the master replied: "the thing
that moved was your mind". This is the characteristic of mind which is not
being vegetarian, the mind keep moving, it is full of debates and dialogues. As
a result, peace can easily go away.
In contrast to the life of university where strong logic is strongly
rewarded, in deep meditation strong logic is difficult barrier. In a more
beautiful language: "Logic is the stick of the lame souls, but it is the
heavy burden of the flying souls".
That is why meditation is never tired suggesting to go beyond logic,
especially by keep witnessing. "Simply look at the mind as mind, not as a
truth, that's how meditation frees many souls", that is the message that
is often heard in meditation sessions.
Meditation disciples are not only suggested to go beyond logic, but also to
go beyond feeling. Both pain and pleasure come and go. Any students who deeply
practice of going beyond logic and feeling, one day they will directly
experience, all are waves on the surface. And meditation does not suggest you
to become waves, but ask you to return back to the home of ocean.
At the immortal home of ocean then disciples can see clearly and cleanly
the spiritual growth from the personal body to the interpersonal body, and
finally rest beautifully at the cosmic body. In the stage of personal
body, one think that they are the physical body. In the interpersonal body,
seekers need recognition and togetherness.
And only in the cosmic body (by which read: nature and life) then the souls
can go beyond both logic and feeling. While the logic is stick for the lame
souls, feeling is a boat for the souls who do not arrive home yet. Both are
only temporary vehicles.
And as soon as souls arrive home, life change into a series of smiles. The
past is full of smiles, the future promise many smiles, and the present is the
smile itself. Among all the life smiles, the most beautiful smile is silence
which give birth to love.
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