Eknath Easwaran
Eknath Easwaran
Eknath Easwaranwas a spiritual teacher, an author of books on meditation and ways to lead a fulfilling life, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian literature...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryIndia
consciousness splits time
Doing two or more things at the same time splits our consciousness in two or more ways.
grateful compassion calm-mind
A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred into love.
sorrow guilt done
Whatever we have done, we can always make amends for it without ever looking back in guilt or sorrow.
meditation mind tubs
Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.
practice drawing hatred
We can all learn to conquer hatred through love -drawing on the power released through the practice of meditation to throw all our weight, all our energy, and all our will on the side of what is patient, forgiving, and selfless in ourselves and others.
senses
We become in part what our senses take in.
essence meditation focus
Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity of one-pointed attention is the essence of genius. When we have this mastery over attention in everything we do, we have a genius for life.
pay-the-price giving needs
Mastery does not come from dabbling. We have to be prepared to pay the price. We need to have the sustained enthusiasm that motivates us to give our best.