Meditation have some good effects. Stress is reduced. Happiness occurs. Insight increases. Concentration is increased. Wishes come true. Synchronicity occurs.
These effects will motivate us to meditate. If these effects are obtained, we determine that meditation is good and will continue to meditate.
However, meditation has a purpose. It is knowing who am I. It is only one purpose of meditation, other objects are nothing. The effect of meditation is not the purpose of meditation. It is just an effect like a by-product obtained by meditation.
We are dealing with its by-products like the purpose of meditation. The most important thing of meditation is that obtain the by-product, if it can not be obtained, we determine that there is no meaning of meditation. Therefore meditation was emphasized only effects, the original purpose was missed.
It is not a effect to knowing oneself that is the purpose of meditation. Because it is not effect, it is good for nothing. Therefore, to know oneself in meditation is not attractive for people who know its effects. So we will give priority to the effects of meditation, secretly replace its purpose to the by-product.
We are attracted to what is effective. We feel the oneself is enhanced by the effect. Therefore we try to gather attractive things as far as possible from all over the world. It is an effective method for obtaining money, or a technique for that attention from people, or way to be healthy.
Attractive things are what is needed in order to improve the quality of our life. It is not a mistake that the focus on them. It is instinctive behavior of human beings. Therefore it is a natural thing to demand those effects from Meditation.
We are looking for effective things in order to raise the quality of life. However, it is not well known for anyone. It's for our own, however we do not know that oneself.
Oneself who we know is property, health condition, ability of the work, a family situation and friend relation. It is not oneself. It is one's state in the world and is not the true oneself. The true oneself does not change since we were born. The thing which does not change is oneself. Our states always change. A changing thing is not oneself.
We are absorbed to changed things and are going to fix it at the level to expect us. However they are always changes. Even if we try to hold them by power, we cannot stop the change. And they never become oneself even if they are just how wonderfully.
Those effects are always changes. And it does not become oneself. They are not what we must ignore, but are not the most important thing. Oneself is the most important thing. We should think about those effects after knowing who is oneself.
If we know oneself, we can receive the effect as an effect. There is not the problem for us even if the effect does not become oneself even if an effect changes. Even if how is an effect, we do not lose sight of oneself.
The last purpose of our life is to know the true oneself. There is meditation to know it. The meditation is the superior way to know the true oneself. However, if we mistake the handling of this superior way, it will become worthless depending on how to handle.
We lose sight of oneself if we pay more attention to the effect. And we know the truth oneself if we pay more attention to the purpose. The effect smells sweet.
Anyone will be excited at the fragrance. The purpose is like the clear water. There is not something fascinating.
We think that the purpose to know oneself is good for nothing first. Therefore we continue demanding the effect. It becomes all how we get the effect. We believe that value is high so that a high effect is got.
When we admitted that the effect is temporary and worthlessness, our eyes are directed to the center of oneself. Potency of the meditation is shown, and we know the true oneself there. When we know the true oneself, we notices that it was this place where we were looking for from a beginning.
We asked the effect. We thought that the true oneself is to where was over the effect. Because it was not easily found, we was absorbed in asking just effect. However we really had wanted to know the true oneself. We unawares faced the totally opposite direction and were looking for oneself.
