Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ego Tripping
I rarely come across much knowledge during meditation. Oddly enough, I find I get most of my revalations and epiphanies when driving....a bit metaphorical, don't you think?  |
One will
never come across meaningful knowledge through the process of meditation. This is not possible in our current age of ignorance; this Kali Yuga.
Lord Sri Krishna Himself gives instruction to Arjuna, a very great devotee of His, and advises him against taking up a reclusive life of meditation and silence; for attaining liberation and blissful knowledge through these means is nearly impossible given the difficulties of this age. Arjuna's devotion to Krishna was so great that Krishna Himself gladly accepted the duty of driving Arjuna's chariot on the battlefield of Kuruksetra. This is a very great accolade and illustrates God's love for His devotees. If God saw that a pious, saintly, and very virtuous man such as Arjuna, to whom so many and then more honors are due, could not hope to achieve knowledge through meditative practices at the very beginning of Kali Yuga, what can we gross, dull, and thoroughly material creatures hope to achieve 5000 years into it?
All that is to be gained through meditation is a rest for the eyes, which is ultimately no gain at all.