Message #43832

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I can relate to what you have said here. I would like to add just a little more to your description. That is after spending much time at spiritual observation and watching others, we find that those who spend little to no time in meditation seldom if ever develop a detached awareness of their own behavior. I see an abundance of blame put on others, for which is mostly a lack of introspection. You mention people for instance watching T.V. and though I see nothing inherently wrong with the boob tube, I do not even have one nor need one. The entertainment around me is so abundant that a i see comedies, movies, tragedies, sitcoms and history unfolding all around me daily.

What does make me irritated is that people in our society have such a low appreciation of meditation that they have no problem 😉 standing nearby when you are meditating and talk incessantly or let their kids come near you and scream. When this happens to me I have become accustomed to cutting my meditation shorter, or finding a better place to practice. I’m sure you have picked up some of my thoughts about this when I’ve continued to reiterate my thoughts about population explosion. There are way too many people on this planet today. It is the cause of violence, anger, irritation, restlessness, lack of housing, food and war. But I feel good about having done my part this life; no more kids to add to the chaos, pollution, traffic jams, lack of housing, food deprivation…and lastly inability to find peace because of constant noise  everywhere.

Yes a lack of sleep, too many planned activities and too much noise and contact with the material world ( specifically the material world associated with people. ) is a major cause of sensory overload which brings the consciousness downward. And yes, we are much different creatures than we were as teenagers with hormone overload.