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The Inner Experience Of Meditation Can Be Had Without Any Kind Of Forced Discipline. The Outer Trappings - How One Sits, Breathes, Dresses, And So Forth - Are Irrelevant.

By Not Paying Attention To Your Body, You Are Putting It In The Same Predicament As A Neglected Child. How Can A Child Be Expected To Develop Normally If The Parents Pay No Attention, If They Ignore Its Cries For Help, And Remain Indifferent To Whether Their Child Is Happy Or Unhappy?

According To Vedanta, There Are Only Two Symptoms Of Enlightenment, Just Two Indications That A Transformation Is Taking Place Within You Toward A Higher Consciousness. The First Symptom Is That You Stop Worrying. Things Don't Bother You Anymore. You Become Light Hearted And Full Of Joy. The Second Symptom Is That You Encounter More And More Meaningful Coincidences In Your Life, More And More Synchronicities. And This Accelerates To The Point Where You Actually Experience The Miraculous.

Ordinary People Aren't Going To Give Up Emotions And Inspiration Just Because Science Sniffs At Subjectivity. Science Shouldn't Be So Edgy And Defensive. Vandals Aren't Going To Smash Their Way Into Laboratories And Throw Bibles At The Equipment.

In The Teen Years, We Often Confuse Self-image With Self-esteem. Teenagers Are Very Influenced By The Image Others Have Of Them. All Sorts Of Complexes Come From This.