[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Magical Element of Meditation

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

August 11, 2008

THE MAGICAL ELEMENT OF MEDITATION

Even in the early stages of meditation, there is a magical element of 
meditation practice. You might ask where this magical aspect comes 
from, how it comes to be. It is because there is a sense of tuning 
oneself into an entirely different way of thinking, as opposed to our 
ordinary, samsaric or confused way of thinking. We have decided to 
relate with the truth, the dharma, and decided to tune into it. And 
that tuning oneself into, committing oneself into that stream, that 
flow, means that one is automatically entered into some kind of 
spiritual power. It is nothing particularly exciting or 
extraordinary, but there is a sense of power and there is a sense of 
mystical energy, so to speak, that one is involved with....So let us 
not regard practice as a purely mechanical process, which leads you 
to enlightenment. Tuning oneself into that higher truth is the 
essence behind it.

 From "The First Foundation: Mindfulness of Body," in the 1973 
Hinayana-Mahayana Transcripts, pages 37 to 38.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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