can we sit correctly and quietly for long? Such
a question looks ridiculous. The point is that we
are unable to sit crrectly for long. We get uncomfortable.
We shuffle and shift as some part of the body pains
or gets numb. The back always slumps forward. the
head bends. The abdomen gets loose and relaxed.
At the mind level it is still worst. We are unable
to maintain quietness and peace. We start thinking
"Why sit too long?" "Why sit too
long?" "Why not be doing something else?"
Sitting at one spot correctly quietly steadily
by becoming introverted and peaceful is not easy.
There is a different kind of experience that can
happen if one can sit peacefully for long. This
was real story of a young boy in a small town Dudhagaon
in Maharashtra. He would sit often near the water
tank in a quiet posture for long. The parents got
worried and married him off early. However after
some time the boy sitting in meditation pose/remained
in that very pose and never got up at all. The Villagers
were scared and Yoga was looked down upon. None
had cared to understand what the boy did and none
tried to help him earlier.
Buddha when frustrated about the material world
and its painful nature sat in Padmasana under the
Bodhi tree Watching his breathing quietly and peacefully
with determination to search an answer as to why
was there pain and suffering in this world. He continued
this practice for long and at the end found the
answer which constitutes his Path of Buddhism.
One becomes quiet, clear-headed, peaceful and
enlightened.
The meditation postures have their own virtue
provided they are done correctly and meaningfully
for long.
