Sunday, 3 May 2020

Post No. 1,550 - Working with Other Meditation Styles

Something I've experienced is people assuming that the form of meditation that works for them must be best or required for others because it works for them - which is utterly amathiac, apart from being wrong.

People should be thought of as orchestra players, where the instruments represent different meditation styles/methods/approaches: some people specialise in only one, or maybe a few "instruments" (meditation styles), some can play most - but when they are well combined, the effect is magnificent.

All that is required is a combination of skill at the "instrument" (meditation styles) that is most in harmony with you, and sufficient humility to be willing to contribute to a greater whole.

Arrogance, in the form of insisting everyone becomes a theorbo player, is stupid, and inability in one's preferred meditation style is like having an instrument out of tune.

The opportunity is there: be humble enough to take it.