Will It Work If I Do Both Closed-Eyed Meditation As Well As Open-Eyed Meditation?

Listen to Ektaji's answers to different questions related to Advaita (non-duality). These teachings are aimed at experiential understanding of the Truth viz. the dissolution of the Subject and Object relationship.

Transcript

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Everybody is very different.

So I always advise that people should figure it out for themselves what works for them.

Yeah,

Like some people like chocolate ice cream and some people like strawberry ice cream.

This person who likes strawberry,

How much ever you tell him eat chocolate,

He just doesn't like chocolate ice cream.

He just likes the flavour of fruit.

So you cannot force him to have chocolate ice cream.

Do you get what I'm saying?

So you have to figure out what is my palette,

What works for me,

What takes me there quicker.

Yeah,

That's why I teach multiple scriptures so that one person is putting all the cards on the table in front of you.

If I hold on to one scripture and you come to me,

You learn only one path,

Okay?

Then you go to somebody else and that person is holding on to one path or one scripture and then you learn only that path.

Then you get confused,

Should I do this or that?

And then there is that doubt and that war in your mind.

When it is the same person telling you all the multiple paths and telling you that it is up to you to choose.

Yeah,

I will not force you that you should do this only.

You understand?

On the other paths,

You are kind of pressurised.

I don't want to pressurise you.

I want you to be spiritually independent.

When you choose something,

You take your responsibility to recognise,

Let me taste this path,

Let me walk on this for a while.

And then whether you get it or you don't get it,

It is completely your responsibility.

So you feel empowered.

You see what I am saying?

Yes,

Indeed.

So you have to test.

You have to test.

Does this seem to click with me or does this seem to not click with me?