Dear J
Is it said that practicing Vipassana will reduce our mind’s worldly impulses?
I’m not asking this based on my experience. In a conversation about this, a comment was made. That’s what I asked.
Sam
Dear Sam,
Meditation practices like Vipassana bring deep inner peace. It is a commitment towards spiritual salvation or self realization.
Someone who only aspires to that commitment tends to withdraw from worldly activities. That deep stillness has an attractive force.
However, for those in worldly affairs, that profound peace can be a firm hold amid the waves of everyday life that are tumultuous around them.
A thinking person is by no means completely worldly. A small part of him looks away and watches everything. Occasionally, that soul experiences a sense of meaninglessness in the world, leading to sudden boredom. Boredom turns into deep fatigue. That is the root cause of most depressions.
It is common for people who work very hard to reach the peak of exhaustion in one day. Most people are in that dichotomy. If bipolarity increases, it can even go to extremes, such as ‘bipolar syndrome’.
The best way to get rid of that fatigue is to maintain inner, private, solitude and silence. Realizing who we are and what we do is possible through meditation. Afterwards, we can accomplish our tasks by maintaining a neutral stance. Meditation is a neutral way.
Therefore, meditation actually aids in improving the performance of worldly activities.
Jeyamohan
