Sahaja Meditation in the USA

Sports Illustrated, July 5, 2010 issue. Article written by Gary Smith

Wutthichai Phojhachai is a Buddhist monk in Louisiana. Referring to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, he said, “Stay still and take a breath…. The problem has already occurred, so now is not the time for blame. That is wasted time.

Involve yourself. Do what you can. So many families with four people—and four cars. Can you drop each other off on the way to work and school? …You have to see all the links in the chain.”

Gary Smith writes:

“Affluence is a funny thing. Once so many millions of people have so many millions of dollars at stake, even life-and-death issues are resolved on the basis of what protects my money, right now—not the general good or the planet’s health.

“Money and fear will choke even the strongest to death… unless they take that step back, take that breath, and see what money and fear are doing to them.”

Many of us have developed a habit of thinking about everything. Once we’ve experienced the world we live in while our mind is quiet, in meditation, we realize how much there is to enjoy. With no analysis or opinion to get in the way, we can discover the true beauty of another human being.

Thinking can get in the way of reality sometimes. It can get in the way of our enjoyment and feeling of delight with what is around us.

Things that we see are what they are. The tree is of a certain height, its leaves are a particular shape. No amount of thinking is going to change how the tree actually is.

All across the United States, there is beauty, in so many different forms. This rock formation is in Arizona.

Looking at the glory of nature helps to relax the mind and the body.
The Hudson River, viewed from Yonkers, New York