Meditation without Compassion

The whole point of meditation is the release from suffering, not to make us more efficient at suffering. Corporations are using ‘mindfulness meditation’ for their workers, so that they become more effective…at making money. As a banker once said to me, “If we are making money, others are losing it!”

Meditation is about becoming familiar with your true nature, thereby understanding the true nature of others. From this, compassion naturally arises.

We all have to earn a living, but our conscience knows whether we are doing the right thing or not.
We know when we are becoming obsessive…or do we? 😉

It’s like obsessive exercising – is it done for fitness or for looks? Fitness may not necessarily mean good health: remember, this is a multi-million-pound industry, as is the losing-weight-industry.

You might find Barry Groves website SECOND OPINION interesting:

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/the-exercise-myth-3.html#.U4WOAMalChY

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/carbs-weight-gain.html#.U4Wex8alChY

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/the-exercise-myth.html#.U4Wi2salChY

All this information is in his book TRICK AND TREAT. The food industry tricks us into eating a bad healthy diet (e.g. eat margarine not natural butter) and the the Pharmaceutical industry then treats us with chemicals.

When all we are doing is paying, when all we need is a natural diet.

Now meditation is being perverted into a money making machine. Of course, meditation and exercise will make us feel good, but we still have to watch our attitude towards others.

The true outcome of meditation is love and compassion, and a lasting peace of mind.