Inner Power
by Eugenie Knox
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Gentlemen, welcome back to Yoga time.
This session will investigate the power of concentration. As we know it takes concentration to achieve anything at all. Driving a car, reading about one’s favourite footballer or fathoming ‘How to’ booklets, making love, shaving and so on and on. Concentration really is meditation. One-pointedness (as a pencil needs to be to write) is focus. Our mind does have the ability to become one-pointed, and the results are stupendous. We can achieve whatever we wish with this great tool. The focused mind.
There is a saying in the yogic world that just as a heron stands on one leg meditating on a fish it will eventually realize the fruits of its meditation – a fish!
We also will gain the fruit of our meditation whatever it is. It depends on the power of our concentration. As we develop our potential in the world and become successful and competent at our work we gain money and prestige, yet the question remains, ‘Am I happy?’
The joys of youth have long gone, the climb to the top is tough and full of danger. We aim for the goal of self-fulfilment, we arrive, and discover it does not deliver the promise of perfect happiness and joy. Instead there is a feeling of being cheated, confused and disillusioned.
The yogic lore explains that our true nature is happiness already. To achieve this we need to stop the chase, the race, the competition. Simply stop, turn the attention inwards (even for a short interval of 5 minutes), and gradually realise there is a hidden treasure of happiness to be explored within.
So our lesson today is to find a quiet moment somewhere. Away from the hustle and bustle of every day life. Give yourself permission to sit for a short interval in total stillness. Keep your ears open, your eyes closed, your inner smile happening, and listen to the silence within the deep interior. You will find you feel very rested, and able to take on the challenge of the day with more peace and power.
It is tuning in to the inner radio station, tuning in to your Inner Power. Try it.
Good listening!