A few are allergic to trying a meditative practice ( numerous excuses arise----mind games. Mind turns cunning to devise excuses to repel any kind of meditation ๐)
We don't mind improving our logical & emotional skills ( it helps better-handling of life situations)
Any personal-skill, if subtle.... has its own vulnerabilities. Susceptibility to extreme/stressful situations.
Situation can weaken its strength, and the same logic/emotion might turn against us, instead of helping us to tide over a stormy situation ๐ ( like a grenade bursting in our hands itself, before we threw it on to the target).
We need a shield, a firewall, which can reduce the possibility of instability of our logic/emotion, due to a situational stress.
Meditation has a historical evidence for its efficacy, in providing a shield to retain the efficiency of our logical/emotional strength๐
Inherent risks can also be reduced to a sustainable extent!
A practical example.
Suppose we are able to confirm, as to
which of the two faces vulnerability of situational threat ( logic or emotion)
Then,
Insurance premium "rating" gives us a motivation, from the way....the rates are decided for raw-cotton in-transit.
Loose cotton in transit/in-godown is charged a higher rate. Whereas, fully pressed bales are charged much-lesser๐ ( fully pressed bales means..... a machine compresses it and allows a metallic strip to be strapped around it about 4 times..... 2 straps around its 2 sides, length and breadth. Now, fire burns only the outermost surface of this tight-bundle. The inside is safe๐ ... oxygen-helps-combustion. No fire hazard in a oxy-starved area.
Consciously calming the mind, helps logic and emotion to function behind a "firewall"....๐
MeditaShun is not to be shunned, hated, despised etc, if.....we want to safeguard our sensibility in using logic/emotion/both ๐
Insurably yours,
psn(3rd Nov, 2024)