Jellyfish concentration, by Beverly

I found the following post by Beverly, at the Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Group very inspiring. I am reposting it here, as "Inspiration-Group Gem".

One-pointed concentration Is the pathfinder For a deeper meditative Consciousness. Sri Chinmoy http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-service-trees/part16/241.html "There are three stages in our spiritual practice. It starts with concentration, then meditation, then contemplation." - Sri Chinmoy http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/earth-cry/part1/51.html The talk that this quotation had been taken from is also available on the online Sri Chinmoy TV: http://www.srichinmoy.tv/meditation_videos/what_is_meditation A while back Doris asked me to post something about my son. This incident took place some time ago. It concerns concentration. I had been trying to teach my son how to concentrate. Yesterday we went for a walk to a float on the ocean. I stood at the edge and observed some small jelly fish but he REALLY looked. He lay down and draped himself over the edge and peered into the dark water. A little ball jelly fish was the focus of his absorption. To picture this jellyfish Imagine an inflatable beach ball (an analogy offered by my son). The ball bulges out between the longitudinal segments, making a scalloped profile if viewed from the 'north pole'. Now imagine the ball is almost transparent, a little milky and no more than two centimeters in diameter, with tentacles of almost indiscernible slenderness trailing from the 'south pole'. "It's emitting light", he exclaimed. So I, too, knelt and we concentrated on this tiny wondrous piece of creation. Sure enough, a minute or so of patient watching revealed a flash of blue which traveled up along one of the lines. But purple, that I had not seen. My son had. Not so easy to detect in summer sunshine. Finally I let go of my restlessness, quieted myself and concentrated, patiently, patiently,... and finally witnessed a fleeting glimpse of subtle purplish-blue traversing a globe suspended in a watery world. Joy shared. I had been trying to teach my son how to concentrate. Beverly

Thank-you Beverly!