Overcoming the Five Hindrances in Meditation : หน้า 134/200

The Five Hindrances are major obstacles that impede meditation. It is the darkness that obscures our mind like dark clouds obscuring the shining sun causing the sun not to be seen. Our mind is obscured by these Five Hindrances causing us not to be able to see our inner brightness, inner spheres, inner bodies, and the Dhammakaya. But this darkness cannot obscure a mind that is stable and still. If we’re able to remove our mind from the commotions, from involvement with all the things around us including our family, our job, our study, our responsibilities, then we can defeat the hindrances. First, bring your mind back to the center of your body. If you know that you won’t be restless you can just let your mind rest there without visualizing a meditation object. But if you’re the restless type, then you want to visualize an object as a way to indicate the whereabouts of the Seventh Base. You can visualize a crystal sphere, a crystal Buddha, or the image of Luang Pu. They represent the Triple Gem: the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha. They are the objects of purity that serve as an anchor for our mind to hold on to.