#Meditation & #Subconscious Mind Rewriting

chainakarmakar
Oct 11, 2019
3 min read

Updated: May 23

The Spiritual Trap: Expectation, Ego, and the Real Path of Sadhana

Most people enter the path of meditation and spirituality with a heart full of expectations—and it’s only natural. We are human. Our minds are wired to expect. As per our samskaras (संस्कार)—our imprints, conditioning, and lived experiences—we often unconsciously expect miracles to unfold as soon as we sit in stillness. We want immediate calm, instant bliss, magical transformation.

And when these expectations aren't met, frustration begins to brew. Doubts arise. Faith begins to flicker. The same spiritual practices we once held sacred become a source of struggle. Many even start using these practices as a tool for control, chasing power instead of peace.

Some people carry a controlling attitude into their spiritual journey. They have always influenced people, managed situations, directed outcomes—and now they wish to control even the results of meditation. They expect to bend the spiritual laws to suit their timeline. When things don’t shift, the ego steps in, loud and restless.

This ego is the biggest trap for a sadhak (seeker). It won’t allow one to go deep. It creates stories. It builds justifications. It establishes a pseudo-world where everything appears spiritual on the surface, but inside, the same cycles of pain, control, and dissatisfaction persist.

But who’s to judge what’s right or wrong? Everyone is right based on their perception. That’s the beauty—and the challenge—of the spiritual path.

The Real Shift Begins When Expectation Ends

The truth is—magic begins when expectations drop. When the seeker stops chasing and starts being, everything changes.

One begins to witness mystical transformations in the most ordinary aspects of life. The perception shifts. The heart softens. The mind expands. Nature becomes a teacher, and every breeze whispers wisdom. Imagination deepens, creativity blooms, and the psyche becomes easier to navigate.

Meditation then becomes much more than a practice—it becomes a process of inner purification. It broadens the horizon of the mind. Old karmic patterns are released. New karmic debts cease to form because the one meditating is no longer reacting, no longer entangled in unconscious loops.

A real Yogi can rewrite negative patterns with positive ones. But to reach this place of freedom, one must walk through intense phases of sadhana, letting go of the ego layer by layer.

Don’t Chase Someone Else’s Experience

Another major trap on the path is comparing your journey with others’. Everyone’s path is different. The way a lotus blooms in one pond is not the same as another. When we condition our minds with borrowed experiences, we lose touch with our own truth.

Be present with your experience—raw, real, and unfiltered. Let it be your teacher.

What a Sadhak Must Understand

Commitment is key. Stick to your practices—no matter how chaotic life feels.
Just be. If there’s inner turmoil, don’t cover it up. Witness it. Accept it.
Awareness, acceptance, and intent—these three are your lifelines. They will pull you out of misery.
There will be emotional outbursts—anger, fear, sadness. Let them surface.
A pseudo phase may arrive—false bliss, superficial calm. Watch it. Don’t get trapped.
Disconnect from the world may occur. Let it. This solitude connects you to the Self.
Rigid belief patterns will take time to dissolve. You didn’t build them overnight.
The deeper your sadhana, the faster the transformation.
One pattern will dissolve, and another will surface. This is how layers shed.
As you go deeper, ego starts melting. You no longer need to defend your old self.
A true yogi cannot judge. The deeper the peace, the harder it is to hold negative emotions.
Turbulence outside cannot shake a yogi who is rooted within.
After self-realization, internalization is needed. This rewrites the subconscious.
With that, you taste absolute freedom—a life free of suffering, free of illusion.

The journey of a seeker is not linear. It’s messy. It’s mystical. It's sometimes maddening. But every step, every fall, every silence holds a key to your unfolding.

Let go of needing to “arrive.” Let go of proving anything to anyone—including yourself. Just practice. Just be. And slowly, without forcing it, everything will happen on its own.

“When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.Ideas, language... even the phrase each other—doesn’t make any sense.”— Rumi

Let the world fade. Let the self bloom. That’s where the real sadhana begins.