The iPad, our Mind & Meditation

Apples new piece of technology the iPad has been unveiled!  According to the Vice President of Apple "it will change the way that we do things everyday". Because it is difficult to grasp and to understand how it functions  "it is quite magical". 

You will be able to access iTunes, the App. store and also now iBook.  A whole new market has opened for App. developers wishing to create a product specifically for this gadget - Steve Jobs called it a "gold rush".

When I heard the interview immediately I thought of the capacity of our own mind.  The illusive aspect of our own mind is that it isn't tangible - it lacks form, so its difficult to get your teeth into it!!

Nevertheless it can be accessed and discovered in meditation.  Our mind creates our world and our reality - an incredible piece of technology, it is difficult to grasp and understand just like a gadget - however if we start to discover the world of our mind we can realize how we create ways of thinking that bring about peace and happiness. 

The original gold rush (1848/49) in California led to 300,000 people travel West to access a prosperous, happier existence. Such is the lure of wealth. Did they find peace & happiness?

As the Beatles sang 'Money can't buy you love' and then later 'All you need is love' - words which ring so true.  We all know we are happiest when the mind is filled with love and positivity.  However in the back of the mind "a little bit of money wouldn't go amiss" - "or a new gadget from Apple!".

"It improves the quality of your life."    - Possibly!!

The guys at Apple once said that they key to the iPod and iPhone was its design. It tapped into peoples desire - that's exactly what they do - the iPad will be a great success it follows the same model, it will feel familiar as well. 

Its the latest attempt to satisfying desire - does it work?

Apples technology is limited in that it works with the physical, what we can feel and touch - "you can hold the whole world in your hands with iPad" - which world though? 

Try discovering the world of the mind - it is magical and without boundary.