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Five Steps of Meditation

“Happy New Year to you all. It’s a nice way to celebrate the New Year with meditation. What is meditation? Meditation is a state from which everything has come and to which everything goes. It is that inner silence from where you feel joy, happiness, calm ...

Relation between Meditation, Sleep and Dreams

Q – During meditation, my mind wanders a lot. When will it settle down? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – The mind does not wander. It is in search of more and more. This search for more will lead to the Supreme Self. One glimpse of the Self is enough to lea ...

Meditation: A Journey from Sound to Silence

Meditation is one of the finest, natural, and effective ways for an overall holistic living. As an introduction to this ancient practice, which is also one of the means of self-discovery, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar answers four questions about it. What ...

Your body is emitting energy all the time

This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q: (A member of the audience spontaneously asked a question without a mike and the question was inaudible). Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Listen. You are breathing? Yes, you are! Definitely. You kno ...

Questions on Sahaj Samadhi Meditation

Q. What makes this form of meditation unique – Sahaj Samadhi Meditation? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is simple meditation, yet very profound. Usually something very profound sounds so tough, and something so simple is not so effective. Isn't thi ...

Happiness springs from faith

It is only through merit that you can have faith. When you lack faith, there can be no happiness in either the inner or the outer world. Happiness springs from faith and in forgetting the body consciousness. Pain and sorrow means you are holding on to bod ...

To meditate, you must transcend the intellect

If you are unable to meditate because your mind is chattering, just feel that you are a little stupid and then you will be able to sink deep into meditation. Your intellect is a small portion of your total consciousness. If you are stuck in the intellect, ...

Meditation and karma

Q. You have said that meditation burns karma. How do we know that is happening? GURUDEV: It just happens! It’s natural. You keep anything on fire, it gets heated up, and so meditation definitely erases the past impressions. You know one of our devotees ha ...

Bringing Harmony Into Your Being With Meditation!

The word 'health' in Sanskrit means to be established in one’s self. The body, mind and spirit have to be in harmony. We have seven layers to our existence, that is body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, ego and the self. So, we need to learn ab ...

What is the need to meditate?

Q- Why is there such a need for meditation in today’s society, in today’s life? Gurudev: You know, if you look into the benefits that meditation brings into your life, we feel it is all the more relevant, all the more needed. In ancient times, meditation ...