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20 Quotes On Meditation That will Change the Way You See Meditation

Meditation is the process of going inwards. In this process, we withdraw consciously from all activity and just observe our thoughts and emotions. When the mind becomes still and equanimous, it is said to be in the state of meditation. Being in a state o ...

Meditation is a happening and is effortless

This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … So, we will recapitulate what we have been doing in the last two days: how meditation can happen in many ways. Meditation is a happening, this is the first point. Second is, meditation is ...

Sri Sri talks on Sahaj Samadhi Meditation

Curso de Meditação Sahaj Samadhi por Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Social: ...

Questions on Meditation (Part1)

Q: How to quiet the voice inside my head while meditating? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There are several things you can do about it. First is accepting it and not fighting with it. You fight with it and feel that you should not have this noise. The more ...

‘Consciousness is very ancient; the mind is older than the stones’

This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q: What is Samadhi? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: ‘Dhi’ means the intellect and ‘Samadhi’ means where the mind is in total equanimity; where your whole system is in total balance, that is ca ...

Spirituality is getting in touch with yourself

This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q: Why is it a challenge to be compassionate to ourselves? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Because we are in the habit of blaming ourselves. On the spiritual path the first rule is stop blamin ...

When your energy is uplifted, then meditation happens

This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q: How to accept the present moment? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Like now, this moment I have accepted your question, and I am here now. Got it? It is spontaneous. The present moment is in ...

Service and Meditation

The way to overcome personal misery is to share universal misery and the way to expand personal joy is to share universal joy. Instead of thinking, “What about me?”, “What can I gain from this world?”, think: “What can I do for this world?” When everyone ...

Love seeks to dissolve the identity

This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q: Can you speak on how devotion can transform the ego in order for the Self to be realized? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Listen, what is devotion? It is a state of love. What is ego? It is ...

Questions on Meditation Part-2

Q: Why is it that10 minutes of meditation gives me more energy than 8 or 10 hours of sleep? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: That is how it is. Meditation gives you a different kind of energy. Food gives you a different kind of energy. Sleep gives you a diff ...