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Answered: 7 most frequently asked questions about meditation
“I used to get agitated at little things around me,” said 25-year-old Suneet, adding, “Over time, I have found myself become more patient. I don’t lose my temper as easily.” He attributes this change to the regular practice of meditation for a few months. ... -
Popular, smart, talented: Recipe for a perfect college life
I was sitting in the Café next to my old college, sipping cappucino, when my attention was drawn to an intense conversation between two young girls I recognized as my juniors. Anisha: You have a dance competition coming up, so instead of practicing togeth ... -
Meditation for caregivers
It Takes Courage to Care with a Smile Vijaya and Natrajan had the picture-perfect marriage till Vijaya was diagnosed with cancer. Hearing the news, I braced myself before meeting them. I pictured them with faces pinched with sadness and uncertainty, quest ... -
How to overcome obstacles in meditation
#1 Drop all desires & planning The hindrance for meditation is the desire and all your planning to do something. Offer the desire through surrender with the trust, “It it is right for me, it will be done.” Just think it will happen and relax. Surrende ... -
Love seeks to dissolve the identity
This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q-1 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 i ... -
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 ef ... -
Science, Creativity & Meditation
Science and meditation : in between is creativity. Science says, what is this? And meditation is knowing, who am I. The subjective knowledge about one's self is meditation and the objective knowledge and objective analysis is science. They are not c ... -
An internal Makeover through Meditation
Ami Patel, Celebrity fashion stylist and Fashion Director L’Officiel India As a fashion stylist, for over a decade, I am used to transforming people to make them look their best. However, I believe that just this alone is not enough. My true calling is to ... -
Talking Peace in a War-Torn Country
In a pursuit to find meaning to her life, Dafna Paz ended up learning meditation 15 years ago. And since then, there has been no looking back. A regular meditator, Dafna has driven her passion to serve towards teaching meditation to thousands in areas of ... -
Me! Meditate?
Dinesh Kashikar, Senior Sri Sri Yoga Teacher, Bangalore As a student in IIT Mumbai, when someone asked me to join a course on meditation, all I said was "Me! Meditate?" As a typical (or should that be atypical) IITian I was focused on getting go ...
