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Meditation erases all Impressions
Do not make an effort to impress others or to express yourself. Your effort to impress someone will be futile. Your effort to express yourself becomes an impediment. If you do not try to impress, expression comes naturally. When you come from the Self, yo ... -
To Meditate all Intentions must be dropped!
A strong tendency to keep doing something whether important or unimportant becomes an impediment to meditation. 'Doing' starts first with an intention and then translates into action. Though intentions spring from being, it becomes “doing” and i ... -
Meditation Roots out Boredom
Q – What is meditation? Meditation is doing nothing, wanting nothing and being nothing. If you think you are somebody, you cannot meditate. When you meditate, the mind automatically settles down and becomes still Q- What is the need for meditation and rel ... -
Meditation is Listening to God’s Will
Q – If one has faith and believes that God exists, how important is it to pray, meditate, etc.? Prayer is asking God what you want for yourself or thanking him for what you have received. Meditation is listening to God’s will. If you believe in God, then ... -
Meditation Keeps the Mind Clean Like a Mirror
Q – When is a good time to meditate and when you are meditating, what should you think about? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar- Meditate in the morning, afternoon, and evening, before food: before breakfast, lunch and dinner. When thoughts come, normally what ... -
When We Meditate, Our Work Happens Easily
Q – Why is there still some awareness when one is deep in meditation? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – There are five different experiences of the senses – sight, sense, sound, taste, and touch. They continue as a very subtle primordial nature. Though there ... -
Meditate into higher consciousness
We live most of our life through three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming and sleeping. In the waking state of consciousness, we experience the world through the five senses through which we seek elevation and joy. If any one of the senses is missi ... -
What Hinders Meditation?
You know what hinders meditation is when you think thoughts should not come! You try to chase a thought out with a stick and that's when thoughts come back again. What you have to do when a bad thought comes- say ok! Come on! I am going to embrace y ... -
Holding on to infinity
Every cell in the body has the capacity to hold infinity. A worm too eats, sleeps and performs its daily activities. There is no point in living like that. We must tap the full potential nature has bestowed upon us, the potential to hold infinity in every ... -
Understanding Meditation
The higher goals in life can only be realized through a few minutes of meditation and introspection. What is meditation? Mind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is medita ...
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