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Mind is Like a River
Q: Gurudev, I happened to meet an American diplomat who has been on the spiritual path for 40-45 years. He said...
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Meditation is Deep Rest
Q: Could you advise on what is the best way of going into meditation....
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Intuitive Awareness Increases With Meditation
Q: How can one live one’s life without self-inflicted guilt and...
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Time for Reflection
We all need time for reflection. I think every human being needs to sit back for a little while and find that inner...
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A Secret to Being a Good Manager
For a good manager, it is important to be in the present moment with patience and poise! If you are intelligent,...
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Meditate into higher consciousness
We live most of our life through three states of consciousness:...
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Relation between Meditation, Sleep and Dreams
Q – During meditation, my mind wanders a lot. When will it settle...
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When We Meditate, Our Work Happens Easily
Q – Why is there still some awareness when one is deep in meditation?...
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Meditation Keeps the Mind Clean Like a Mirror
Q – When is a good time to meditate and when you are meditating,...
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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...
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Mind and Meditation
"Have you observed what is happening in your mind every moment? It vacillates between the past and the future....
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Your Life Becomes a Meditation
"Faith is the subject of the head, while devotion is the subject...
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In Meditation You Are Time
Talk given on September 9, 1999Bangalore, India "When you feel...
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What Hinders Meditation?
You know what hinders is when you think thoughts should not come!...