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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 ... -
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 ... -
In Meditation You Are Time
Talk given on September 9, 1999 Bangalore, India "When you feel time is too short, you are either restless or in expanded awareness. When you feel time is too long, you are miserable or keen minded. When you are happy and love what you are doing, you ... -
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 ... -
Your Life Becomes a Meditation
"Faith is the subject of the head, while devotion is the subject of the heart. Meditation is the subject of the head and heart, and connects them both. A mature intellect is devoted, a mature heart is full of knowledge, and meditation matures your in ...
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