1 July 2015 - QA 3

You once said in a course, "Don’t meditate for a reason", then why meditate?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

In the beginning, it is okay to meditate for some reason, but as you move on, you should drop it. It is like, you have to carry your luggage to get into the train or the plane. Once you get into the plane, you must put it into the luggage compartment and relax. That is why on this spiritual path, there are different instructions at different times. They may all seem contradictory but they are all right, and they have to be followed.
Truth is spherical. It is complex and yet it is simple. And so instructions could be very confusing, but that is right.