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Mantra Meditation
The peace and happiness we feverishly seek in the world are already contained within us, covered only by the clouds of stress and strain. These clouds are lifted with Sahaj Samadhi meditation – a gift of wisdom from Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. This is a ... -
Meditation and the Consciousness
There are various states of consciousness that we can have. Meditation is one of the most important of them. Following are normal states of consciousness We are awake experiencing the world through the 5 senses. In absence of any one of these we lose the ... -
The Door to Meditation
This mind is experiencing the world. Who is miserable? If you say, “Oh, I am so miserable,” find out who is miserable, who is hot, who is cold, who is experiencing pain, who is experiencing pleasure, who is happy, who is unhappy, who feels, who is intelli ... -
Pravriti and Nivriti (Engaged in action, Retire from action)
There are two attitudes, one, you see everything as perfect, another is finding various imperfections. One is called Pravriti, when you’re engaged in action; nivriti, when you retire from action. Often, we are not okay with the way things are around us a ... -
6 reasons why your meditation might not be working
Lava and Kusha are best friends. They enjoy doing everything together. So naturally, when Lava joins a meditation course, Kusha also wants to follow suit. However, Kusha’s schedule does not allow him to join a class. So, he decides to meditate on his own. ... -
Mind and Meditation
"Have you observed what is happening in your mind every moment? It vacillates between the past and the future. It is either in the past, occupied with what has happened, or in the future thinking about what you have to do. Knowledge is being aware of ... -
The intelligent know that worldly pleasure is momentary
The intelligent ones do not get lost in the pleasure that comes out of the contact, of the Gunas and its objects. They are not carried away by the pleasure of the senses and its objects. They know that this pleasure is momentary. It has a beginning and an ... -
Meditation: The Taste of True Freedom
Every human being wants to be free. But when the mind gets caught up in a never-ending list of day-to-day activities, it seems like the search is forgotten. But meditation allows you to come back to your true nature. On a spiritual quest, freedom, meditat ... -
Meditation radiates love in you – inside out
"Love is not an emotion; it is your very existence."~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar If love is our very existence, if that is what we are made up of, then why do we keep searching for love outside? Why do we base our happiness on being loved by s ... -
Just do it with Meditation
A content writer by profession, my productivity was defined as the number of stories I wrote in a week and the quality of those write-ups. I felt I was doing a decent job, meeting my target of three stories a week. Amidst my ‘content’ routine, I found mys ...