Attitude plays a vital role in our relationship with a person whom we are related to,
we are dedicated to.
The three things are very important for spiritual success: Attitude, attitude and attitude.
Whether we are a worshipper of Lord Shiva or Lord Vishnu or Lord Krishna, whoever
or if you have belief in Allah, or we are a believer of Lord
Jesus, Lord Buddha,
attitude plays a vital role in our relationship with the person whom we are related to,
we are dedicated to.
When we are approaching God and trying to invite Him in our hearts, what should
be our attitude? Are we preparing ourselves ahead of time, preparing our hearts?
And there is a beautiful bhajan (devotional song) in Gujarat.
I will translate it directly into English. It says, “Hey Shyam, O Lord
Krishna, please come to my home.
I will treat you in such a way,
I'll make you forget your Vaikuntha, your abode.” So that is the attitude..
That is the challenge with which we had to invite the lord in our hearts.
When we are planning for the next day morning's meditation,
what should be our attitude just before we go to sleep? It should be exactly like
a young man waiting in the cinema hall, for example.
He is waiting for his beloved,first date. The beloved says,
“I am going to be there at 11:30 in the morning by this corner.”
The boy is already there before 11 o’clock, half an hour before the time, perhaps.
He is marching left and right, left and right at that location and If she come instead
of 11:30 she comes at 11:35, his world would end in those five minutes of waiting.
It would seem like eternity, that restlessness. We need to have such restlessness.
Invoke the restlessness that you once had in your youth and apply
it towards God and see the magic that can happen
in your devotional practice, in your meditation. Promise yourself, “As soon as I get up in
the morning, the first thing I am going to do is, after taking a shower,
meditate”. And meditate with what? Meditate with immense love that is building up during
your sleep.
So this restlessness is the key.
Restlessness creates a sort of hunger, a sort of thirst. It makes you like a sponge.
And when this Divine transmission descends or Grace descends
from above, it is very easy to get into a state of samadhi,
and especially in the Heartfulness way, when we are meditating on the heart,
along with transmission that comes from the guide,
to reach that samadhi state, it becomes a child's play with such an attitude.
So it is really, really important that we have the right attitude before
and during meditation.
What about after the meditation? After each meditation done with such a fervor,
with such restlessness, you are bound to create a certain state of
mind after that particular period of meditation,
maybe half an hour, or maybe 25 minutes.
We have to focus now on that particular state, where youare simply melting away,
you are simply in love.
Reflect on that state, reflect on that condition,
and see how you can develop it further during your day time, during your daily activities.
So in order for me to develop this further during
my daily activities, I have to remember what was my state after the morning meditation.
So what I am asking you to do is to take a pause,
and having paused reflect on that state inside that you received and see how you can multiply it further.
So right after meditation, relax more, reflect on your state, for at least
3-4 minutes more, and try to hold on to that state and
walk into the world.
This is a question from Saravanan from Tiruppur
He is asking a question: What is the best time for meditation?
Well, for the process of meditation, we have to somehow begin. The beginning is very important.
Preferably before sunrise, at a fixed hour. If you cannot meditate before sunrise, you
can meditate any other time. Seven o'clock, eight
o'clock, nine o'clock. Sisters who are really busy with daily activities of looking after
breakfast and preparing lunch for family and preparing
children to go to school, they can meditate at noon. So there is no hard and fast rule
for ladies. But for men, and for sisters also, if you
can meditate before the sun rises, it will be a good meditation.
Another question from Mysore, from a friend named Saurabh.
The question is, Will meditation make me happy? These days Iam so depressed and lonely.
I feel the effect of meditation lasts for a few moments and disappears as
my day gets very active.
You see, when we
refer to one sloka from Gita,
Lord Krishna says, how can you be happy?
With every question, He responds also with a solution, with an answer.
He says, “You can be happy under a harmonious situation.
When you are restless, can you be happy? No.
How to bring about harmony within unless you become contemplative, and how can you become
contemplative unless you have a focused mind,
and how can you arrive at a focused mind unless you regulate your mind,
and how are you going to regulate your mind unless you do meditation?” So meditation
and happiness, they are really closely related.
If you are getting disturbed after few minutes of meditation, that means the method that
you are using is not proper. You need a good trainer.
You don't have to spend enormous amount of money, neither
do you have to spend even one naya paisa. The technique taught under Heartfulness,
the guidance is given to you under Heartfulness, pranahuti (yogic transmission) that you received
through Heartfulness is all free.
You are welcome to experiment with it. And let me know within one week, the transformation
that you may see in your attitude, in your lifestyle, in the way you think.