Spirituality prepares us not only for this life
the learning of spirituality lasts forever
It remains accumulated
it helps us into the future as well.
There are many many advantages to this.
Because, you know, some of you who are exposed to neuroscience
will appreciate this idea that as we age
so do our neural pathways also. They become very rigid and you will lose
what they call neuroplasticity. Meaning
your ability to remain flexible with ideas, opinions
And as you become more rigid with your ideas and opinions, dogmas, beliefs, this and that,
you lose your focus; you lose your openness; you leave the ability to adjust
So,
when you turn forty-five, fifty, sixty, what happens then?
You are aging.
Old people even at sixty, I don’t know how many of you
are associated,may be your parents must be fifty something
or even when you witness somebody at the age of sixty, sixty-five, seventy
ask them to sit properly
Forget about meditation but just let them sit properly
for about twenty minutes or thirty minutes.
They will say, “I cannot sit for thirty minutes, my back is hurting, or my legs are hurting.”They cannot bend
So sooner we sharpen our consciousness, at an earlier age, the better it is for us.
There are other advantages also that when genetically your
system is getting prepared at a cellular level because of this meditation.
After marriage when you have your children,
they will have a different genetic preparation.
Imagine you have started meditation at fifty or sixty,
would you be in a position to transfer your genetic code
which has been potentialized because of meditation? It will not be there.
Secondly, if you think, I don’t know how many of you read Swami Vivekananda’s life
He died very early.
Imagine if he had decided I will start meditation at the age of fifty-five, after retirement
no one would have known Vivekananda because he died much earlier.
So the most vital things in life we should not delay. Finish it first.
To me, spirituality is more vital than even education, your degrees
Because Spirituality prepares us not only for this life
the learning of spirituality lasts forever
It remains accumulated
it helps us into the future as well.
There are many many advantages to this.
Sooner you begin meditation, better it is. Afterwards
it becomes difficult to even digest certain concept
\because your understanding is also not so flexible.
Your nerves also will not cooperate
I will give you one simple example
In order to do that you can also try and experiment in your colleges, in your campus
Have fifty students or ten students, a group of ten students.
You give them the method
how to meditate as per Heartfulness way.
Then give them the method,
same method, to another group but
with Transmission, with Yogic Transmission.
Have some questions – parameters
“How did you feel?” and you ask the other group “How did you feel?”
Compare the results you will know it
and if you like to do further research
you can find out ten different best institutions of India in the field of meditation
Mindfulness, Vipasana, Sri Sri, Sadhgurus, Brahmakumaris all you name them,
have ten from each, They may not come but get their methodology,
apply it to ten students each, let them write those parameters,
you know, that fundamental questions
Also
compare that with these ten or fifty individuals that you have chosen
meditating with Yogic Transmission under Heartfulness way.
You can create a beautiful Research paper on this.
So people would know scientifically
which is the best system prevailing in India today.
So good luck and I would like to hear from you how your experiment also goes.
I am telling you with lot of confidence,
with lot of courage and confidence I am sharing this with you, it is as they say,
it is a challenge.