So, when people do not have any experience
or any outcome
after sitting for thirty minutes,
closing eyes
which can be tormenting to a lot of people
But here, with Pranahuti (Transmission),
your meditation becomes a smooth sail. You feel like doing it again and again, again and again.
In fact I have to tell people not to overdo it. It is not necessary.
Fear of the unknown,
it is a very complex phenomena.
As a teenager,
or when you are making a crucial decision
or when you are appearing in a school exam,
however well prepared you are,
or in another case, howeve long your relationship may have been,
but that final moment,
you don’t know how it will turn out.
We all, as you say, know the importance of exercise, the right diet, and meditation.
They positively influence our lifestyle and help us evolve altogether.
Now,
I always give this example of physical fitness.
My son is a physical fitness freak, I would say.
He would skip meals but he would exercise no matter what.
I like his dedication towards this physical fitness.
The day he would skip, he would feel so miserable, “Dad it is raining, and I can’t go to my gym.”
It is not that he cannot go there, the gym is closed. I say,“Look, you can do it at home”.
He would say “It is not the same”.
Many people say, “I go to the temple”, or “I go to the ashram
where meditation is better. It is not the same when I do it at home.”
I do agree, perfectly. Because there is that environmental impact. So, what do we learn from this?
One thing is to create an environment.
The second thing is to have a buddy system - like you know you go together with your friend to a gym.
Meditation also, if you can find company, do it together.Even if it is remote,
you can say, “I am sitting here in Goa and you may sit in Mumbai, it is alright. Let us meditate together,”
and see the impact it has. So creating an environment or reaching out to places which are charged
with this divine fragrance.You can meditate in such places. You can meditate with people you like.
Also, just as you need an appetizer before meals, similarly, what will be the appetizer for meditation?
To me, it has always been reading literature on the aspects of meditation - what it can do and how others,
great sages, have felt
after doing some long hours of tapasya. But Heartfulness is very different,
very very different from the age-old traditional system.
Dhyana, as they say, is left to you, how deeply you can go and enjoy that samadhi state.
But here, with Heartfulness, because of Pranahuti (Transmission),
which is transmitted by a trainer with the help of the Guide, one is able to dive deeper into meditation.
So, when people do not have any experience or any outcome after sitting for thirty minutes closing eyes,
which can be tormenting to a lot of people. But here, with Pranahuti (Transmission),
your meditation becomes a smooth sail. You feel like doing it again and again, again and again.
In fact, I have to tell people not to overdo it. It is not necessary.
But the more you do it I think the more you will enjoy and the more transformation you will see in yourself.
You stand out in a crowd when you are physically fit.
Similarly I do find people meditating have a special aura around them.
Around them you will always find peace, you will always find comfort.
While non-meditative mind, restless mind, you feel like running away from them.
You feel,” Oh, just let him be, let’s go away from here”.
So this is the result of a restless mind.
So over the years when we see through our own personal experiences, what all meditation can bring
into one’s life, you get amazed. Later on, you learn that it is not worth skipping
even a day without meditation. Or rather,
it is not worth skipping even a moment without having a meditative mind.
Only a meditative mind can appreciate
whenever there is some turbulence.
It can perceive it, often, even before the turbulence is about to start.
So, you are well prepared.