Like any other skill, meditation requires discipline.
Practise and witness the results.
And one last thing I would emphasise is, when you do meditate,
do it with a joyful heart, joyful attitude.
Our practice of meditation must result in a meditative state.
Even when we are not meditating, that is, when we are at work, or going about our daily activities and especially
while sleeping, the meditative state must accompany us,
for longer and longer durations of the day and the night
So, how to foster this? The key
to that is to create a cycle of constant connection with the heart.
How do we create that cycle of constant connection?
First, we start the day with morning meditation
As soon as we wake up, we try to offer to our own self,
a kind of a reminder that, “Yes, I am going to meditate.
I like to connect with myself.” It is like auto-suggestion, to yourself.
And as we remember to unite with our Heart, we are setting the tone and direction for our day.
Next, the cleaning technique.
It is ideal to do our cleaning at the end of the day’s work, because during the day
we acquire many impressions in the form
as repetitive thoughts,
emotions, inner disturbances, etc
So we want to remove them, so
that we clear our inner space, our heart space
Cleaning also ensures
that our work-life and its stresses do not spill into our family and family life.
Finally at bed time, just before we sleep, we do a short meditation,
a prayerful meditation. We meditate for a few minutes
bringing our attention to the light in our heart, like we do in the morning
And we set our intentions, which is to be in attuned to our heart at all times
and be one with the highest potential, that is within us
If possible, we can scan through all the day’s activities,
see where we went wrong, see where we need to improve and resolve at that time
through this meditation, in a very subtle way, in a very gentle way,
how not to repeat the same mistake again. This resolution is improvement
And such constant improvements in ourself, makes us better and better all the time
This is what I would like to call it as continuous improvement
So, at bed time, we kindle our longing for this inward connection to deepen
knowing that the guidance we need, is also within our heart. Our heart is now our guide
As we go to sleep, this connection continues in our subconscious,
making it easier for us to meditate the next morning
Thus we are also able to make use of the idle, unproductive hours of sleep.
Sleep, no doubt gives us rest. It helps us recuperate our system at a physical level
But now, we are trying to make use of these hours of sleep, to our better advantage
in improving our consciousness.
In Yoga Shastra, we call going from Sushupti or deep sleep
into Turiya state, the fourth condition, which is highly described.
Anyway, first thing that we do in the morning consciously, is to connect
and the last thing that we do at bed time is to bring this
conscious connection with ourselves into the subconscious, while we go to sleep
And over time, through repetition
and through fashioning a routine,
through a cycle of connection
we expand our capacity
to be attuned to our heart
and the highest potential
within us, at all times.
That is also why I recommend that we have got to fix a regular time.
We should set aside a regular place for daily meditation, or practice every day.
You will have newer and deeper and longer lasting experiences, I assure you
I promise you, you will have them
Like any other skill, meditation requires discipline.
Practise and witness the results.
And one last thing I would emphasise is, when you do meditate,
do it with a joyful heart, joyful attitude.
Meditation must be a joyful exercise. Only then, we can master it.
Thank you.