Meditation Multivitamin For Spiritual Health
In order to maintain inner peace, calm and stability regardless of external circumstances, we need a aily multivitamin of meditation, no reaction and introspection. Meditation s the best medication for all agitations. People have so many troubles today, mainly related tothe stress in their ives. To address this anxiety, sleepessness and discontent, people take ills and filltheir lives with excessive, material "pleasures". For example, when people feel stressed they frequently attempt to forget about it by going to the movies, shopping, drinking alcohol or ndulging in sensual pleasures. However, these are not solutions, as hey neither address nor alleviate the underlying issues. They are simply First-aid bandages to a wound that runs deep beneath the surface. Meditation truly calms the mind, Fills the heart with joy and brings peace to the soul. The serenity and joy found in meditation last throughout the day and throughout life. Meditation is not a simple diversion which works only as long as you are actively engaged in it. Meditation is not a pill whose effect quickly wears off and carries unpleasant side-effects. Rather, meditation brings you in contact with God; it changes the very nature of your being. It brings you back to the world from which you trulycome: the realm of the Divine. As you sit in meditation you will realise the insignificance of that which causes anxiety: you will realise the transient nature of all your troubles. You will realise the infinite joy and boundless peace that come from God and through union with your own divinenature. Try to make a time each day that is "meditation time". It's no problem if you only have five or ten minutes. Don't worry Just do it. Do not say, "Well, i don't have an hour to sit so i won't bother." Commit at least a few minutes to meditation each morning. Try to set time aside for meditation in a quiet, serene atmosphere. It's not crucial that meditation be for an extended period of time. What’s important is that you get conneçted. When you're travelling, maybe on atrip away from your loved ones, you don't need to talk for hours on the phone each day, but you do yearn to call and just "check in" with each other, to hear each other's voice, to "get connected". It's the same with God. Even though ultimately tree we are one with Him-He is inside us and all around us-until we can deeply realise this Oneness, we feel separate. As long as that feeling of separateness is there, we need meditation. It s the time in which we reconmwith Him, delving deep into the innecore of ourown being, mergingand melting into the Divine Ocean of blisThen with practice, slowly you wiseethat your life becomes meditatiorwill not be restricted to one time andplace. Even when it is not "meditatiotime"or when you are away from you home, away from your "meditation place", do not thinkthat you cannot meditate. Take five minutes at work tsimply close your eyes, watch your breath, focus on the Oneness of us alland connect with the Divine. Eventually, your life willbecomemeditation and you will become a torchbearer of peace, spreading thelight of serenity, love and brotherhocwherever you go. (The InternationalYoga Festival is being held at ParmanNiketan, March 1-7, in Rishikesh.)
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Courtesy: Swami Chidanand Saraswati Speaking Tree,Times of India
Meditation Multivitamin For Spiritual Health
In order to maintain inner peace, calm and stability regardless of external circumstances, we need a aily multivitamin of meditation, no reaction and introspection. Meditation s the best medication for all agitations. People have so many troubles today, mainly related tothe stress in their ives. To address this anxiety, sleepessness and discontent, people take ills and filltheir lives with excessive, material "pleasures". For example, when people feel stressed they frequently attempt to forget about it by going to the movies, shopping, drinking alcohol or ndulging in sensual pleasures. However, these are not solutions, as hey neither address nor alleviate the underlying issues. They are simply First-aid bandages to a wound that runs deep beneath the surface. Meditation truly calms the mind, Fills the heart with joy and brings peace to the soul. The serenity and joy found in meditation last throughout the day and throughout life. Meditation is not a simple diversion which works only as long as you are actively engaged in it. Meditation is not a pill whose effect quickly wears off and carries unpleasant side-effects. Rather, meditation brings you in contact with God; it changes the very nature of your being. It brings you back to the world from which you trulycome: the realm of the Divine. As you sit in meditation you will realise the insignificance of that which causes anxiety: you will realise the transient nature of all your troubles. You will realise the infinite joy and boundless peace that come from God and through union with your own divinenature. Try to make a time each day that is "meditation time". It's no problem if you only have five or ten minutes. Don't worry Just do it. Do not say, "Well, i don't have an hour to sit so i won't bother." Commit at least a few minutes to meditation each morning. Try to set time aside for meditation in a quiet, serene atmosphere. It's not crucial that meditation be for an extended period of time. What’s important is that you get conneçted. When you're travelling, maybe on atrip away from your loved ones, you don't need to talk for hours on the phone each day, but you do yearn to call and just "check in" with each other, to hear each other's voice, to "get connected". It's the same with God. Even though ultimately tree we are one with Him-He is inside us and all around us-until we can deeply realise this Oneness, we feel separate. As long as that feeling of separateness is there, we need meditation. It s the time in which we reconmwith Him, delving deep into the innecore of ourown being, mergingand melting into the Divine Ocean of blisThen with practice, slowly you wiseethat your life becomes meditatiorwill not be restricted to one time andplace. Even when it is not "meditatiotime"or when you are away from you home, away from your "meditation place", do not thinkthat you cannot meditate. Take five minutes at work tsimply close your eyes, watch your breath, focus on the Oneness of us alland connect with the Divine. Eventually, your life willbecomemeditation and you will become a torchbearer of peace, spreading thelight of serenity, love and brotherhocwherever you go. (The InternationalYoga Festival is being held at ParmanNiketan, March 1-7, in Rishikesh.)
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Swami Chidanand Saraswati kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Swami Chidanand Saraswati Speaking Tree,Times of India