I had started meditation when I was very young but after my marriage I was not able to continue that . but since last four to five years I am practicing meditation and it has changed my life greatly .
I think meditation is a blessing of God only a person who is chosen by God can meditate. In meditation a person finds such happiness which can not be found in any worldly thing. When I meditate with full concentration it makes me lighter, freeier and happier. In my daily life my attitude towards life is changed. Every thing is on going I feel shanti inside. People do not bother me. I do not care if somebody hates me or not happy with me. I want to make people happy, help them, care them as much as I can and try not to expect any return. As I am still an infant in this spritual path so some times I got frustrated and felt hurt but then I take shelter of my creator and give myself totally to him. And who can be more protector than Him.
I meditate at 4 o'clock in the morning for almost an hour. This morning time is most peaceful in 24 hours and it is scientifically proved that at this time the Earth is covered with such cosmic rays which are very good for human mind body and spirit. If a person meditate at this time regularly or even only sit silently beneath the sky his mind and bodily health improves a lot.
I practice my meditation in the guidance of my Murshid (guru) and I think every type of meditation is beneficial if practiced with honesty and love for the creator. Only love and dedication is required for success, any thing else comes after that. If a person is willing than automatically nature guides and shows the right path for him. The more carving for truth the more success in spritual life. I pray that God lights up this fire of ishq (love) in every human heart as without this ishq life is a total waste.
--mehtab mumtaz
Showing posts with label guided meditation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guided meditation. Show all posts
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Gurumaa is Energy
Gurumaa is energy, clairvoyant, authentic , cosmic power, light and love. Like a mother, sometimes she talks lovingly, and sometimes in hard words, an enlightened mystic Gurumaa is awaking us for meditation. Gurumaa is energy and she is awaking us saying, realize yourself that you are also energy, you are not body. This body is instrument and energy is the real power in you and all the work are done by this power.
But you are wasting energy in meaningless thoughts. So heal your mind by meditation. Your mind is not of yesterday, but of thousands of years old. There are so many blockages in your mind. See yourself if you can. Be able to see this. You can be free of all this. Your clarity of mind make you powerful.
When you meditate under the guidance of Gurumaa your kundalini can easily be awaken and you can feel energy in your body. With rise in your energy you get many experiences, you can see the energy colors in you, many emotions and vibrations happen in the body. In these emotions your clarity happen and by vibration your energy arise and you can understand where you are. It may be very clear to you that you are with an enlightened one.
Join your meditation with crystal gazing Gurumaa, in which Gurumaa is guiding you. The main thing you need when you present yourself in front of Gurumaa is that you have some practice of living in silence. This way when you join guided meditation techniques, you can find good results.
Meditation is a way to empower you, to make you realize of your true self. Your intentions and attentions make you so powerful that you can be involved in the welfare of mankind. You can try every guided meditation CD of Gurumaa for meditation. if you are not able to sit, then start with meditational music. Then start Gurumaa’s active meditation – Urja. This will be good preparation for meditation. If you prepare well, you can be meditative with Gurumaa’s spiritual songs and maybe by only seeing Gurumaa.
-veena sikri
But you are wasting energy in meaningless thoughts. So heal your mind by meditation. Your mind is not of yesterday, but of thousands of years old. There are so many blockages in your mind. See yourself if you can. Be able to see this. You can be free of all this. Your clarity of mind make you powerful.
When you meditate under the guidance of Gurumaa your kundalini can easily be awaken and you can feel energy in your body. With rise in your energy you get many experiences, you can see the energy colors in you, many emotions and vibrations happen in the body. In these emotions your clarity happen and by vibration your energy arise and you can understand where you are. It may be very clear to you that you are with an enlightened one.
Join your meditation with crystal gazing Gurumaa, in which Gurumaa is guiding you. The main thing you need when you present yourself in front of Gurumaa is that you have some practice of living in silence. This way when you join guided meditation techniques, you can find good results.
Meditation is a way to empower you, to make you realize of your true self. Your intentions and attentions make you so powerful that you can be involved in the welfare of mankind. You can try every guided meditation CD of Gurumaa for meditation. if you are not able to sit, then start with meditational music. Then start Gurumaa’s active meditation – Urja. This will be good preparation for meditation. If you prepare well, you can be meditative with Gurumaa’s spiritual songs and maybe by only seeing Gurumaa.
-veena sikri
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
A LIFE FULL OF MEANING
LONG time back about 7 yrs back a day came in my life that is very difficult for me to forget… A day when I came to “GURUMAA ASHRAM”. I used to hear a lot about “ANANDMURTI GURUMAA” from my parents & my uncle…& I thought I would be very lucky if I just see a glimpse of “GURUMAAJI” & that day arrived. From that day onwards my life changed a lot, now it is just the opposite of what it was seven years back. After that I attended shivir, youth shivir ,in which I just love to go…& these shivirs I think I cant afford to miss them…
“GURUMAAJI” taught us meditation & after that my concentration power had increased a lot & the best thing is that through meditation I got to know that my body & my conscious are two different things. In meditation one keeps oneself away from his body. We are looking what is happening all around us & now things don’t matter a lot.to me, like I am taking my life as it comes & my mind is calm & relaxed & worries don’t bother me a lot..
I just keep “GURUMAAJI’S WORDS” in my mind as a student” STUDY WELL & DO YOUR WORK WITH FULL CONCENTRATION “ These words for me as a student help me to live my life happily & the meditation taught by “GURUMAAJI”
“TRATAK DHAYAN”-Its concentrating on a flame without blinking your eyes. It helps students a lot to increase their concentration power in studies. as it has helped me a lot.
With GURU in my life its life full of happiness that isn’t temporary but is permanent & A LIFE FULL OF MEANING.
--shikha
“GURUMAAJI” taught us meditation & after that my concentration power had increased a lot & the best thing is that through meditation I got to know that my body & my conscious are two different things. In meditation one keeps oneself away from his body. We are looking what is happening all around us & now things don’t matter a lot.to me, like I am taking my life as it comes & my mind is calm & relaxed & worries don’t bother me a lot..
I just keep “GURUMAAJI’S WORDS” in my mind as a student” STUDY WELL & DO YOUR WORK WITH FULL CONCENTRATION “ These words for me as a student help me to live my life happily & the meditation taught by “GURUMAAJI”
“TRATAK DHAYAN”-Its concentrating on a flame without blinking your eyes. It helps students a lot to increase their concentration power in studies. as it has helped me a lot.
With GURU in my life its life full of happiness that isn’t temporary but is permanent & A LIFE FULL OF MEANING.
--shikha
Enjoying my spiritual journey with my master
About 5 years ago I was fortunate enough to meet Gurumaaji, as soon as I saw her I felt an aura of peace around her. I began listening to the discourses that were on Sony TV and even attended Satsangs. It was from this that I found out about meditation, its benefits and also about the different guided meditation techniques available. Gurumaaji stressed the importance of meditation and recommended using specially designed meditation CD’s. There is a variety of meditation CD’s on offer, with different techniques.
The first meditation technique that I used was mantra meditation. This was where you repeat out loud a word such as ‘OM’. I really enjoyed this guided meditation technique and think that it is a good meditation for beginners, as it is easy to understand. Gurumaa recommends doing daily meditation with one technique for 3 months before changing to another one. I have tried most of the meditation CD’s and derive benefits from all.
To start off I found it difficult to sit crossed legged, but with practice and doing yoga, I can now sit for longer. Some of the benefits that I think I have had from practicing meditation are that I have less of a racing mind, less thoughts, peace of mind and being more aware. I feel more positive about life in general and have the strength to face problems and feel as I am more focused about what I want to focus on in life.
My current meditation technique is to start doing breathing meditation, whilst playing meditation music in the background. This is very uplifting and a lovely experience. More recently through doing meditation I have started experiencing catharsis. Catharsis is a procedure of cleansing your mind and getting rid of all repressed feelings from the past. When the body goes through catharsis, which is caused by the rising of energies through meditation, body movements happen automatically. This is a good way to experience that we are not the body and that we are separate from the body. I can see through this that I am the one who is witnessing the movement which is the true self. I do not get frightened about anything that I experience in meditation as Gurumaa has said that nothing bad can happen has a result of doing meditation.
I am thoroughly enjoying my spiritual journey and feel blessed that I have been shown the spiritual path and I hope that I am able to progress in this beautiful path of meditation and self realisation.
--kiran
The first meditation technique that I used was mantra meditation. This was where you repeat out loud a word such as ‘OM’. I really enjoyed this guided meditation technique and think that it is a good meditation for beginners, as it is easy to understand. Gurumaa recommends doing daily meditation with one technique for 3 months before changing to another one. I have tried most of the meditation CD’s and derive benefits from all.
To start off I found it difficult to sit crossed legged, but with practice and doing yoga, I can now sit for longer. Some of the benefits that I think I have had from practicing meditation are that I have less of a racing mind, less thoughts, peace of mind and being more aware. I feel more positive about life in general and have the strength to face problems and feel as I am more focused about what I want to focus on in life.
My current meditation technique is to start doing breathing meditation, whilst playing meditation music in the background. This is very uplifting and a lovely experience. More recently through doing meditation I have started experiencing catharsis. Catharsis is a procedure of cleansing your mind and getting rid of all repressed feelings from the past. When the body goes through catharsis, which is caused by the rising of energies through meditation, body movements happen automatically. This is a good way to experience that we are not the body and that we are separate from the body. I can see through this that I am the one who is witnessing the movement which is the true self. I do not get frightened about anything that I experience in meditation as Gurumaa has said that nothing bad can happen has a result of doing meditation.
I am thoroughly enjoying my spiritual journey and feel blessed that I have been shown the spiritual path and I hope that I am able to progress in this beautiful path of meditation and self realisation.
--kiran
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Meditation – The Spring of Bliss
More than three years ago, I had the good fortune of attending the satsang of Gurumaa for the first time in Kolkata. After that, there was no looking back. As a result of her divine grace, soon after the satsang was over, the devotees at Kolkata started weekly group meditation. I was privileged to be a part of that group. Three years have passed since then and meditation has become a constant companion who visits me everyday. Without my divine friend, life seems boring. I now sometimes feel how I could have lived without this friend of mine who leads me to the inner bliss without fail everyday!
What is meditation? In my younger years, I would wonder. Will I be able to sit for meditation, how will I be able to sit and concentrate on one particular point for so long? How do yogis do that? I know now that it all happens through the guru’s grace. The art of meditation cannot be taught, it has to come on its own. The one thing I have learnt is that if you want to meditate, ‘Your time starts now’ and you cannot relegate it to some other day when you feel more inclined towards it. Like Gurumaa says, our life is fleeting and soon it will be time to go. What better way to enrich our lives by going ahead with our sadhana by meditating everyday.
Gurus say that meditation is the way to ‘experience the power within’. For me it is going into the silence and being with myself. My body and mind both get relaxed and I emerge from my meditation totally refreshed. The practice of watching the breath brings the feeling of being a witness. Sometimes the breathing becomes so slow that it is hardly discernible. The mantra helps in the energy moving upward in the body. We find that the quantity of food and sleep required by the body slowly starts reducing.
There are different types of meditation such as chakra meditation, Buddhist meditation such as orange meditation, bathing meditation, dance meditation etc. In our Centre, we started with the ‘Pranav’ meditation of Gurumaa which introduced us to ‘Om’, the Udgeet or the Anhad, the original and primordial sound. Through ‘Bhramari’ pranayam, we learnt to control our breath, experience the shakti within and go into meditation.
‘Ram Ras’ is another very powerful and intensive meditation of Gurumaa. We invoke the power of the word ‘Ram’ through the breath. We inhale deeply and while exhaling, we say, ‘Ram’. The word ‘Rama’ slowly dissolves and we enter into meditation. We end the meditation with sankirtan.
The other two very powerful experiments of Gurumaa are ‘Urja’ - active meditation, and ‘Nishkriya’ - passive meditation. Urja brings me to thoughtlessness and tandra through the combined effect of Bhastrika, Ujjayi and Kapalbhati pranayams. The feeling of being a witness becomes very profound and I feel myself totally detached from my surroundings. ‘Nishkriya’ Dhyan helps me to remain in the present, at the same time experiencing the different parts of the body. After a few months of practicing this meditation technique regularly, I could actually see different parts of my body in meditation.
‘Tratak’ Dhyan is the practice of concentrating on the flame of a candle in a dark room. One has to constantly gaze at the flame while breathing deeply, without blinking. After some time, with my eyes closed, I see the flame within and try to visualize myself away from my body. I usually have an experience of my prana or energy being pulled upwards.
The sound of gongs and bells at regular intervals are the hallmark of Gurumaa’s ‘Sacred Spaces’ meditation. I can hear the echo of the sound long after it stops and then start waiting for the next round. It improves concentration and helps in bringing about thoughtlessness in an easy and simple manner.
Gurumaa’s other guided meditation CDs such as Shiv Naam Onkar, Shvason ka Vigyan and Sparsh are equally powerful. Stuti Sutra is an ode to the master, a real masterpiece which brings us closer to the guru and enables us to pour out our gratitude to her. Divine music such as ‘Odyssey of Love’ & Sufi Music as well as meditating on Shiva with ‘Shiva’s Ecstasy’ are equally powerful meditation techniques. I have found other meditation techniques such as ‘Mudra’ and ‘Simran’ (‘Wahe Guru’ dhyan) helpful in activating the third eye. The ‘Wahe Guru’ chant keeps reverberating inside for hours after the meditation is over. With Gurumaa, life becomes a walking, sleeping (even while sleeping the ‘sakshi bhav’ does not cease) meditation. Life becomes a celebration!
Initially, I required Gurumaa’s guided meditation to take me deep into meditation. But after so many months of regular practice, I find that on my own, even without any CD or cassette, I am able to experience the silent bliss of meditation. Such is the grace of my Guru!
--Seema
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