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Meditation is Listening to God’s Will
Q – If one has faith and believes that God exists, how important is it to pray, meditate, etc.? Prayer is asking God what you want for yourself or thanking him for what you have received. Meditation is listening to God’s will. If you believe in God, then ... -
Meditation Keeps the Mind Clean Like a Mirror
Q – When is a good time to meditate and when you are meditating, what should you think about? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar- Meditate in the morning, afternoon, and evening, before food: before breakfast, lunch and dinner. When thoughts come, normally what ... -
When We Meditate, Our Work Happens Easily
Q – Why is there still some awareness when one is deep in meditation? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – There are five different experiences of the senses – sight, sense, sound, taste, and touch. They continue as a very subtle primordial nature. Though there ... -
Your body is emitting energy all the time
This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Q: (A member of the audience spontaneously asked a question without a mike and the question was inaudible). Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Listen. You are breathing? Yes, you are! Definitely. ... -
Meditation: Equipping Women at Work
A meditation teacher passionate about women projects, the chairperson of International Women’s Conference, a gifted singer and the sister of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar- Bhanumathi Narasimhan is a versatile lady wearing many hats, effortlessly. Here, she ... -
Meditation in the Art of Filmmaking
In conversation with Kunal Deshmukh Having embarked on his Bollywood filmmaking career with two films, 30-year-old Kunal Deshmukh says his struggle is common to most. In a chat with Divya Sachdev, Kunal shares how meditation helps him plan, visualize and ... -
Questions on Sahaj Samadhi Meditation
Q. What makes this form of meditation unique – Sahaj Samadhi Meditation? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is simple meditation, yet very profound. Usually something very profound sounds so tough, and something so simple is not so effective. Isn't thi ... -
Happiness springs from faith
It is only through merit that you can have faith. When you lack faith, there can be no happiness in either the inner or the outer world. Happiness springs from faith and in forgetting the body consciousness. Pain and sorrow means you are holding on to bod ... -
Bringing Harmony Into Your Being With Meditation!
The word 'health' in Sanskrit means to be established in one’s self. The body, mind and spirit have to be in harmony. We have seven layers to our existence, that is body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, ego and the self. So, we need to learn ab ... -
What is the need to meditate?
Q- Why is there such a need for meditation in today’s society, in today’s life? Gurudev: You know, if you look into the benefits that meditation brings into your life, we feel it is all the more relevant, all the more needed. In ancient times, meditation ...
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