Understand your Mind

Mind functions on different levels; thoughts are propelled by mind due to certain conditions. We expect certain responses from people, situations, and when they do not happen as we had planned, then the mind gets disturbed. The agitations of the mind result in great turmoil, and this turmoil, this commotion generates several and varied thoughts. We pay great attention to the minutest activities, like the kind of clothes we wear, the fashion we follow, the place to hang out, membership of a particular club, and so on. And we don’t pay heed to an important thing: how does our mind functions? How just a thought can bring pain, anguish, jealousy, mistrust, doubt, joy? We are least bothered about our cluttered mind but we ensure that our house is clean. It is futile to clean the outside when your inside is blemished with numerous negativities. So, there is a need to connect to your inner self which is possible only through meditation.
Meditation is not just about sitting in padmasana (lotus pose) or just doing something or just standing upside down or following just a routine of yogic exercises. Meditation does not involve even various ways of breathing exercises. Meditation includes all of the above and much more. Meditation is transgressing the mind, witnessing the mind in all its subtleties.

Walking Meditation

WE HAVE BEEN WALKING AND WALKING EVER SINCE WE TOOK THE FIRST STUMBLING STEP, HOLDING THE FINGER OF OUR PARENTS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF WALKING LIKE WALKING FAST TO CATCH THE BUS, WALKING IN A JIFFY, IN ANGER WHILE THUMPING THE FLOOR, WALKING TIP-TOED AND WALKING GENTLY WITH OUR LOVED ONES. BUT THERE IS YET ANOTHER WAY OF WALKING AND THIS IS CALLED WALKING MEDITATION, IN WHICH YOU ARE IN A STATE OF MEDITATIVENESS.
WITH THIS TECHNIQUE, A SIMPLE EARTHLY WALK CAN BE CHANGED INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY DIVINE PLAY. THIS IS AN ART IN ITSELF.
WALKING MEDITATION INVOLVES WATCHING STEP AFTER STEP, BEING AWARE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE BODY AS THE ARMS MOVE BACK AND FORTH, JIGGLE IN THE THIGHS AND BUNS, THE GENTLENESS AND THE GRACE OF THE HUMAN BODY. BEING WITNESS TO THIS FLOW, THIS MAGICAL DANCE OF THE BODY MOVEMENT LEADS TO AN OPENNESS THAT COMES FROM WITHIN.
ISN’T IT SURPRISING THAT WE WALK AND YET DON’T KNOW HOW TO? SO LEARN THIS TECHNIQUE OF REAL WALKING.

Stop the Nonsense

Once, Mulla Nasruddin thrashed his son black and blue. His son asked him, sobbing: “Father, did your father use to beat you?” Mullah said: “Yes”. Then his son asked: “And your grandfather, did he beat your father?” Mullah said: “Yes”. “And your great grandfather beat up your grandfather?” “Yes”. Then the son shook his head and said: “So, when will this nonsense stop?”
Our mind cannot stop. It has built up this habit of compulsive thinking and we don’t know how to put a stop to this nonsense. Meditation stops this nonsense. It is a conscious effort; it doesn’t happen on its own. It won’t happen because someone has blessed you or some energy gets transferred and you become a Buddha.
No such miracle happens. It is the path in which you have to take every step, clear the mist of thoughts. You watch all of the activities happening in the mind yet remain aloof. Once you have achieved this state, then whatever you do will have the quality of meditation in it. Simple tasks like eating, walking, sleeping will change into meditation, giving you the mystical experience of peace and composure. Till this moment is achieved, you need to give quality time towards working diligently in order to experience meditation.

Meditation Retreat

Communion with the Master

For the ones who want to understand and experience the inner world of profound tranquility, Gurumaa has been conducting meditation camps round the year, at various places. Five days of retreat with the master revitalize and nourish the soul, healing the wounds of mind, afflicted for ages…dissolving into the ocean of pure bliss!

Master is the Door

Many a times seekers try to meditate on their own, absolutely oblivious of the intricacies involved. Sometimes they take help of the revered ancient holy books or refer to the meditation techniques taught by great mystics in their times. But because of lack of guidance when a leap beyond mind seems light years away, they just despair. In reality, there is no need to despair but to learn meditation from an enlightened master. Master acts as a door through which disciple can pass through and be one with the divine.

Oodles of Energy

Luminous presence of an enlightened master creates a highly charged field of consciousness paving the way for seekers to travel far more easily and faster than alone. When meditating with the master, one becomes more open and receptive allowing immense positive energies to enter one’s being which brings great transformations.

Nothing Compares!

With the advent of technological advancements, today we have CDs and Cassettes of various meditation techniques. They are a wonderful medium to keep oneself on the track provided one is determined to practice persistently. However, no technology has yet been able to capture the grace of the master. To experience immense joy, happiness, love, stress relief, relaxation and beyond… a communion with the master is required which happens only when you are present in the presence of a living master. Don’t miss to be part of the upcoming meditation retreat.