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Nine States of Awareness
Before you start reading this post, let me say at the outset, my write up today may sound dry and boring to those who aren’t into meditation. Plus, it’s much longer than my usual weekly post. Hence, if you are not … Read more →
The Anatomy of a Thought
A while ago, I wrote briefly on the two types of meditation, namely, concentrative and contemplative (more here). An important exercise in contemplative meditation is to reflect on the nature of a thought, and one of the most defining moments … Read more →
Nine Stages of Attaining Bliss
The nine stages of mahamudra are identical to the nine states of attention elucidated in my last post. The more I meet aspiring yogis or serious meditators, the more I realize how great the misconceptions are about meditation. What really … Read more →
Nine States of Attention
My inbox was inundated with emails after my post last week. Most readers had the same challenges. Most notably, their mind wanders off while meditating and they struggle to get it back to the object of meditation. The second most … Read more →
How to Attract
You have probably heard and read about the law of attraction. To think about it, almost everyone is working to avoid suffering, they are working towards ever-elusive happiness, trying to attract the positives. No one wants negative people around them … Read more →
Problem Or Inconvenience
How can you make yourself happy, you wonder? Here is a short story that will inspire you to think. A man in search of the truth ended up at the monastery of a sage. He prostrated before the master and … Read more →
Forgive Yourself
Why is it important to forgive yourself? Much has been written about forgiveness, it is considered to be a divine virtue, as far as I know, all religions of the world encourage it. Forgiving is often the most noble gesture, … Read more →
The Law of Attraction
You have probably read about the Law of Attraction. It talks about how to get from the universe whatever you want, that, you can attract love, wealth, good people, and many other things into your life. Many a time people … Read more →
Emotional Healing — Erasing Psychic Imprints
As promised earlier, I am elucidating for you the practice of emotional healing and erasing psychic imprints. Emotions are stored in the form of images and words. Even in the case of people going through physical abuse, the physical wounds … Read more →
Emotional Healing — Getting Over the Pain
Life is an aggregate of ceaselessly unfolding sequential moments, a potpourri of experiences, a medley of the tendencies and proclivities of the mind; an unmodified collection of psychic imprints, that have been traveling with you, over lifetimes, making you who … Read more →
The Two Truths
What is the fundamental key to having harmony in relationships? Before I expound on the topic, let me share with you a short story. The setting was elementary school. The Maths teacher approached a student famous for his love of … Read more →
Images: The Fourth Hurdle in Meditation
Today, as I finish my exposition on mental transformation, I bring to you the fourth common defect in meditation. Over twenty weeks ago, we started our journey on understanding the Yoga of Self Transformation. I wrote that self-transformation comprises transforming … Read more →
Thoughts: The Third Hurdle in Meditation
There are four primary hurdles, the pitfalls one has to constantly watch out for to achieve quality meditation and noticeable results. I elucidated the hurdles of restlessness and laziness in the previous posts. Today, I am going to shed light … Read more →
Laziness in Meditation
In the last post in this series, I wrote about restlessness as the foremost hurdle in meditating correctly. As mentioned earlier there are four common flaws that prevent the meditator from experiencing oneness, that exalted state, the natural state of … Read more →
Restlessness in Meditation
The next four posts, this one on restlessness included, are key to your success in meditating correctly. The other three hurdles are laziness in meditation, thoughts in meditation, and emotions in meditation. I am going to share with you the … Read more →
