Category: Meditation

A Joyous Escape

10653305_1639982566228168_6495977721053626668_n“Approach meditation with ease and as a joyous escape—after all, you practice this activity naturally during moments of daydreaming or lucid awareness. Be unconcerned with rules or guidelines lest this become a chore of drudgery. Instead, allow your mind to quiet itself at its own pace, and compassionately let your body slow down of its own accord—this is meditation. It’s a time when your mind is completely connected to your heavenly home. Think of it as hooking up to a fuel station, where you’re filled with energy, ideas, and tranquility. There are countless ways to calm your mind, and as we just mentioned, you shouldn’t burden yourself with worries about your specific method. That you meditate is more important than how you do so. Closing your eyes and breathing deeply is one technique, as is sitting in front of an altar or relaxing outdoors in nature.The words meditate and medicate share the same root for good reason, since they’re both approaches to health. Meditation is your free and portable healing agent whose only side effects are peace of mind and rejuvenation. Approach it as you would a delicious meal, for it’s a true spiritual banquet. Enjoy your tranquil moments today in the spirit of feeding your needs and desire.”

Doreen Virtue

“The Sufi Path of Love and The Secret of Mystical Oneness” with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

In this introductory talk about Sufism, Llewellyn Vaugh-Lee explains Meditation. He says, “It gives you direct access to higher states of consciousness. You experience a reality beyond the mind that is a state of dynamic nothingness. Our normal state of consciousness keeps us separated from this. To explore states of consciousness, while still living in this world, is the most wonderful thing you can do for yourself to open new doors to what it really means to be a human being. You open the doorway to your heart and surrender your consciousness to God.”  At the end of the talk (1:02,) he explains Indian Meditation techniques as “using love to still the mind and put all of yourself into your heart.  When thoughts come as they do, put them into your heart.”

Toward The One Spirituality In Everyday Life – A Talk by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, a teacher of meditation and the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of Sufism, speaks about this spiritual practice.  His father brought Sufism to the West.  He explains that Sufism is not a religion but that you can be a Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim and other faiths and be a Sufi.  He explains that Meditation enables you to “get back into the roots of your being.”  When you turn within, you begin to understand what is behind this world and gain the new perspective that All are connected.  You feel the Divine Presence. There are several broadcasts here.  The first one is 24 minutes.