| Who said Meditation was easy? Meditation is not | | | | come in my life? When desires and dissatisfaction will |
| easy. It takes time and it takes energy also, lots of it | | | | bother me no more? When will I be happy and |
| initially. Besides that, it also demands grit, | | | | Blissful always? When will that day of Nirvana come? |
| determination and discipline. And we generally don't | | | | The day of Nirvana is nearer and closer than you |
| mention it frequently and take note of it, but it also | | | | think. Meditation is the key to Nirvana. It's the |
| requires a host of personal qualities like stubbornness, | | | | remedy to all our problems. It is the master key to |
| eagerness and perseverance. | | | | unlock all doors to heaven. It is the antidote for all |
| The American word 'gumption' goes a long way in | | | | the ills that bother us day in and day out. And we |
| summing it all up. In other words, Meditation takes | | | | have been avoiding the medicine called Meditation. |
| 'gumption'. It is definitely much more easier to just | | | | The more we give room to Meditation in our daily |
| kick back and watch your favourite television show. | | | | routine, the more Bliss enters our life. So, it is really |
| Or, just get into the usual pattern of idle gossiping of | | | | worthwhile to bother about meditation, no matter |
| what is going around in the neighbourhood or some | | | | how time consuming and energy consuming it seems |
| other idle chat. | | | | in the beginning. But every second and minute |
| So, the question arises why bother about meditation | | | | devoted to meditation is worth its weight in gold in |
| after all? Why waste all the time and energy when | | | | the long run and pays dividend manifold times. |
| we could be enjoying ourselves or use that time to | | | | The presence of an Enlightened Master makes life |
| make more money for our future? Why bother? But | | | | very easy for the Meditator. The Master is a Pro in |
| its very simple. Because we are human beings. And | | | | the field where the disciple is a rookie. The |
| due to this simple fact that we are human beings, | | | | techniques devised by the Master can go a long way |
| we are heir to an inherent unsatisfactoriness in our | | | | in illuminating the being of the disciple when practised |
| lives, and it does not simply just go away like that. | | | | regularly. The disciple just needs to follow the |
| For a while it is possible to suppress it from our | | | | techniques given by the Guru. |
| conscious mind. We can distract ourselves for many | | | | One such Enlightened Master and Mystic in today's |
| hours and hours at a stretch, but it always comes | | | | time is - Shri Anandmurti Gurumaa. She has devised |
| back. No matter what the object of distraction is, it | | | | Meditation techniques that make meditation as easy |
| simply finds itself incapable to grabbing our attention | | | | as a child's play. Its enough just to follow her |
| and interest for a long time. We eventually get bored | | | | Meditation CDs with easy instructions and soulful |
| and shift to some other distraction. | | | | music. Heightened Awareness and Blissful Living |
| But all of a sudden, seemingly out of the blue, we all | | | | follows just like a shadow. Then, Meditation becomes |
| do sit up, once in a while and take stock of the | | | | not something to avoid or run away from, but it |
| actual situation of our life. We ask ourselves this | | | | becomes an activity that we relish from out heart |
| question - When is the day of true Bliss going to | | | | and enjoy the most. |