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