| Through meditation we can bring about greater peace | | | | Teacher who inspires you. Or just use flowers and a |
| of mind and powers of concentration. The length of | | | | candle. If you meditate in the same place every day it |
| time we meditate is not as important as the focus we | | | | builds up a meditative atmosphere.4. |
| give during our meditation. If we can meditate with a | | | | AspirationAspiration to meditate. If we are hungry then |
| silent mind for 5 minutes we can bring to the fore our | | | | we are eat. It is the same with meditation if we are not |
| own divine qualities of inner peace and inner happiness. | | | | satisfied with what we have and would like to |
| This is an inner joy independent of any outer success | | | | discover the inner peace within ourselves then we will |
| or outer prosperity.When offering meditation classes | | | | be motivated to meditate every day. This aspiration or |
| for the Sri Chinmoy Centre I offer these 7 tips which | | | | inner cry is perhaps more important than learning many |
| will help us to meditate more successfully.1. Quiten The | | | | techniques.5. Perseverance and PatienceIn the |
| MindThe Goal of meditation is to go beyond the mind. | | | | beginning we cannot expect results overnight, each |
| Meditation cannot be done by thinking. All the different | | | | time we meditate we are adding to our capacity's |
| paths of meditation share this common feature of | | | | even if we don't have great experiences then we |
| cultivating a silent mind. When our mind is silent we can | | | | need to persevere. If we practise sincerely we will |
| start to enter a new consciousness, a consciousness | | | | progress.6. Use the Qualities of the Spiritual HeartThe |
| not limited by the intellectual mind.2. ConcentrationIn | | | | heart is the location of the soul. If we focus on the |
| whatever we do,we will be more succesful if we can | | | | heart, immediately our thoughts have less power. By |
| concentrate fully on the task in hand. This means being | | | | concentrating on our heart we can enter into the |
| single pointed. When we meditate we need to switch | | | | vastness of meditation.7. Cultivate HappinessIt is |
| off from everything else and put all our attention onto | | | | important to bear in mind the goal of meditation is to |
| the meditation.3. Place to MeditateIt is very helpful to | | | | uplift our consciousness and have a more positive |
| find a Quiet Place to meditate every day. I have a | | | | outlook about life and about ourselves. When we |
| small corner of my room specially set aside for | | | | meditate well we will have a positive outlook on life. |
| meditation. You can use a picture of a saint or | | | | |