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7 Tips for Meditation

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



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