7 Tips for Meditation

Through meditation we can bring about greater peaceTeacher who inspires you. Or just use flowers and a
of mind and powers of concentration. The length ofcandle. If you meditate in the same place every day it
time we meditate is not as important as the focus webuilds up a meditative atmosphere.4.
give during our meditation. If we can meditate with aAspirationAspiration to meditate. If we are hungry then
silent mind for 5 minutes we can bring to the fore ourwe 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 successdiscover the inner peace within ourselves then we will
or outer prosperity.When offering meditation classesbe motivated to meditate every day. This aspiration or
for the Sri Chinmoy Centre I offer these 7 tips whichinner cry is perhaps more important than learning many
will help us to meditate more successfully.1. Quiten Thetechniques.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 differenttime we meditate we are adding to our capacity's
paths of meditation share this common feature ofeven if we don't have great experiences then we
cultivating a silent mind. When our mind is silent we canneed to persevere. If we practise sincerely we will
start to enter a new consciousness, a consciousnessprogress.6. Use the Qualities of the Spiritual HeartThe
not limited by the intellectual mind.2. ConcentrationInheart is the location of the soul. If we focus on the
whatever we do,we will be more succesful if we canheart, immediately our thoughts have less power. By
concentrate fully on the task in hand. This means beingconcentrating on our heart we can enter into the
single pointed. When we meditate we need to switchvastness of meditation.7. Cultivate HappinessIt is
off from everything else and put all our attention ontoimportant to bear in mind the goal of meditation is to
the meditation.3. Place to MeditateIt is very helpful touplift our consciousness and have a more positive
find a Quiet Place to meditate every day. I have aoutlook about life and about ourselves. When we
small corner of my room specially set aside formeditate well we will have a positive outlook on life.
meditation. You can use a picture of a saint or