By virtue of their experience:
> > "Amma says true meditation is a state of the mind, an experience. Those who > pray to God [the Unified Field} and meditate on Him [It} sincerely will not > feel a shortage of anything that is essential. That is God's resolve. It is > Amma's own experience. Constant thought directed to God [] is meditation, > like the flow of a river. Meditation is good even for small children. Their > intelligence will become clear, memory will increase and they will learn > well." > > > > > "Children, you can find the secret of bliss when you think of the nature of > > the Self. The waves of the mind will subside. Everything is there in you > > already." -Amma > > > > > > > > > > > "Dear children, when you sit for meditation, do not think that you can > > > still your mind immediately. At first, you should relax all parts of your > > > body. Loosen your clothes if they are too tight. Make sure that the spine > > > is erect. Then close your eyes and concentrate your mind on your breath. > > > You should be aware of your inhalation and exhalation. We should become > > > aware of the process. Then the mind will be wakeful. As you sit like that > > > for a while, your mind will become calm. You can continue the meditation > > > by focusing attention on your breath. Or you can start meditation on the > > > form of your beloved deity. Worship becomes easy when we assign a > > > specific form to Brahman (Absolute Reality), Manasa Puja (mental > > > worship)." -Ammachi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "It is always advisable to obtain a mantra from a Self-Realized Master > > > > (Sat-Guru). Until then we may use one of the mantras of our beloved > > > > deity like "Om Namah Shivaya", "Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya", "Om Namo > > > > Narayanaya", "Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna > > > > Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare", "Hari Om", "Om Parashaktyai > > > > Namaha", "Om Shivashaktyaikya Rupinyai Namaha" or even the names of > > > > Christ, Allah or Buddha." -Ammachi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Amma stresses that you need to have the conviction that there is > > > > > nothing greater than remembering God. Then you will find the time > > > > > even in the midst of all your work to do meditation. As soon as you > > > > > get up, meditate for ten minutes. After your bath, meditate again for > > > > > half an hour. In the beginning, it is enough to meditate for a short > > > > > time. After that, you can do your chores. Any work you do with japa > > > > > and constant remembrance of God is also meditation." -Ammachi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Amma says that "the purpose of mantra japa(chanting) is to lead us > > > > > > to the ultimate silence of the Self, from where all sounds and > > > > > > forms arise. Further, in the present age of materialism, chanting > > > > > > the mantra (japa), is the easiest way for us to obtain inner > > > > > > purification and concentration." -Ammachi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Each syllable of a divine name - such as Krishna or Jesus - > > > > > > > > > has vibrations which change the atmosphere. Any object that > > > > > > > > > we think about repeatedly generates its own vibration. Even > > > > > > > > > though mantras are strong and powerful, we may not feel the > > > > > > > > > effects immediately but results will come. One can feel the > > > > > > > > > differences in the vibrations of words. Using the word, one > > > > > > > > > can make things change. -Mother Meera > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Close your eyes and sit in silence and do japa on any > > > > > > > > > > divine name." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Mother Meera > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Find a position to sit, on the floor or in a chair, that > > > > > > > > > > > you will be comfortable in for an entire session. Use a > > > > > > > > > > > position that will allow you to keep your backbone > > > > > > > > > > > straight, with your head and neck aligned with your > > > > > > > > > > > spine. When we sit upright with a straight spine, the > > > > > > > > > > > energy generated by meditation can circulate freely > > > > > > > > > > > throughout our body without being blocked." -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "As you start your meditation, Amma recommends that you > > > > > > > > > > > > can use a mantra to help silence and focus your mind. > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are accustomed to using only a particular mantra > > > > > > > > > > > > during meditation and would like to continue with that, > > > > > > > > > > > > please feel free to do so." -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "If you wish to continue with your mantra, it is not > > > > > > > > > > > > > necessary to ask Amma if you should use it or > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saraswati or Gayatri Mantra or not. Divine Mother > > > > > > > > > > > > > has blessed you with abundant powers of intellect and > > > > > > > > > > > > > spiritual discrimination. You are welcome to use > > > > > > > > > > > > > your discrimination to decide which mantra you feel > > > > > > > > > > > > > is best." -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "What ever you decide, it is important to come to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditation without any doubts or questions." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "If you have been using a particular meditation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mantra and you have obtained good results from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it, you are welcome to continue with your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > technique. Amma teaches certain mantras for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditation because She has personally experienced > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the tremendous benefits that they bring." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My sweet child, meditate. Experience your true > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > self. Silence is elegance. My baby, be silent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and hear the voice of the soul within you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Silence is the foundation for self-realization. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It does not matter what you believe if you are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > only in silence. Silence is honesty in heart. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My sweet children seek the light through > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > truth. Truth is known only by your wise > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > heart. The supreme truth is in the heart of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > everyone. Only a few can practice meditation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > continuously, but I am expecting everyone to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > practice meditation sincerely. -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Time ill spent, is life wasted away. Burst > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with divine grace at every step. Be still > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in meditation; realize the truth. Keep out > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of worldly temptations, and control > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > negative thoughts one by one. Truth leads > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and purifies your heart. Your meditation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > power transforms your life into truth and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > divinity. -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meditate every day. Be humble. Humility > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > embraces all of the other qualities. In > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the great battle of life, the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > difficulties broaden. Have full trust; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > trust your meditation power. Truth is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > all for life. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meditation leads life from ignorance to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wisdom, from weakness to strength, from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > disharmony to harmony, from hatred to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > love, from want to fullness, from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > limitations to boundlessness, from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diversity to unity and from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > imperfection to perfection. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As a way of life meditation deepens > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your understanding and enables you to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know your true Self. -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meditation gives discipline, poise > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and tranquility; it miraculously > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rebuilds one's life. -karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Control of the mind and senses > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is meditation. Meditation is a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > simple path for all faiths." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The meditation is in the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > silence that follows the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mantra." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Karunamayi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > merudanda <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I'd rather learn from one > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird how to sing than teach > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ten thousand > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stars how not to dance." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now then, what is the mantra? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The mantra is the Word in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reverse. As the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Word impels silence outward > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > into creation, so the mantra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > draws creation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > back to its silent source, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > settling vibrations in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > primordial stillness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Through mantra, wave returns > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to sea, mind returns to God. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When the mantra has done its > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > work in you, you won't be > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > repeating > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > anything. Your awareness will > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rest in God, floating in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eternal silence, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the silence before creation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Original innocence will > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > irradiate your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > heart with the light of joy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is real meditation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Therefor, let us not do > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditation. Let us not-do > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Power of Mantra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Some people say that our > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thoughts are powerful. It > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is not thoughts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are powerful, but the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > silence between them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is no need to repeat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > an affirmation or a mantra. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just brush it > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > once > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with awareness, then drop > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it like a sprouted seed in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the rich dark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > loam of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > silence. In that silence, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > attention effortlessly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > slips from the head > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > into > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the heart. Rest there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Real meditation has nothing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to do with "repeating a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mantra." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Repetition is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fruitless: it makes the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mind dull, mechanical and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > small. Contrary to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > public misinformation, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > techniques like > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Transcendental Meditation or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sahaj Samadhi are not based > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on repetition. They utilize a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > much subtler > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > science. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The fruitfulness of mantra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > consists not in its > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > repetition but in its > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > power to dissolve the mind. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the mantra does not > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dissolve the mind > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > into silence, it is not a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > real mantra: it is just > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > another thought > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rattling around in the skull. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mantra fulfills the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > definition of Yoga as given > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in Patanjali's Yoga > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sutras: Yogas chitta-vritti > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nirodahah. "Yoga silences > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the vritti, the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > vibrations of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > consciousness." Mantra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > carries the mind to the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > silence > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was there before God said, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Let there be light." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In Sanskrit, mantra means > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > vehicle for the mind: manas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - mind, tra - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > vehicle. Tra is the root of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > our English suffix, tron. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Electrons carry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > electricity. Positrons > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > carry positivity. Mantras > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > carry mind to its > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > source." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
