35. Meditation: going to the bottom of the sea
The act of meditation is in many ways an immersion into the deeper part of our being – an unlimited consciousness that lies beyond the often superficial human existence. True, the human reality cannot be ignored because it needs perfection and fulfilment. But if we are only ever aware of our limited human nature, we never get to expand into the deeper reality, the heart and soul. In meditation we try to dive deep into the sea of tranquility that we all possess inside us – that “sea of peace and joy and light” that Sri Chinmoy alludes to in his poem, The Golden Flute.
In this weeks meditation exercise, Sri Chinmoy offers a simple visualisation to help us discover and swim in the inner sea:
Meditation with Kishore
FEBRUARY WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN CHRISTCHURCH
Presented by guest speaker Kishore Cunningham. Kishore has studied and practised meditation under the guidance of his teacher Sri Chinmoy for 35 years. Based in Melbourne where he is director of the Melbourne Sri Chinmoy Centre, Kishore has taught meditation internationally for over 30 years.
The weekend workshop will introduce you to a range of techniques and skills such as clearing the mind, breathing, mantras, visualisation and step-by-step guidelines to establishing your own home practise of meditation.
TOPICS & TECHNIQUES WILL INCLUDE:
34. Creative visualisation: a flower inside your heart
For this weeks meditation exercise, we move to the realm of creative visualisations – using our imagination to create a reality that inspires the mind and brings forward the inner propensities. This is not the act of day-dreaming or creating false realities, but rather the act of bringing forward realities that already exist within us.
Sri Chinmoy's words:
33. Your heart's door
This week Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation exercise for increasing our good and divine qualities by allowing them to enter our spiritual heart – through “your heart's door” as Sri Chinmoy puts it.
32. You are only the heart
What better way to escape the doubting, halting, vacillating mind than to feel that you do not have a mind! Hard to do? Yes, but not impossible if we can go beyond the mind and utilise the sweet, tranquil and vast spiritual heart. Do we become mindless morons – no more than robotic? Not at all!
Physical Spiritual
Posted December 30th, 2009 by ujjwalaI run to exercise my physical
And meditate to tone my spiritual.
I run on hills, paths and beaches,
Meditating there too, but usually seated.
I run and see new faces, places
And meditate enjoying inner races.
I run with friends and sometimes alone
And meditate with bliss, reaped and sown.
I run for a time and distance goal
And meditate for the destination of my soul.
Mantra
Posted December 30th, 2009 by ujjwalaInside Himalayan Caves,
Over monestry walls,
Across the hill tops of Tibet,
One can hear those syllables.
In the quaint street of Salisbury,
Down a conservative lane,
Those mantric sounds too,
Could be heard all the same.
Susan had sat apon her cushion,
Rearranged herself again,
Stilling the mind for meditation
Was difficult to attain.
Remembering that mantras,
Were an ancient technique.
In the corner of her bedroom,
Released the power of speech.
31. Feel you are a child
You tell me that you do not want to fall anymore.
You want to rise, only rise.
I tell you the secret of secrets:
This moment cry like a child,
Next moment smile like a child.
This is the way you can rise and rise at every moment.
(Source)
30. The Spiritual Heart: The Abode Of Light
For this weeks meditation exercise, Sri Chinmoy offers more techniques for focusing on the spiritual heart - a place which he describes as "the abode of light".
'Songs of the Soul' in Bangladesh
Posted December 19th, 2009 by ujjwalaI have just returned from Bangladesh, what an incredible experience!