Meditation Techniques

The best way to indulge in meditation was indulging in contemplation, introspection most of time. Answers to all our queries also lay within. For increasing power of concentration, self-control our establishing control over five senses and ego was necessitated. We could accomplish this by indulging in contemplation, logical reasoning to reach the hidden underlying truth. On path of yoga meditation […]

Some tried remaining thoughtless, others thought about God… few indulged in spiritual precepts but most did not know how to meditate! State of thoughtlessness is not that easily achieved. We need to work for it. We need negating ego to zero, karma to zero to reach stage of thoughtlessness (state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi).   The best way to indulge in […]

Meditation is indulged primarily via contemplation! Before going to bed in night lying in shavasna pose of yoga one can indulge in self enquiry (Neti… not this, not this) to reach higher realms of spirituality. On path of meditation we need dissolving queries existing within… queries relating to our true real inner self!   One could also indulge in pranayama […]

When one indulges in meditation we were expected to limit our thoughts, stop flow of thoughts to our brain in totality. This could be realized only gradually. The whole crux of meditation was concentrating on a single thought, a single principle of life at a time. This would practically reduce to living in the moment, to be present in the […]

In present times meditation in Himalayas was not necessitated. We could indulge in meditation even while living in confines of home, says Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita! Meditation is always indulged via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach hidden cosmic truths of life contained in scriptures of different religions of world.   Without getting into technicalities like physical […]

If someone asks Bill Gates a well-defined path to becoming successful like him, what would be his reply… he would probably keep mum! Something that is achieved through permutation and combination of various factors, how such a thing could be limited to a single directive, a written paraphrase!   Meditation simply means indulging in contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach […]

If we indulged in yoga meditation as detailed in Bhagavad Gita via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning… we finally reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana), moksha salvation in present life! Indulgence in meditation was necessitated only to cover spiritual journey, never otherwise!   By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161221) Bhagavad […]

Indulging in yoga meditation human beings finally emancipated from cycle of birth and death forever… reaching stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation!   Chanting was a medium to reach God Almighty, to affirm our faith in God Almighty. Yoga meditation is always indulged via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! We need affirming our faith intermittently. Chanting various mantras we repeatedly […]

When a serious traveler of spiritual path realizes that meditation was best indulged via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning; half the spiritual journey was completed! In present times how many people world over indulged in meditation via path of contemplation, the numbers could be counted on fingers!   From six years of age I indulged in meditation every second […]

Meditation, indulgence in contemplation could be done only in isolation, never in group or congregation. Precepts of spirituality detailed in scriptures of different religions of world become accessible only through contemplation, never literal reading! Satsanga (group discussion) helps clarify queries but nothing more. Journey of spirituality was always traveled all alone. None, no guru spiritual master… not even God Almighty […]

Meditation could not be indulged even under a preceptor like Sage Ramakrishna Paramhansa or Maharishi Ramana. Swami Vivekananda never indulged in meditation under guidance of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa. Meditation was always indulged individually through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning!   Through path of meditation we finally dissolved queries within. This became possible when we contemplated on deeper issues of […]

When we were isolated from the society, not necessarily going to deep dense jungles (forests)… one could indulge in serious contemplation to know hidden cosmic truths of life. It was only in the later stages of spiritual pursuit, every environment was suitable… even the most crowded places.   Walking on a sunny beach all alone or the winding paths of […]

What was the biggest cosmic truth of our life… that we were primarily a spirit, consciousness… a soul atman existing in our heart! To realize this cosmic truth… human beings traveled spiritual journey, indulged in yoga meditation. The realization that we were primarily a soul atman comes only through path of spirituality, never any other modes of physical manifest life […]

Before indulging in meditation we have to know how we indulged in meditation… the path, the intrinsic hidden spiritual meaning! Meditation was never about sitting in a room concentrating on something or nothing. Meditation was always indulged via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning!   Once we mastered the delicate art of contemplation… meditation was not difficult to practice!   […]

Contemplation in no way relates to thinking. Contemplation is the art of separating right from wrong, truth from false. If I were given a book that contained both truthful and false precepts of life and with none to guide I would use my power of discrimination to distinguish right from wrong. This faculty of discrimination is not that easily exercised. […]

Bhagavad Gita says the best Yogi of all yogis was one who indulged in yoga meditation while living family life and still reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana). Such a seeker is termed perfect Karma Yogi. Seems simple, but on mother earth this was the most difficult task to accomplish. Prime reason why in yesteryears seekers left for deep dense […]

The best way to meditate was detailed by Maharishi Ramana… one who reached God in his lifetime! All his life Maharishi Ramana indulged in path of self enquiry (path of Neti… not this, not this) to cut shackles of karma forever! Unless we negate karma to zero… we could never reach stage of enlightenment! The purpose of all yoga meditation […]

Before indulgence in meditation, breathing exercises (Pranayama) or yoga we need understanding some basic points on path of pure spirituality. Yoga was no different from meditation. Yoga meditation was the precept, undertaking spiritual journey path towards God Almighty. Indulgence in pranayama was part of spirituality. Through inhaling and exhaling process we tried to reach our soul atman, the spirit within […]

Every second thousands of thoughts flowed to our brain incessantly. To stop the flow of these thoughts in totality our indulgence in nishkama karma yoga was necessitated. Working with an unattached attitude is what nishkama karma all about. We had to live like a trustee… a custodian, caretaker taking care of things that already belonged to God Almighty.   Furthermore […]

There was never a time for meditation. One could indulge in meditation any given moment of time. Meditation was not a defined path. All my life, I indulged in meditation via path of contemplation, self enquiry, logical reasoning. To know God, to realize God our reaching hidden underlying precepts of spirituality contained in sacred texts of different religions of world […]

Right from six years of age I was very eager to know everything relating to God. Whatever people said or did I always indulged in self enquiry, logical reasoning to reach the hidden inner meaning. All the three words… contemplation, self enquiry, logical reasoning on a broader scale meant the same. Because scriptures say so, I never accepted anything on […]

When I started in search of God six years of age, myriads of thoughts passed through my brain every second of life. No matter how best I tried, this incessant flow of thoughts continued as if I had no control over them. I was right; I truly had no control over their invocation. It was almost a free for all […]

All my life I searched for God Almighty. There was never a particular meditation technique that I followed. The path of meditation yoga is following path of contemplation, path of self enquiry, path of logical reasoning that varied from seeker to seeker. As my indulgence in yoga meditation, accordingly the manifestation! With passage of time I observed that my body […]

The word meditation stood for yoga in Hindi. Yoga is derived from root word yog which in Hindi means, effort of our soul atman trying to yoke with God Almighty, its original source (Brahman in Hinduism). In Hindi two yog two equals four. Yoga meditation is the path to reach God in present life. It should not be confused with […]