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Soul Sustenance 01-05-2013
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A Basic Meditation For Beginners
Sit comfortably in a peaceful place which you have chosen for your meditation practice,
at a fixed time or when you find the need or time to meditate...
Close your eyes and, for a minute or two, bring your body and mind from an active
state to a dormant one, slow them down, by remaining still and quiet...
While keeping your eyes closed, take your attention to your feet... relax them consciously
for a few moments...
Relax all your body parts consciously… do this for your legs, abdomen, etc... work
slowly upwards till the entire body is relaxed…
Be aware that your whole body is now at peace in the chair and that all your attention
is focused in the centre of the forehead, just above the eyebrows...
With your attention focused only on your thoughts and feelings, experience that
your thoughts and feelings are like bubbles floating to the surface of your mind,
now imagine that these bubbles are dissolving...
Allow quietness and peace to fill your mind – listen to the silence inside the temple
of your mind...
If any thoughts come to distract you, simply let them pass through your mind...
Then return your attention to the quietness in your mind...
Create a quiet thought inside your mind "My mind is now relaxed, and I feel more
peaceful", so that the subtle sensation or experience of inner pure peace sinks
in…
After a few minutes, bring your awareness back to the room in the present moment.
Tomorrow we shall explain some of the precautions one can take while doing this meditation,
to make it successful.
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Message for the day 01-05-2013
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The more there is contentment the more there is progress.
Projection: Usually contentment is associated with lack of ambition. So,
we find that we think we are content when we are not having any aim in life, which,
in fact, is carelessness. On the other hand, we have so many wants and desires that
we are never content with what we have. Either way, we find that it is difficult
to progress because of the negativity.
Solution: We need to be content with whatever we have or attain. That is,
we need to appreciate each thing that we have in our life, big or small. Only when
we are content will the mind be at peace and it is this peace that will help us
to achieve what we aim for with our full potential. Thus, we experience progress.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris