Words from the Master

A Master is someone who can give you a new mental set-up, a rebirth. It is something which can be got by simply absorbing the presence of the Master. When the Master’s Energy floods you, your mental set-up changes, and you are reborn. You enter into a space that you never even knew existed.

When you are reborn in this fashion, you will be free from the grips of all worries, illnesses and other emotions. Even if any of these happen to you, you will be able to handle them with ease that you never knew before. You will be able to become an observer of everything that is happening to you and around you.

I was watching the television the other day in a hotel where our meditation program took place. On one Indian channel there was a duet going on from an old movie. On another Indian channel, there was another duet going on, from a new movie. I was telling my secretary that these two channels only showed that there has been no growth in man’s consciousness. He was shocked at my observation and agreed with me.

The same patterns get repeated again and again like five people kicking a ball around in a closed room. At least in the West, they go to extremes and explore things and come back. There is at least social intelligence in the West if not a growing consciousness. Familiar patterns can make our intelligence totally dead. Worries are nothing but familiar patterns stored in our minds, ready to impose themselves upon us again and again.

When I tell people these things, they tell me, “Swamiji, I understand what you are saying but I am not able to overcome it.” I tell you: Just allow my words to penetrate you and create a space in you; that is enough. This is where meditation can help. What I do in my meditation camps is, I give you the outer understanding and then work on it penetrating you through meditation.

But people tell me, “Swamiji, we have our work to do, bills to pay, deadlines to meet; how do we meditate then?” I answer them with a simple meditation technique: Whether you have time to pay your bills or to meet your deadlines or not, you surely have time to breathe? Else, you will not be alive! Now, you simply add awareness to your breathing, that’s all. Just watch your breath. That is the simplest and most powerful meditation you can do.

Every time you remember this technique, practice it. Soon, it will become a habit. When you infuse awareness into your breath, you will be in the present moment. Living in the present takes you to Bliss. The power of NOW is the straight way to Bliss. Simply add awareness to every inhalation and exhalation.

So to attain bliss, you don’t need any separate time. You need not take time off and go to any retreat or meditation camp. You can continue with your daily activity. With the increased awareness that you will be creating, your deadlines and other targets will get done much more efficiently.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.