Dear
Meditator, Fellow Wave of Light,
Late in 2003, I made an experiment with all the initiates in India who
all, each
in his/her own home, sat for meditation with me. The responses that
came
encouraged me to open World-Group Meditations to all.
Initiates,
non-initiates and beginners of any tradition or no tradition are
invited to
participate and they will experience the grace and guidance of the
lineage.
There are two kinds of group meditations:
1. Many sitting at the same time and the same place, and
2. Sitting at the same time, but not at the same place.
When all sit together at the same time even in different parts of the
world,
they generate a strong field, like so many magnets being joined
together and
forming a much stronger magnet; the strength of each then equals the
combined
strength of all.
Thus it is when we join together in meditation, and together enter the
Guru-minds Field. On certain days of the year the Wave of Beauty and
the Wave
of Bliss flows very strong. These are the sacred days.
I have set special times on all Full Moon Days in the coming months to
sit in
meditation with you. Please join me at the time. Let us link together
in this
awakening into interior serenity.
Below are the times for your part of the world.
Do write me afterwards < tadit369@yahoo.com > about how you felt.
Awaiting
to feel your presence in this joining of the World Group of meditators
with the
Guru-Mind.
Yours in service of Gurudeva,
Swami Veda Bharati
Please inform your friends. Everyone is encouraged
to
participate in these special gatherings.
Lokas samastas sukhino bhavantu :
"May the whole world attain peace and harmony."
HOW BEGINNERS MAY
PARTICIPATE
Those who have not learnt to meditate before, but would like to join Swami Veda Bharati, disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas, in his meditations on the Full Moon Days, may ask for his booklet titled Beginning Meditation and a cassette of guided meditation.
Till then, and till you have had the opportunity to take some training in correct way of sitting and correct way of breathing, the simple procedure to follow is:
(1) Sit as straight as you can on an even, firm but cushioned surface
(2) Relax your forehead
(3) Relax your facial and physical musculature
(4) Bring your awareness to your breathing.
(5) Breathe slowly, gently, smoothly, evenly; without jerk or sound in the breathing
(6) Now feel the touch and flow of the breath in the nostrils
(7) Let there be no pause between the breaths; as one breath is completed, begin to feel the next breath flowing and touching in the nostrils
(8) After a few breaths, choose
(a) whichever name of God is your favourite according to your tradition or religion,
(b) or a sacred but short phrase or prayer word from your scripture or tradition
Some suggestions are as follows :
(a) Those who wish to follow the Himalayan tradition may use the sound so in the in-breath and ham in the outbreath, without a break in the cycles of ham-so with the breath
(b) The Sikhs may use : Vaah-e-guru
(c) Muslims may use the word Allah
(d) Christians may use one of these :
Jesus,
Ave Maria,
Hail Mary,
Maranatha (Aramaic)
Kyrie eleison (or Greek)
(e) Mazdayasnians (Zoroastrians, Parsees) may use any of these:
ahura mazda
ahuu va-iryo
esham vohu
but for total beginners of the Mazdayasnian tradition the best recommendation is to use the phrase
vohu-mano
(f) The Jainas may use
Om,
Om hreem, or
Hreem arham
(g) Those who prefer total nirguna, transcendental, trans-qualitative divinity may use only Om
(h) The Buddhists may use the word Buddho to start with
(i) If you do not believe in a form of divinity or spiritual incarnation and so forth,
exhaling, think Ooooonnnne (One)
inhaling,
think twwwooooo (Two)
without a break in this count with the breath
(9) Exhaling, think that phrase; inhaling think that phrase.
The phrase is not to come in the mouth nor on the tongue;
it must me only a mentation.
(10) Let there be no break between the breaths,
nor between the incessant flow of the thoughts of the same phrase
(11) As soon as you become aware that you have lost the flow and other thoughts have begun to arise, re-start the same procedure
(12) Sit for as long as you wish.
(14) Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise
(13) If you practice this even for 2-3 minutes at a time many times in the day, you will notice subtle changes in yourself for the better
(14) Whatever you will do repeatedly with the mind, that will become the mind's habit; calming the mind repeatedly will return your mind to its calm nature.
For inquiries to receive instruction you may write to
sadhaka_grama@yahoo.com (in India)
info@themeditationcenter.org (in USA)
To order books and audiovisual materials : srsgp@sancharnet.in
For more details, visit :
www.zavrel@meaus.com\gurukulam