Meditation is rest a full stop to all activity —physical , mental -emotional .
Then you come to know who you are ? Meditation is not an effort. It is relaxation. It is not concentration —it is relaxation.
When you are utterly relaxed you came face to face with your being
When you have learnt the art of being at rest —you can be both active and restful together , because then you know that rest is something so inner tht it cannot be disturbed by anything outer. The activity goes on at the circumference at the Centre you remain restful.
Paradise is within you in your state of No-mind (Awareness or consciousness) And Hell is also within you in your mind. Man minus mind = God. Mind is the root cause of all worries.
If your attention is on Awareness you will not be disturbed by thoughts. ……Sri Ramana maharshi
As a preliminary exercise it is good to spend some time every day simply watching our minds, listening to those drum beats. We probably shall not like what we see and hear but we must be very patient and objective. The mind finding itself watched in this way will gradually grow calmer. If we continue this exercise regularly for several months we shall certainly make some advance toward mental control.
2. As suggested by swami Vivakananda….. Try to put your whole mind into the work on Hand. Learn to focus mind on each and every task of your life: If you can train your mind to maintain enough concentration to pay attention to each task from moment to moment this is more than enough. When you are reading , walking resting, talking, walking, eating whatever you do in your daily life, act with the mind that is calm and that is paying attention to each and every act.
Buddha used no instrument in the investigation other than his mind.
For mind control people commonly pay attention to their breath or the Body but you could also focuss on an Activity such as Swimming, yoga dancing, craft work, God. All that matters is that you choose a meditative object and return to it when you get distracted.
One can practice Yoga or Meditation ,Japa and prayer, Breath awareness for mind control.
Every one should note the point that Mind is your object but not the subject. Consciousness or Awareness or Soul or Self is the Main Subject.
Always feel that you are the Self or Consciousness or Awareness as suggested by all Yogis.
” Japa “means repetition of Divine Name Japa can give you moksha
Japa” fulfills all desires. ” Japa ” wards off all evils. Japa” is the easiest, surest and simplest sadhana for Moksha. The Name of God uttered consciously or unconsciously or evn though by mistake will surely bring its own reward. ” Japa ” can be done any where and any time. There is shakti in every word silent repetition of Gods name is a tremendous tonic and potent specific for all diseases . It is like food. It can give you purity of mind and peace of mind forever.
SAVITRI is a Book written by Shri Aurobindo. SAVITRI alone is sufficient to make you climb to the highest peaks . In each line one will reach finally the transformation of supramental yoga. Each verse of Savitri, is like a revealed Mantra . It gives you here the key to find the Truth , to discover the consciousness, to solve the problem of what the Universe is. There is nothing under the blue sky to compare with SAVITRI.
If you are depressed and feel miserable if you do not succeed in what you do or else if what happens is always the contrary of what you expect, however much you try, Immediately take SAVITRI open it any page and read you will see that all your misery disappears like smoke . And you will have the strength to overcome the worst sorrows you will no longer feel that which was tormenting you. Instead you will feel a strange happiness a reversal of happiness, a reversal of consciousness along with the energey and force to conquer everything as though there was nothing impossible. And you will feel this in exhaustible joy that purifies all.
Read just a few lines, and that is enough , to establish the contact with your inmost being. Such is the extraordinary power of SAVITRI. …. MOTHER
The famous philosopher Jiddu krishna murty on meditation.
If you can read your own mind you need not read any book in the world. Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life. perhaps the greatest and one cannot possibly learn it from any body. This is the beauty of it.
Meditation is the freedom from thousands of movements in the ecstasy of Truth Meditation is part of life meditation is not something different from daily life don not go off into the corner of a room and meditate for 10 minutes then come out of it and be a butcher. If you set out to meditation it will not be meditation.
Be absolutely alertand make no effort that is meditation.
Be alert to your thoughts and feelingsdon’t let one feeling or thought slip by without being aware of it, and absorbing all its content.
Remaining constantly in the self without giving room for the rise of any thoughts other than thought of the SELF.
If your learn how to be in your self that amounts to learning everything.
If you are in the self the echo you hear from your heart will be in tune with everything. This is what is called Divine Voice. ……Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Q. When will the Mind becomes Quiescent ?
Maharshi answer: By the enquiry ” who am I ” ? The thought ” who am I ” ? will destroy all other thoughts and like the stick used for stirring burning pyre it will itself in the get destroyed. Then there will arise Self- realization
Q When will all thoughts and impressions be removed ?
Maharshi Answer : As the meditation on the SELF riser higher and higher the thoughts will get removed.
Perfection in Dhyana is the state of abiding in the self. The act of communion with the Self (Athma vayvahara)or remaining STILL inwardly is infinite activity which is performed with the entire mind and without break.
Q How to control mind ?
Maharshi answer: As a matter of fact there is no mind to control of the SELF is realized The self shines when the mind vanishes. The problem of mind control ceases to be a problem when the mind seeks its Source within.
When one is aware of the self and has fully established oneself in it one has no reason to worry about these which cannot in the least affect the serenity of the immutable self.
This is the most natural direct and immediate effective method of controlling the Mind.
Meditation brings peace beauty into your life. Meditation relaxes the body. Meditation calms the mind. Meditation reduce the tension Meditation improve your health Makes thinking clear and imagination It dispels sadness and confusion
How to meditate
” Dive Deep ” within your self and find yourself . This alone will solve all your problems and leave you in full mastery of every situation ……..only Awareness remains……Nisargadatta Maharaj
Meditation is the highest form of worship
” Communion with our true self ” is the most efficacious form of meditation.
Meditation is the greatest purifier of the mind. It is the technique for gaining mastery over the mind. Mind controlled is our best friend , uncontrolled is our worst enemy.
” Dive Deep” …Let us Dive deep into the recess of your heart until the vision of the Divine reveals itself. Let us dive deep into the debths of our being and attain true peace and joy…….Shri Ramakrishna paramahamsa...
DIVE DEEP within and find what is real in you. All you have to do is turn inside and meditate peacefully on the ” Self “ It is very important to become established in it. …..Sri Ramana maharshi
When you are utterly relaxed you start feeling your reality you come face to face with your being. Just think of the word relax Be settled.
When you are perfectly aware even for a single moment that moment is meditation. When there is no thought working inside you there is stillness and that STILLNESS is meditation.
Meditation is emptying yourself of all content all beliefs and ideologies. Meditation means to be in non-doing meditaion is not a doing but a state of being. It is s state of ones own SELF
Meditation simply means not focussing on anything at all. Meditation takes you to the inner most core of our being what is beyond body, mind and heart … the very centre of your Existence. When you want to close your eyes and focus your awareness on it source (on the roots) in a split second your life is transformed,
What is meditation ?
Meditation is making effort to be without effort . You have to be aware of being aware that is all.
Meditation process is very easy there is only one step that is Just turning IN . Go on turning in. Whenever you find a moment to turn, turn.
Transfer from mind to No mind is the whole journey. No mind is the door. Your own innermost centre is your real master. When you reach to the innermost you are no more. Become more alert more watchful more observant. Meditation is noting but a bridge to go within.
Meditation is entering into silence to see what is there. That pure awareness is DHYANA. Meditation should not be forced Meditation is to know the WITNESS>
The whole are of meditation is disappearance of the doe, disappearance of the mind. Meditation has no object. Be ready to die in meditation If you can die in meditation you will attain eternal life. You will become deathless.
You simply move into a deep relaxation. You move back to the SOURCE again. Consciously voluntarily totally you are merging into the whole existence
When you are not doing anything the energy moves towards the Centre. The moment doing enters you become tense. How to do ? What to do? How to succeed ?.
Watching is the key of meditation.
Watch your mind. Meditation is your intrinsic nature It is you. It is your being. You cannot have it you cannot possess it.
Meditation is not an effort against the mind. It is a way of understanding the mind. There is no need to do any action against the mind. Mind is one of the most beautiful mechanism it is a master piece. Just watch it and enjoy it. Watching the mind means look at it with deep love Meditation is not an effort against the mind. It is very loving way of witnessing the mind. When you watch the workings of your mind it stops on its own accord. Drop this idea of mind stopping just watch and be alert. Watching ultimately culminates in No mind. No mind does not come by killing and destroying the mind.
once you enter into your own being you have entered the temple.
This entry into ones own self is the ultimate growth. You suddenly blossom. One moment you were nothing and another moment a quantum leap You are all because you have tasted your being and that being is exactly the same as the universal being. But that is the only door available there is no other door. There is only one door which can help you and that is within you. Your inner being is not something that has to be developed it is already perfect. No spiritual; development is needed only it has to be discovered. Nothing has to be done. Nothing has to be known. You are already there where you are trying to reach.
The essence of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi teaching is ” Be Silent ” or “Be Still “
To Still the Mind is meditation on the Self . Make the mind still on the Self . If you make the mind STILL in that then Happiness will arise within You.
Therefore go deep inside into the layers of the Self ( Soul) (Athman) or (Source ) (Awareness)
Practise Self attention atleast for 10 minutes daily.
Turning Selwards daily see thyself with an introverted look (Antarmukham ) and it will be known. If such regular practice is allowed to go on for some time self attention will become more and more familiar If one struggles for a long time to maintain self attention it is difficult.
One can make a fresh attempt after a brief relaxation.
What is needed is the ” dissolution of the mind ” in its Source.
Myself studied X Class in SPS High school Guntur, during the Year 1970-71 Shri Ganta Subbarao was our Head Master and the Faculty are very well experienced teachers and used to brought up all the students in a disciplined manner with love and affection. All the students studied in the SPS school Guntur are very fortunate enough for studying in such a reputed institution. As of now all the students and classmates have become grand parents and residing at various places in India and abroad. We have created a whats app group and communicate and greet each other every day to know welfare of all. During the year 2024 , (after completing 52 years) some of the Class mates arranged a get together at Nagarjuna sagar under the leadership of P Chandrasekhar , B Baburao, and the participants are Shiva reddy, Navaneeth , Mohanreddy, Baburam, Y Appaji, Venkatratnam, Ramasuseela, Sathya, and Sharat and J. Ramamohanrao (myself) and we all shared our feelings and experiences and happy moments sweet memories and enjoyed the get together in a well organized manner. Jakki Sambaiah entertained the classmates with his songs and P Chandrasekhar entertained all the participants with his dramatic performance. B Baburao and Chandrasekhar expressed that they thought of planning the trip like this a few decades ago and now they succeeded in it. At Nagarjuna sagar we have enjoyed the beautiful Nature, Krishna river, Dam, Temples, Water falls, and enjoyed the night stay with jokes, recollecting the memorable moments of the past and the event became a memorable event in the minds of all the participants. At this occassion I want to tell all the audience this kind of get together and old friends meets are very much essential for overall happiness and contentment. Eventhough all of them are 65 plus age we feel as young and energetic and planning another gettogether like this in future.
Huge Arunachaleswar temple and Arunachala Hill are located at Tiruvannamalai town in Tamilnadu state. At the foot of the Arunachala hill Sri Ramanasramam is located and the road surrounded by the hill and Ashram is extended to 14 KM and all the devotees Indians and foreigners used to perform ” Giripradakshina “around the hill throughout the year which is a wanderful experience The great sage Sri RamanaMaharshi lived on the hill and come down after establising Sri Ramanasrmam and lived till April 1950 the day on which Bhagavan attained samadhi. Visits to Arunachaleswar temple , Sri Ramanasramam , including Griipradakshina are very important and auspicious and sacred for every one who believes in self -realization or moksha. The Sage Sri Ramanamaharshi stayed near Arunachala over a period of 60 years till April 1950 and used to give valuable messages on religious matters. Most of the people from local and non local used to visit Sri Ramanasram to have darshan of Ramanamaharshi and interact with him. During the period when Ramanamaharshi was alive most of the religious gaints , yogis , Swamijis, great personalities used to visit him and had self realization. The Ashram accommodation is available on free of cost and having food in the Ashram is also a memorable occassion. Sri Ramana Bhagavan used to say that Arunachala is the axis for the entire world and source for Self realization.
Bhagavan told to Kunju Swami about Giripradakshina
There is nothing better than Giripradakshina that alone is enough. If you do japa or meditation sitting in one place the maind may wander. But during giripradakshina the limbs move but the mind will be STILL.
Bhagavan gave this instruction to Frank H Humphreys Asst Supdt of police Madras about correct Meditation practice. SEE THAT WHICH SEES ALL …Give yourself a quarter of an hour a day keep your eyes open and try to keep the mind unshakenly fixed on ‘THAT WHICH SEES ALL ” It is inside yourself. Do not expect to find that THAT is something definite on which the mind can be fixed easily it will not be so Though it takes years to find that THAT the results of this concentration will soon show themselves in 4 or 5 months time….in all sorts of unconscious clairvoyance in peace of mind in power to deal with troubles, in power all around—always conscious power.
During the year 2024, I have created you tube channel named as Mohanyoga4all for the purpose of sharing my life experiences, with the renowned sages and Saints and Gurujis in whose company, I have spent sufficient period and came to know about the spiritual knowledge and gained knowledge on religious matters, which I wanted to share through my youtube channel and I have succeeded in sharing my videos to all the categories of public. Herewith, I want to repeat that my contact with sages started since my childhood days and the journey goes on forever. Since my childhood, I want to know about the existence of God about the spiritual powers and for which my journey started internally which lead to contacting the spiritual personalities and my studies still continued. I request all the audience to go through my you tube channel and share your experiences with me by giving your valuable comments. During 1995 to 2015 while working at Vizianagaram district I was very fortunate to spend my valuaable time with Gurujis Yogananada swami , sivananda murthy and sauris https://www.youtube.com /@Mohanyoga4ll
I want go give brief about my great father Jonnada Anjaneyulu s/o late Guruvulu of Visakhapatnam.
My father Anjaneyulu after completing his BA Hons joined as Lecturer and recruited as Group I officer in 1960 as direct DPO and he was the first man to select as group one officer from our community. He got married Rukminidevi and blessed with 8 children and out of 8 now only 6 children are alive Names of children are Vijaya, Mohan,(myself) JSN Murthy IFS (rtd) Padma Lakshmi, Venkatesh Bujji and Neeraja. He got good drafting skills and called penman in in ZPP department. He is having spiritual knowledge and devotee of Shirdi sai, and used to have darshans of Jellelamudi Amma, Abburu Narayanaswami , Satya Sai Baba during his tenure. He is very hardworking and we have to learn more things from him.
In the year 1982, I came to Hyderabad from Machilipatnam in search of job and secured job in Margadarsi chit fund p ltd. I have resigned for private job and joined as jr Asst at Commissioner of police Hyderabad city in the year 1983 as I was recruited by APPSC Group II-B services. After that , I was recruited as direct sub-Inspector of police (civil) by APPSC Group II- A services during the year 1985. All the recruits reported for SI Basic training at Anantapur Town on 12th Sept 1985, for undergoing police training. After successful completion of our training the then Chief Minister of A.P. NT Ramarao attended as chief guest for our ceremonial parade. All of our batchmates are well educated and experts in many fields and many directions. Among our bath, most of the officers retired as IPS and SP Non cadre and remaining as ASP and DSp ranks. As of now all of our batchmates retired from service and leading retired life happily of their own choice. Most of them are working on their own interested fields like cultivation, Horticulture, Practicing law , music, art, etc,.I am proud to say that one of my batchmate has done 4 doctorates and continuing his studies further and further in this glorious age. Every year on 12th Sept all of our batchmates celebrate our batchmates day and share our happy experiences. I have described much about my batchmates skills and talents in my youtube channel ..Mohanyoga4all and published. Herewith, I should say that I am very fortunate to be a member of 1985 batch police officer. I should also add that most of the period I have worked at Vizianagaram district and very lucky to have association of great saints who lived most of the time at Bhimilipatnam very near to Vizianagaram.
I want to give brief introduction about my Guruji Shri Yogananda swami who hails from Kerala state and who took initiation from his Guru Sivananda swami of Rishikesh and founder of Life Divine society and established Sivanandasram at Rishikesh. Shri Yogananda swami during 1945 left for Bahrain for seeking job where he was disgusted with wordly life and came down to India and went in search of Guru and found his Guru as Sivananda at Rishikesh. His guru sent him for some time to Tapovan maharaj who was at Gangotri and where swami continued his spiritual practices at Himalayas.
Swami Yogananda wanted to leave Himalayas on account of health reasons and reached Bhimilipatnam near Visakhapatnam and continued his tapas on hillocks area , sea shore of Bhimilipatnam. and blessed with Goddess Jaganmatha and Saraswathi Devi. Swamiji lived upto April 2015, and sacrificed his whole life for giving discourses on religious matters and spiritual subjects and used to give valuable messages to the disciples, and general public whoever approaches to him. Swamijis contemparary was Sri Chinmayananda swamiji and most of the deciples of Chinmaya mission also used to visit to Yogananda swami for clarification of doubts on philosophical matters. Yogananda swami during his discourses mostly used to quote teachings of Sri Ramana maharshi and Jiddu Krishnamurty.
Myself created seperate youtube channel Mohanyoga4all and published some videos which include the teachings of swami Yogananda
During 1995-2015 myself used to visit to Swami Yogananda on many a times to spend most of the time with him. I have learned so many philosophical matters in the association of swami Yogananda which I wanted to share to all categories of public. For this purpose I created youtube channel Mohanyoga4all and sharing videos to all. I should say I am lucky that I happend to spend most of the time with such a great Yogi. Also, I should say that during the same period two more saints also lived at Bhimilipatnam. Souris (mathaji) daughter of Gudipati Venkatachalam (writer) and Kandukuri Shivanandamurthy both are spiritual gaints and lived at Bhimilipatnam and used to spare their time to desciples and devotess who approaches to them.
Sauris mathaji used to live with her desciples and followers at Bhimilipatnam. She is the daughter of famous writer G Venkatachalam. When she was very young she asked her father to take her to Sri Ramanasram visit on the occassion of her birth day. As soon as she saw Maharshi she has gone to deep meditation for a few hours. Her father is a revolutionary writer who changed his life because of his daughter and spent his retired life in the service of Sri Ramanasramam. Chikkala Krishna Rao who is a writer and follower of G Venkatachalam used to visit to Sauris regularly. Writer chikkala Krishnarao is also spiritual personality and used to share his experiences with Souris and yoganandaswami. Krishnarao wrote many books on Bhagavan Ramanamaharashi, Jiddu Krishnamurthy , Gouthama Budha and others philosophers.
When I was at my teen age, myself along with my Guntur friends Y Gopinath, CH. Sambasivarao and his brother Bujji (Doctor) B. Krishnamurthy and R. Sanjeeva reddy, used to travel on our bicycles to visit places like Kotappakonda, Perecharla , Sangam jagarlamudi , Bapatla , Vijayawada and Amaravathi where we used to play and enjoy the time, by swimming in the river waters and sea waters etc and take food which we carried along with us. I remember that during our visit to Srisailam we walked long distances during day and slept near the place called ” pala dhara and pancha dhara” the lonely and isolated place in the forest where Adi Sankaracharya did his tapas. At night time, we were woke up by security staff and asked to leave the place as it was time to wild animals to come. We were terrified and left the place and moved towards Srisailam and one driver gave lift to us. At one occassion all the group drowned in heavy rain near ponnaru and we need to travel another 25 km to our destination and one of our friend suggested to better to smoke to avoid cold ness of our bodies and all of us lighted panama cigarettes and reached our destination feeling like Heros on on our bicycles during full moon day light. I need to say that famous Shiva temples are located at Amaravathi, Srisailam, and Sangamjagarlamudi and Goddess Kanaka durga temple at Vijayawada. I want to inform that once myself and Sambasivarao travelled to Bengaluru and Tirupathi on his lorry the trip we enjoyed is memorable and enjoyable.
During the period 1966- 1969 while I was studying at Anantapur town Sadguru Shri Satya Sai Baba used to visit Anantapur town frequently and I witnessed huge gatherings and crowds to have darshan of him and take blessings from him. Since I was very young I used to pay my respects to him.
My Student Life
During the period 1970 to 80 myself lived at Guntur town while continuing my studies, I was very much interested in doing physical exercises. I was trained in physical exercises by our college lecturer Dr. Y Jayaram , whose physic is very handsome entire JKC College staff and as well as students used to admire him. During the company of physical culture coach Jayaram I had occassion of having darshan of Shri Panditha Gopadev who is well versed in vedas Yoga and pranayama. During those days, my father Anjaneyulu used to frequently visit to Jillellamudi village to have darshan of Great Amma , but I did not have the opportunity to visit to that place. Further, I want to tell that my father used to visit Abburu village near Sathenapalle town to have darshan of his guruji Sri Narayana swami who is a great saint and swami. I also had darshan of Guruji twice I came to know that Narayanaswami is from Nayee brahmin community came from very poor family and did his penace at papikondalu since his childhood and he was blessed by Lord Shri Lakshminarayana Swamiji continued his rest of life at Lakshminarayana Temple at Abburu village and used to serve and bless all the devotees, who visits to him, which is a wonderful experience which I had.
During my childhood days, while studying elementary school education at Ananatapur town, my school management arranged a counselling session to all the students by a renowned Sage whose name I did not remember. He looks with long hair, wearing only loin cloth around his waist physically fit and good looking. While addressing the students the Sage taught about the daily schedule to be followed by the students. As per his instruction one should get up early in the morning at about 4:00am and start reading after finishing nature calls and very little physical exercise. As per the sage message, the early morning time, is the very auspicious and sacred time , to start any of the event important in Life. I have followed this instruction and tried to follow this, throughout my life and realized that it is very good instruction to follow , in ones life , for a successfull Life. I would suggest all the audience, to make this a regular habit those who are willing to lead good life. Start the day well, with pure thoughts and finest actions. Start the day with God and end the day with God.
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