How to Open Your Heart in Meditation

How to Open Your Heart in Meditation

The longest journey you will make in your life is from your head to your heart. —Gary Zukav, best-selling author of The Seat of the Soul. We are inundated with information these days and there is much pressure to stay on top of the latest news and happenings. But...
Meditation on Being the Witness of your Thoughts

Meditation on Being the Witness of your Thoughts

 Be an intelligent witness of every happening within and without. —Swami Chinmayananda The mind is a continual flow of thoughts. This is a fact that isn’t necessarily problematic because it’s the nature of the mind to produce thoughts. But problems occur because we...
3 Disciplines That Will Ensure Greater Success In Meditation

3 Disciplines That Will Ensure Greater Success In Meditation

To succeed in meditation and advance your spiritual growth, you must make some necessary inner adjustments. Just as an aeroplane’s mechanical, electrical and structural systems have to be properly inspected, and adjusted before it is considered airworthy, my guru,...
What Is OM and How to Chant It

What Is OM and How to Chant It

Om is the primordial sound of the universe. It is said that the creator chanted Om before he began the work of creation. It is the most powerful and significant Sanskrit mantra (sacred chant) of all the mantras used to invoke the divine. Spiritual master, Swami...
How To Use Your Breath To Calm Your Mind For Meditation

How To Use Your Breath To Calm Your Mind For Meditation

Do many thoughts keep interfering when you sit down to quiet your mind in meditation? Did you know that slowing down your breathing can help you rein in the runaway thoughts in your mind? Why is it so? Your mind is a flow of thoughts. This thought flow is powered by...
Meditation To Rise Above Your Thoughts

Meditation To Rise Above Your Thoughts

Wouldn’t it be a great relief to be free from the tyranny of your repetitive and useless thoughts? These unwanted thoughts creep into everything that you do, rudely interrupting your focus with their often negative nature. The mind is merely a tool that you use to...

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