“The sense of well-being pervaded all over me.
“On the way home, I threw away my tobacco tin and gave up smoking permanently, and then leapt in the air and swung round lamposts for sheer joy and exuberance.”
Some people have calm, serene experiences when they try Sahaja Meditation. And some people have strong, vivid, extraordinary experiences. One man recounted his first experience of the meditation like this:
“I felt much cleaner, much lighter, and filled with great love, peace, security and bliss.”
Many of us have developed a habit of thinking about everything. Once we’ve experienced the world we live in while our mind is quiet, in meditation, we realize how much there is to enjoy. With no analysis or opinion to get in the way, we can discover the true beauty of another human being.
In a state of meditation, we find that we just enjoy what is in front of us — the food, the landscape, the person.
We have developed the habit of wanting things we do not have. Our economy runs on this chronic state of dissatisfaction. Unfortunately, wanting what is not in front of us means we cannot enjoy what is in front of us.
A friend of mine told me what he has found, after practicing Sahaja Meditation for several years.
He said he has noticed what happens when he worries about doing something absolutely perfectly. He worries. He gets upset. He’s troubled. But he has learned, through the meditation, to just do it, and not worry about whether it will be perfect or not.
Sahaja Meditation is simply a way to quiet down the mind and completely relax.
Enjoying a state of meditation does not require the placing of ideas, concepts or information into the head of another person.
I asked a friend what differences he noticed in his life since he started practicing Sahaja Meditation. He said:
“At work, I react a lot less. Now I see how everyone else seems to arrive in the morning in a state of hysteria. Instead of being obsessed with small details, I’m now seeing the larger picture. Small things that used to cause a big reaction in me are no longer that important.”
A friend of mine came over, and we meditated together. It didn’t take long to feel that my friend was entering a state of meditation. It was very enjoyable. After a few minutes, I asked him what was happening inside his head. He said, “My thoughts are still in my head, but they have stopped chasing me.”