Mind is always restless, always in a state of flux. It is difficult for us to sit in the silent mode, to be in a relaxed state of mind. What to say about meditation, even simple relaxation is difficult. We need to undergo catharsis to remove all the repressions, all the emotional clouds, all the useless chattering that goes on in the mind. When we achieve this state, we’ll be able to relax totally.

Urja Meditation or Dynamic Meditation is based on ancient methodology of a special breathing technique called Kapalbhati which involves strong and forceful exhalations. This process brings about catharsis which cleanses the inner recesses of the mind – and then mindfulness becomes easy. This exercise can give excellent results if done with conviction. You will glide into a state where mind will be totally at peace, relaxed, energized. Layers upon layers will get clearer and once all these are cleared and there is emptiness, then there will come this bright light of consciousness.

Meditation is not meditating upon something but just being with oneself. There is no movement, no flickering – only being fully in the moment, in the NOW! When a person meditates, he loses all restlessness, his thinking stops and in that moment, he is a pool of energy. He becomes tremendously powerful.

All meditation techniques of Anandmurti Gurumaa are backed with soulful music which is especially composed for the particular method. With easy-to-follow instructions, meditation becomes a joyful journey.

The word meditation itself scares people. They think that it is something that is done by ascetics and monks only. But meditation is bathing the mind, it is unloading of pain, stress and confusions. And this is needed by one and all, whether you are an atheist or not.

Watch the mind patiently, watch the rattling of thoughts and be unattached to them, be unattached to the mind. Then awareness will dawn upon that you are not mind, you are not the body, you are not intellect. This understanding will not be an imaginative, philosophical statement, but an experience. This will be the beginning of a revolution in you. Normally, mind functions like a rock and keeps you pinned down. Awareness gives you freedom from this slavery of the mind.

The moment you know you are not mind, you enter the Buddhafield. Entering the Buddhafield means entering into the world of levitation. All pains, all turmoil and agitations of the mind will vanish. Transcending the mind and body gives you existential understanding that you are beyond life and death, beyond worldliness, you are pure bliss –Ananda.

Identification with the mind makes you wayward, confused and brings a sense of falsity. So, learn the method to alienate yourself from mind and take the glimpse of beyond. Let it shower great benediction on you.

Beyond Boundaries meditation was once closely guarded technique. It is now available for all of you. A loving gift from the master. Meditate and live the life minus agitations. We owe it to you. Gift yourself happiness, dance and quietude.

This album carries easy-to-follow instructions for meditation and is supported by beautiful and elevating music. Enjoy it.

Gabar, a wonderful Christian mystic, introduced this meditation technique which later came to be known as Gibberish. Human mind is a chatter box. We really don’t need anyone to do the talking. We can talk to our own self for hours. We talk when we are awake, we talk in dreams also. A constant monologue is happening. Mind is neurotic and this is really harmful. No one has harmed us more than this sick mind. We don’t know how to become quiet, how to still our mind, how to put an end to this blabbering.

Gibberish Meditation is a wonderful tool. Through this you get released and move to silence. All that you have to do is gaze into the sky for ten to fifteen minutes. Then start singing la…la…la…Forget everything, just sing la…la…la…Soon it will begin to change its colour, sounds may change into words, even foreign words. Keep it up for twenty minutes. Bring out everything from inside, all the repressed thoughts. Let the sky be the witness. And if your body begins to move, let it sway. At the end, lie down on the ground and be silent. You will experience a deep silence. Lesser and lesser thoughts will come to your mind.

This is an excellent method to release all pressures.

Everything has come from space and stays in space. As we are obsessed with material objects, we do not give value to space. Emptiness is eternal, material objects are not. Emptiness is in the core of things and in the core of our mind. Mind and matter are interconnected, body and mind are interconnected. Our mind can think of material objects, but what about space? Well, mind cannot think about space, it dissolves in space. Space is here, space is in the NOW. When we see things we miss the space in which the things are present. When we hear sounds, we miss the space – the pauses that occur between the sounds. And once we get attuned to this space, then this space comes to us. And silence dawns upon us, on our mind which is always worried and in anguish.

Sacred Space Meditation is a delicate and sensitive technique in which the focus is on listening. You listen to the sound waves, listen to the pauses in between two sounds. Gradually, as our attention rises, we are able to watch the thoughts and the spaces in between thoughts. As we get closer to space, a wonderful experience happens of deep relaxation and higher awareness.

Those who wish to raise their consciousness must do this technique. This will give a clear picture of whether one’s spiritual awareness is high or shallow. As the technique is subtle and deep, one should be very alert.

In this technique, sounds of Tibetan bells, singing bowls and gong are used. The last track in this album is of celebration. Indeed, one must rejoice after having a fulfilling experience of mindfulness.

We believe and we know that God is here, right here, right now, in you, in all of us. This very body is a divine temple. Revere it, worship it, love it. It is the shrine of God. Scriptures and holy men have always talked about dissolving any I-ness, and My-ness with the body. We are told that our body is a bag of filth and that we are not body –so we hate it. This is wrong. This is not the way to treat our body. Our body is not ours. It is a vehicle given to us by God. So, how can we hate it? We should not have a relationship of repulsion or attachment with our body, but a relationship of love.

This beautiful tantric meditation teaches us this. Learn to detach from the body with love. See it in a different light. Once you are able to see it as a Temple of God, the holiest of holy, our mind desist from using our body fro carnal pleasures. This body is a divine vehicle to bring love, peace and wisdom to this world.

Enjoy being in the body. It is a blessing, a grace. Once we realize this, we will develop great love and respect for others, even for birds and animals.

Be a truly loving, non-violent and meditative person.

Meditation is not contemplation. It is also not concentration. It is a state of being, a state of awareness. Awareness is tricky. People think that they know what it is, yet it is obscure. We are actually not living fully aware. The body movements, sensory perceptions, thinking…all activities are happening and yet we can be absolutely unaware of it. Human beings are like robots. A robot performs according to a programme but is dead inside. There is no life inside. So, you are absolutely unaware of what is inside of you and you function normally.

For Pause Meditation, sit in zazen meditation first. In this way, one can focus better, train the mind in a better way. When we sit in a quiet corner, with eyes closed and resolve to meditate, then we have created the right ambience for meditation.

And taking small pauses while we are working gives us the chance to break the monotony, break the robotic patterns which we have cultivated for so long. Say, you are walking, writing, cooking, dancing, attending to office work or helping the child in his school project or study. Suddenly, take a break. Stop. Take a pause.

If possible, exhale deeply and hold the breathing activity for as long as you are comfortable. Look inwards, see, feel your body, observe your breath, look at your mind. Be a witness to all this that is happening. Then return to what you were doing.

These pauses will go a long way in raising your level of awareness. Remember, you must do it with zeal and enthusiasm. Remember, these pauses are pregnant with possibilities and will take you closer to enlightenment.

We think that the mind that we have is enough to survive us throughout our life. But the fact is that this mind is like a seed which has yet to germinate, sprout into a plant, a tree and give fruit. So, we need to train our mind. We must help it grow, to become equipped with concentration, sensitivity, equanimity, compassion. In the absence of all these factors, our mind has become our biggest enemy. A mind which can redeem us from pain, jealousy and fears.

Tratak Meditation is a powerful technique which is absolutely must for people of all ages. A child requires a good mind to learn skills. An adult requires a trained mind to live life in peace.

This guided meditation is supported by soulful music. The meditation involves sitting erect and focusing the gaze on a flame without blinking for a short while. Listen to the CD/Audio cassette to know more.

We have been walking and walking ever since we took the first stumbling step, holding the finger of our parents. There are different ways of walking like walking fast to catch the bus, walking in a jiffy, in anger while thumping the floor, walking tip-toed and walking gently with our loved ones. But there is yet another way of walking and this is called Walking Meditation in which you are in a state of meditativeness. With this technique, a simple earthly walk can be changed into an extraordinary divine play. This is an art in itself.

Walking Meditation involves watching step after step, being aware of the movement of the body as the arms move back and forth, jiggle in the thighs and buns, the gentleness and the grace of the human body. Being witness to this flow, this magical dance of the body movement leads to an openness that comes from within.

The master has taught us this fascinating way of walking and unlearning the unconscious way we walk. This technique brings forth the beauty of wakefulness in the movement that we would always be doing, that is, walking.

Isn’t it surprising that we walk and yet do not know how to? So learn this technique of real walking.

Of all the species living on earth, only human beings can dance, and that too in rhythm and supported by music. Dancing is like opening of a flower bud.

We have forgotten the natural dance; but every blade of grass is dancing, trees are swaying with the wind and the child moving his legs and arms in his cot is dancing – rejoicing on his attaining freedom from his mother’s womb! Dance as a spiritual practice has always been used by the mystics. In India, dance evolved happened From Lord Shiva Himself. His along with His consort laid down the science of dancing. From poses (mudras) to taal (rhythm), various compositions were made by this dynamic duo. We have this great legacy of temple dance to dance of devotees who simply follow the beat of their hearts and just move about because energies are moving in them. A child-like innocence is required to explore this method of meditation. Dance can be vulgar and cheap but it can also be divine. So, it is not which kind of dance you do, but how you do it.

Anandmurti Gurumaa has given a beautiful method of dance. Well, man has become so methodical that even for dance, a method is required which can open up the knots, relax the person totally and allow him to melt into the dance. And then a stage comes when there is no dancer – only the dance!

Chanting (jap) is the incessant repetition of a syllable or a specific set of words known as mantra in Sanskrit. Each word is built on tones and has its own sound vibration. In chanting, the repetition of words is not the objective, though most of the religious people think it is. When a word is spoken, sung or whispered, it affects the listener. Sound is a form of energy. Try this: Place your index and middle finger on your neck. Say “ah” as loud as you can. Then say it softly. What you will feel through your fingers is the movement inside your throat. Your vocal chords vibrate when you make a sound. As they vibrate, they make the sound.

In Chanting Meditation, we use a word or a set of words which at first are chanted aloud and then gently as we move deeper and deeper into silence and allow the mantra to resonate on its own. But the purpose of chanting is not to become a living tape, but to move from words to silence, to wordlessness. This progress from words to silence results in calmness and peace that make us transcend the time zone. Chanting is also used to for invocation of deities in Tantra, and in the path of devotion. For the Vedanta student, chanting is done to progress from mind to no-mind.

Anandmurti Gurumaa has given various methods of chanting which are available in pre-recorded tapes and CDs. They guide the students into the nuances of chanting.

One of the foremost contributions to the spiritual world comes from Buddha, and this is Vipassana. This technique was rediscovered by the Buddha more than 2,500 years ago and was taught by him as a remedy for universal ills. The technique basically teaches us how to see things as they really are by being mindful about our breath.

Vipassana Meditation is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between the mind and the body, which can be experienced directly by disciplined attention to the physical sensations that form the life of the body. Through this practice, the life of the mind is conditioned. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of the mind and body that dissolves the mental impurities, resulting in a balanced mind, full of love and compassion.

The scientific laws that operate one’s thoughts, feelings and judgements and sensations become clear. Through direct experience, the nature of how one grows or regresses, how one produces suffering or frees himself from suffering is understood. Life becomes characterized by increased awareness, non-delusion and self-control.

Vipassana is also called Anapansati Yoga, i.e. the science of watching the breath. You need patience and tolerance to do this. If you can, then start this with at least a ten-day retreat, observing non-violence, eating moderately, sleeping moderately and observing your breath. As it is not a yogic exercise, so you are not required to hold your breath or change the rhythm of your breathing. You just sit in silence and observe your breath. Soon, the inner secrets will come out. From the breath, you will move to your feelings, your sensations, your bhavanas and slowly you will peel the layers or your mind. Then a moment will come when you as an observer and what is observed will dissolve. It is a powerful method and the right technique for today’s man who is impatient. But you should live in a Buddhafield to practice this technique where the right conditions are available.