Message of the Day: Meditation - தியானம்

I think the most important thing is to know why one meditates; this is what gives the quality of the meditation and makes it of one order or another. You may meditate to open yourself to the divine Force, you may meditate to reject the ordinary consciousness, you may meditate to enter the depths of your being, you may meditate to learn how to give yourself integrally; you may meditate for all kinds of things. You may meditate to enter into peace and calm and silence—this is what people generally do, but without much success. But you may also meditate to receive the Force of transformation, to discover the points to be transformed, to trace out the line of progress. And then you may also meditate for very practical reasons: when you have a difficulty to clear up, a solution to find, when you want help in some action or other. You may meditate for that too. I think everyone has his own mode of meditation. But if one wants the meditation to be dynamic, one must have an aspiration for progress and the meditation must be done to help and fulfil this aspiration for progress. Then it becomes dynamic.   - Questions and Answers - The Mother.

Message of the day: Meditation And Ohm Mantra - தியானம் - ஓம் மந்திரம்

Meditation: .......Only one method is worth recommending: meditation. But as I was telling you last time, there are many ways of meditating; some are very effective, others less so. Each one should find his own by successive trial and error. However, one thing can be recommended to everyone: reflection, that is to say, concentration, self-observation in solitude and silence, a close and strict analysis of the multitude of insignificant little thoughts which constantly assail us. During the few moments you devote each day to this preliminary exercise of meditation, avoid, if possible, the complacent contemplation of your sensations, your feelings, your states of mind. We all have an inexhaustible fund of self-indulgence, and very often we treat all these little inner movements with the greatest respect and give them an importance which they certainly do not have, even relative to our own evolution.  (தியானம் என்பதில் பல முறைகள் உள்ளன. ஒவ்வொரு முறையையும்  சோதித்து அவரவர்களுக்கு ஏற்ற ஒரு முறையை தேர்ந்தெடுத்துக் கொள்வதே சரியானது. ஆனால் தியானத்தில் அனைவருக்கும் தேவையான  ஒன்றைக் கூறுகிறேன். மனதை ஒருமுகப்படுத்தும் தன்மை, தனிமை மற்றும் அமைதி, தொடர்ந்து நம்மை தாக்கும் அற்ப விஷயங்களில் இருந்து மனதை விலக்கும் தன்மை ஆகிய அனைத்தையும் கவனிக்க வேண்டும் என்கிறார் அன்னை.) Meditation with "AUM" : ..............here is a very powerful word, for it can combine the qualities of all three categories: it is the Sanskrit word “AUM”. It is used in India to express the divine Immanence. There, it is associated with every meditation, every  contemplation, every yogic practice. More than any other sound, this sound “AUM” gives rise to a feeling of peace, of serenity, of eternity. (அன்னை "ஓம்" என்ற மந்திரத்தின் சக்தியைப் பற்றியும் குறிப்பிடுகிறார். இது தியானத்தில் உபயோகப்படுத்தப்படும்போது  அமைதியும், நித்தியத்துவத்தையும் அளிக்கிறது என்கிறார் ஸ்ரீ அன்னை.)   - Words of Long Ago - The Mother.