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Meditation is Alertness in Life

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As a daily morning reminder, sit in meditation

– Sit quietly in a convenient place with little distractions. The aim is to keep the body as still as possible.
– with, the body still, the breathing becomes prominent, Watch the breath, it will slow down
– as the breath slows down, the mental thoughts slow down, and noodle thinking may stop. However, spurious sounds may restart noodle thoughts. Keep watching the mind.
The Aim is to Integrate Body Mind as a whole. This mindful awareness is meditation.

Meditation in daily waking activities
– Meditation is alertness/attention to pull away from religious, bind faith based passionate drives and rituals
– Meditation is not pushing away active life and be in isolation. Correct meditation (dharma) is of mindful alertness (sakshitvam/witnessing) and leads to correct action towards moksha.
– Meditation needs to be a radical change from personal gain of the “small self” to expand to greater.  (e.g. from drop to ocean)
– Meditation is not in time, it is always in the present, in the now.
– Becoming Alert, witnessing awareness in all activities (walking, eating, talking, relating etc) is the key to waking meditation.
Regain sense of well-being (benefit of Meditation)

while in silent meditation with still body and steady breath
– be aware of the moving mind, or mobile consciousness.
With alertness, awareness, the mind quietens down to silence, and resolves into its “being”.(Mind is pulled away from its “source the being”, by extreme sensory perceptions, during the waking state. But it can also happen when sitting still for meditation when noodle thinking pops up. It needs to return to its source periodically, in deep sleep or in deep meditation)
– be aware of the silence, im-mobile Consciousness. This takes some viveka (discrimination) to achieve. This is the “ground”. This is the bliss, Ananda. Abide in this. Regain sense of well being.
– Every night, deep sleep allows us to regain, recharge mental and body energies.

True happiness is spontaneous
True happiness is spontaneous and has to come from within  (not a struggle), it is unshakable. that is Ananda.
– “pleasure” is jerky and mobile, but true happiness is peace and serenity  (lasting).
– The peace is from the heart, no conflict between outer and inner , i.e. long term harmony , (not just on the lips or temporary escape in dance etc)
– Extraordinary silence and harmony
– Abide in the heart and mind. Clear any doubt.
Paripurna Chidananda Avatisthate.  Abide in the Harmony and fullness
Ananda is beyond divisions

Knowledge (all accumulated sensory knowledge is from past experiences, and leads to conditioned responses) of knowns and therefore unknowns leads to divisions.  This applies to God, creation also. Recognizing this divisions and the resulting conflicts / struggles and going beyond is necessary to find peace and ananda.

Ananda is beyond subject and object

Subject (mind) and Object (world of senses) can be explored independently. However, it can only lead to more and more subtle “concepts”. e.g. in terms of world – dark matter/ energy etc.  In terms of mind – god consciousness, different gods, different beliefs etc..  does not lead to a solution.   Truth lies in going beyond both subject and object duality, and there is true peace and ananda, Brahman.

Ananda is Spontaneous, that is Meditation, Brahman

Abiding in the Self, that is beyond the divisions (of the cause/effect, subject/object, free from Past conditioning and future etc)
and is spontaneous in Present to just BE.

This is Peaceful, Ananda. This is Meditation. Brahman.

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