“We eat very unconsciously, automatically, robotlike. If the taste is not lived, you are just stuffing. Go slow, and be aware of the taste. Do not just go on swallowing things. Taste them unhurriedly and become the taste. When you feel sweetness, become that sweetness. And then it can be felt all over the body...
Using Your Awareness You Can Transcend Your Physical Body “When sitting, just feel that you have become weightless, there is no weight. You will feel that somewhere or other there is weight, but go on feeling the weightlessness. It comes. A moment comes when you feel that you are weightless, that there is no weight....
It’s like asking an arsonist to become the fire chief. What happens when it becomes clear that the whole world is wrong? We all know the story of the Emperor’s invisible clothing, or more seriously, what happened to Galileo when he pointed out that the Sun didn’t go around the Earth as everyone assumed. At...
Grow Your Roots Deep into Mother Earth “It is one of the most prevalent problems for the modern man; the whole of humanity is suffering from uprootedness. When you become aware of it, you will always feel [a] wavering in the legs, uncertainty, because the legs are really the roots of man. Through his legs...
When Fear Comes, Feel it Fully Because It’s Natural “Why should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take possession. Why this constant inquiry: What to do? Can’t you allow life in any way...
Close Your Eyes and Feel the Whole Universe Filled With Sound “Feel as if every sound is moving toward you and you are the center. This feeling that you are the center will give you a very deep peace. The whole universe becomes the circumference and you are the center, and everything is moving toward...
Can running be an active meditation? “When you are running your breathing naturally goes very deep and it starts massaging the Hara – which is in fact the center from where meditative energy is released. “And when you are running you are throwing all carbon dioxide out of your lungs. Carbon dioxide makes people dull,...
Allow Your Body to Become Loose at Every Joint and Drift Soundly to Sleep “Every night sit comfortably in a chair and rest your head back, like you do at the dentist. You can use a pillow. Then release your lower jaw. “Just relax it so the mouth opens slightly, and start breathing from the...
For the Traveler: A Meditation for Busy People Practice: “Whenever you find time. There is no need to make a fixed time. Use whatsoever time is available. In the bathroom when you have ten minutes, just sit under the shower and meditate. In the morning, in the afternoon, just four or five times, for small...
Look up the word “dieting” and what you find is: “Restricts oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.” What a pity! The act of dieting is reduced merely to weight reduction. In India food was given extraordinary attention. So much so that the Upanishads called it divine: “Annam...
