Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop. “You can try it anywhere. You are taking your bath – suddenly order yourself to ‘Stop!’ and stop. Even if it is only for a single moment, you will feel a different phenomenon happening within you. You are thrown to the center and suddenly everything...
“Concentrate the energy on the Hara, the point two inches below the navel. “That is the center from where one enters life and that is the center from where one dies and goes out of life. So that is the contact center between the body and the soul. If you feel a sort of wavering...
Eye Gazing – Meditation for Busy People Step 1: Look Into the Other“Sit and look into each other’s eyes, it is better to blink as little as possible, a soft gaze. Look deeper and deeper, without thinking. “If you don’t think, if you just stare into the eyes, soon the waves will disappear and the...
In Tibet, Monks Don’t Ask, ‘Who Am I?’ They Ask, ‘Where Am I?’ – Because the Who Can Create a Problem. “When you inquire, ‘Who am I?’ you take it for granted that you are; the only question is to know who you are. You have presupposed that you are. That is not contested. It is...
Practice Witnessing during Your Daily Activities and Your Awareness Will Grow in All Dimensions “You are sitting in the garden, the traffic is passing by and there are many noises and many sounds. You just close your eyes and try to find the subtlest sound there is around you. A crow is cawing: just concentrate...
Decision Is Good When It Comes out of Life in the Moment It is bad when it comes only out of the head. And when it comes only out of the head it is never decisive; it is always a conflict. The alternatives remain open and the mind goes on and on, from this side...
Protection From Dusk ‘Til Dawn and All Day Long When: Every night, last thing before going to sleep. First thing in the morning.Duration: 4-5 minutes. Step 1: Imagine a Halo“Sit on your bed and imagine an aura around your body, just six inches away from your body, the same shape as the body, surrounding you,...
When I Say Enjoy It I Don’t Mean Become a Masochist “I don’t mean create suffering for yourself and enjoy it. I don’t mean: go on, fall down from a cliff, have fractures and then enjoy it. No. “I am not saying be a masochist; I am simply saying suffering is there, you need not...
Take This Whole Life as a Myth, as a Story. “It is one, but once you take it this way you will not be unhappy. Unhappiness comes out of too much seriousness. Try for seven days; for seven days remember only one thing — that the whole world is just a drama — and you...
Listen to What Comes, Don’t Repress “In the twenty-four hours of a day you need to be silent for an hour or so. Whenever it is convenient. The internal dialogue will go on but don’t be party to it. Detached Listening:“The key to it all is to hear the talk within just as you would...
