Q&A: Meditation in action

When people try to help humanity, isn't it partly -- because of ego? For an ordinary person who is not consciously aspiring, trying to help humanity is a positive and progressive ideal, even if it...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Q&A: Meditation in action

What can I do if sometimes I am angry or upset and don't feel like meditating? Is it okay to do selfless service instead? Certainly. If your mental agitation has not affected your physical body, at...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Q&A: Meditation in action

Should a person shut himself away all alone and reject humanity in order to meditate? Humanity is part and parcel of God. By rejecting humanity, how are we going to embrace divinity? We have to...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Q&A: Meditation in action

If we meditate well in the morning and acquire some peace, light and bliss that we can keep with us during the day, will this be noticeable to others? If you have achieved something in your...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Q&A: Meditation in action

If we give up our desires and live all the time in the inner world, how will there be any progress in the outer world? If you feel that we cannot live all the time in light, that we have to live in...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Q&A: Meditation in action

How can I bridge the gap I feel between my spiritual life, which is full of joy, and my life in the office, which is totally unaspiring? The spiritual life does not mean that you will always be...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Q&A: Meditation in action

Do both activity and meditation form the essence of your teaching? Our philosophy does not negate either the outer life or the inner life. Most human beings negate the inner life. They feel that the...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation in action

Meditation in action question and answer index

1. Is it possible to maintain the inner peace we feel during our morning meditation throughout the day...? 2. If we meditate well in the morning and acquire some peace, light and bliss that we can...
26 August 2006
Meditation in action question and answer index

A sea of tranquility

Meditation is like going to the bottom of the sea, where everything is calm and tranquil. On the surface there may be a multitude of waves, but the sea is not affected below. In its deepest depths,...
26 August 2006
A sea of tranquility

Q&A: Fruits on the path of meditation

When meditating, inside I feel very strong and outside I feel very soft. But as I go deeper, I start expanding. What does that signify? That is excellent. You feel strong inside because you are...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Fruits on the path of meditation