Message #13442

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Brother Bhaktananda spoke of 5 steps to meditation:

1. Prayer
2. Chanting Singing to God.
3. Meditation techniques
4. Stillness and afterwards when the mind became active again..
5. Devotion

Of these 'Stillness' was the most important. It is simple to say but hard to do because we are always doing something. We always have cell phones gadgets computers etc. In the stillness we are not doing anything.

Our individuality has to go. We believe we are human beings. To experience the presence of God is to get out of the human or ego consciousness. If we keep meditating we arrive at a place beyond the emotions and body. Even when we say 'I Love You God" we are separated from God. It is fine to say this in prayer but we still have not reached the stillness state. We say nothing in the stillness state. We are not practicing anything. We are letting God or Divine Mother do their thing. We are still and in the presence of God. 'Be still and know that I am God'~the Bible

Jitendra