Not just physical stillness but also inner stillness. Get beyond thoughts...complete stillness of the mind. Filling up the years with techniques prayers and affirmations...but we never get into the communion with God. Ma speaks about the stillness... the consciousness is very alert but there is no restless thoughts on the lake of the mind. A deeply alert state .. although no thought. To commune with God you cannot think about him... be absorbed in feelings God‘s presence in the spiritual 👁. It is not just absence of thought but communion with God. There is an alertness. In time there is communion with God. In time behind the mind, beyond the thoughts...enter into the inner silence through the Guru given techniques that the master gives you. Meditations first goal; to get that inner stillness. God is the goal but the immediate goal is stillness; become so focused on the techniques that there is no room for anything. Just be watching the breath. Things will slow down. The mind and breath are interrelated, so the mind also slows down. With ever increasing attention, there will be no more room for thoughts .
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Sometimes I have to go back and follow my own advice. I know there have been times when everything was so still that a spiritual state enveloped me… a blissful feeling. Often I was with other devotees. Like at the Hollywood SRF temple or at the SRF convocation. There is something about the vibes of others meditating with you. It’s like an invisible aura enveloping the room that lifts you out of your normal consciousness. “Be still and know that I am God.” “Where two or more are gathered in my name, there I shall be also.”
