In the highest form of meditation, it doesn’t matter:




- What your social status, color of the skin, race, nationality, religion, past life history, caste is or whether you are rich or poor, famous or unknown, big or small, fat or slim, beautiful or ugly, well educated or illiterate, saint or live in a home, bachelor, married, divorced or separated.

- What type of clothes you wear - western or eastern, suit or jeans.

- Whether you know scriptures or not, whether you have ever read them or not.





It is
not necessary
to:




- Perform any rituals.

- Go to any church, temple or other physical place of worship. (“Mobile temple” is within you - it always goes wherever you go).

- To sit in a particular position or breathe in a particular way to practice. (It can be practiced while eating, standing, walking, running, driving, working, studying and even while talking).

- To move your tongue while repeating the name of God to perform this meditation. (You can be meditating and the person next to you need not even know that you are meditating).

- Perform this meditation at a certain time of the day. (It can be performed at any time during the day or night).

- Take a (cold or hot) shower early in the morning or before starting meditation or to practice yoga.





Only thing that is necessary is:

- Genuine spiritual thirst and True Love of God.

I have been trying to check my progress barometer recently. Following are certain measurement techniques I have been using (I won’t tell you the results - sorry, they are private):

- When driving on the freeway, if somebody suddenly pulls in front of me in the lane I am driving in without giving any signal, what is my immediate reaction? Do I lose my temper and if so, how long does it take me to remember that I shouldn’t be losing it? Do I curse at the person in front of me?

- If somebody says something bad about me in front of me or behind my back and I know that it isn’t true, what is my reaction?

- If the weather on the current day is suddenly too cool or hot compared to the weather on the previous days and in general, how do I react to it?

- If the kid doesn’t behave well and does something that he shouldn’t be doing at all, what is my first reaction?

- If a near one shouts or gets angry at me, do I respond in the same way or in a different way?

- If I go to meet somebody and the person doesn’t show up as agreed or turns up late, what is my reaction?

- What kind of thoughts I get in my mind when physically near persons of the opposite sex?

- Do I project the same person outside as I am from inside?

- Do I speak the truth always when I should be speaking it?

- Do I still see other people’s faults more than I look at their qualities and do I learn from their qualities irrespective of who the person may be?

- Do I talk rudely to someone and if so, how long before I realize that I shouldn’t be doing this unless absolutely necessary?

- How much am I prepared to really do something for some One I say I love?

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Seeker received a call

From the ailing parents

They seem to realize

That the end is near

They hint that they

Would like him near




Seeker doesn’t say anything

Nothing new in that again

Seeker thinks what will

Change if he is there

Better it would be

That God is near




Seeker tried in the past

To ignite the flame of

Spiritual thirst in them

But it was not to be

As they didn’t long

For the light to bring

Them out of the darkness

That they lived in




So what can seeker do now

Seeker just prepares

For the time when

The end finally comes

Getting ready for the duty

That needs to be done




Seeker just worries

About how much he

Will be able to do

And whether it will

Cover everything that would

Be needed to get rid of the blues

As the body grows real old

The fear of death grows ten fold

It slowly starts to sink in

That the end is near the door




One starts to reflect back

On the years gone by

What was achieved

By toiling so hard

All these years




The death is staring

The person in the face

Still the greed anger lust

Remain inside the surface




The physical body finally ends

The greed anger lust don’t end

They are carried

Onto the next form

To begin yet another cycle

Of toiling reflection and fear

This mind of mine

Expects a lot

It does nothing

For others

But expects

A lot in return

This mind of mine

Expects a lot

It knows nothing

About wisdom

But wants to

Teach it to others

This mind of mine

Expects a lot

It is very cunning

And selfish

But expects others

To consider it

Candid and Altruistic

The expectations

Keep on building up

Inside this foolish

Mind of mine

Leading to frustration

Anger and heat

When I know

Very well what

These expectations cause

Inside of me

Why don’t I expect

Myself to get rid

Of them from within me?

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Expectations, expectations, expectations… Most of us have them in our subconscious. When they are not fulfilled, we all know the result very well… Why don’t we make an effort not to expect anything in return for something we do, for a change?

The thoughts above remind me of the following saying from the Enlightened Master, Shri Krishna, about 5000 years back, in the Dwapar era:





“He who sees inaction in action



And action in inaction,



is wise amongst men.”

On the positive side

The days I have been waiting

For what seems like ages

Are not far away

The days I spent most of

My time dreaming about

Are not far away

On the negative side

The day when the days

I have been dreaming about

Finish is also not far away

The day when I will be

Back in the state I am in now

Is Also not far away

What am I to do?

Time comes

Time goes by

Days come

Days go by

Years come

Years go by

Have I changed with time?

I should look inside of me

And check the barometer

How far have I come along

How much I am different from

The days when

I started down this path

Time flies by very fast

It seems only yesterday

When I was a kid

With no worries in the world

Playing with my friends

All the time

Now when I think

Of the years gone by

Do I regret them

Or did I utilize them

Does my gray hair

Carry with it the weight

Of sins and wasted time

Or is it silvered with the

Wisdom and Love of God?

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I want to be happy

A happiness that never ends

I want an end to the sadness

An end to the troubles

So that I have to never

Face them again




I have tried infinite things

I have tried wealth

I have tried sex

I have tried family

I have tried fame

I have tried almost everything

Still I am incomplete

Still I am unhappy




Since I separated from You

O Lord!

I have had more bodies

Than I can count

I have been a slave of

Each one of them

Taking care of their

Wants and desires

Forgetting to feed the

Real me inside all of them




Sometimes I became

An atheist

Other times I was

A theist

In the form of a

Hindu, Christian, Muslim,

Sikh, Jew, Parsi, Buddhist or Jain

Always remained busy in

Practicing the rituals of religion

Thinking them to be

The source of happiness

But I still remained incomplete

I still remained unhappy




I forgot the real religion

That You had taught me

The real religion of

Worshipping You O Lord!

The real religion of liberation

From the cycle of

Birth and death

The end result of which

Is merging back into You

O Lord!

The source of unending

True happiness and blessedness








In the whole world, every person wants to be happy; everybody wants a happiness that never ends. Every person also wants an end to the sadness and troubled times in such a way that they never have to be experienced again. Still, in spite of trying out infinite ways, something or the other remains to be sought after and the person remains incomplete and unhappy.




Since the soul separated from the Supreme One, from then on, it has dwelled inside innumerable bodies and has been a slave of each one of them. Sometimes atheist, sometimes theist in the form of Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Parsi, etc keeping oneself occupied in the unimportant rituals of the religions, thinking of them to be the source of happiness, but still remains incomplete and unhappy.




In reality, the only true religion of a human being is to worship the Absolute, get liberated from this cycle of birth and death and to merge back into Him from whom the soul got separated. If only one were to realize this…

Maybe someday I will be like this…




If you say

It is night

Then it will be

Night for me




If you say

It is day

Then it will be

Day for me




If you say

Leave home

Become a saint

I will do so




If you say

Go back home

And start a family

I will do so




If you say

Leave your job

And start mine

I will do so




If you say

Come back near Me

And live with Me

I will do so




If you say

Go away

And never come back

I will do so




If you say

Eat meat

I ask you to eat

I will do so




If you say

Don’t go to your

Near One’s funeral

I won’t go




If you say

Take care of your

Ailing parents

I will do so




If you say

You are a fool

I will think

I am a fool




If you say

You do this

I ask you to do it

I will do it




If you ask me

Give up my life

Jump off a cliff

I will do it




Since I came near You

I gave up my mind

Now everything You say

Is what I do





Still if you ask me



To forget You



As if I never knew You



That is something



I can’t do

O my dear Lord!

In my next lifetime

Keep me near You always

From deep inside my heart




It doesn’t matter

Whether You make me

White or Black

Brown or Yellow




It doesn’t matter

Whether You make me

A man or a woman

Big in size or small




It doesn’t matter

Whether You make me

Rich or poor

Famous or unknown




It doesn’t matter

Whether I am born in

America or Asia

Europe or Australia




It doesn’t matter

Whether I am born

A Hindu or a Muslim

A Sikh or a Christian




It doesn’t matter

If I have to conform outwardly

To the norms of the above

Variations of Your illusion





All that matters to me



Is that I always remember You



Never have any doubts



My faith in You



Remains boundless



And You remain in my heart



Always from deep inside of me