Meditation Advice - 04.29.10

Student Comment: This is my first time and I wanted clarity, or some tips, with meditation. I noticed that during the meditation, I had some bodily sensations and visualizations, and I could get into it, but then it would stop; my mind would turn back on. So I just wanted some tips. I noticed when I repeated what you said in the guided meditation, it would bring me back into quiet state.

“Yes, in the beginning, the consciousness is identified with the mind that uses language. Language is an object in the mind, but we are addicted to language,” explains Shunyamurti, the director of the Sat Yoga Institute in Costa Rica. “It’s through language that we create this grid of what reality is, and so we’re very reluctant to let go of words. And because the mind hasn’t been trained, it’s wild, and it’ll bring up thoughts that you have no desire to listen to, but they’ll be there anyway. . . . You will eventually reach the point where the mind will not interfere, and the only thoughts that come will be either thoughts that are divine inspirations, or thoughts that are required for the sustenance of your life.” Recorded on the evening of Thursday, April 29, 2010.