Heartfulness Prayer #3

The daily practice of Sahaj Marg consists of a meditation in the morning, before the day’s activities begin; a cleaning practice in the evening after the day’s activities are complete; and a short prayer meditation before sleep. This practice begins with an insightful lecture on the Sahaj Marg before delving into a silent practice, designed specifically to support and encourage your daily practice.

Transcript

We're so happy to have you back for the third and final session of our Master Course with Heartfulness Practice. Let's go back to Kamlesh Patel to deepen our meditation experience. Namaste and hello everyone. Welcome back. Today is the third and final Master Class in this series. In the past sessions we had practiced relaxation and daily meditation with transmission. This was to connect ourselves with our own heart. We also practiced cleaning, Trying to remove the impressions that hinder our connection with our heart. Today I would like to explain in detail how we can create the conditions that will nurture the inner connection with our heart. It is easy to create the condition, The connection, But also it's, I think, Equally simple and easier to keep nurturing and making this connection stronger. The process is very simple. Let's understand what happens. Generally after meditation, The deep state of meditative consciousness, Also called Samadhi in ancient literature, Lasts for a few seconds or a few minutes. How to make it possible that this high level of meditative consciousness rests with us, You know, For longest duration possible during the daytime. I will explain and then we will meditate together. Our practice of meditation must result in meditative state. Even when we are not meditating, That is, When we are at work or going about our daily activities and especially while sleeping, The meditative state must accompany us for longer and longer durations of the day and the night. So how to foster this? The key to that is to create a cycle of constant connection with the heart. How do we create that cycle of constant connection? First we start the day with morning meditation. And as we wake up, You know, We try to offer to our own self a kind of a reminder that yes, I'm going to meditate. I like to connect with myself. It is like auto-suggestion to yourself. And as we remember to unite with our heart, We are setting the tone and direction for our day. Next, The cleaning technique. It is ideal to do our cleaning at the end of day's work because during the day we acquire many impressions in the form, You know, As repetitive thoughts, Emotions, Inner disturbances, Etc. So we want to remove them so that we clear our inner space, Our heart space. Early at bedtime, Just before we sleep, We do a short meditation, A prayerful meditation. You meditate for a few minutes, Bringing our attention to the light in our heart, Like we do in the morning. And we set our intentions, Which is to be attuned to our heart at all times and be one with the highest potential that is within us. If possible, You can scan through all the day's activities, See where we went wrong, See where we need to improve, And resolve at that time through this meditation in a very subtle way, In a very gentle way, How not to repeat the same mistake again. This resolution is improvement, And such constant improvements in ourself makes us better and better all the time. This is what I would like to call it as continuous improvement. So at bedtime, We kindle our longing for this inward connection to deepen, Knowing that the guidance we need is also within our heart. Our heart is now our guide. As we go to sleep, This connection continues in our subconscious, Making it easier for us to meditate the next morning. Thus we are also able to make use of the idle, Unproductive hours of sleep. It no doubt gives us rest, It helps us to recuperate our system at a physical level. But now we are trying to make use of these hours of sleep to a better advantage in improving our consciousness. In yoga sastra, We call going from sushupti, Your deep sleep, Into turiya state, The fourth condition which is highly described. Maybe in the future we will be able to discuss more on turiya and turiyatit conditions, Or the fourth and the stages lying beyond the fourth state. Anyway, First thing we do in the morning consciously is to connect. And last thing we do at bedtime is to bring this conscious connection with ourselves into the subconscious while we go to sleep. And over time, Through reputation and through fastening a routine, Through the cycle of connection, We expand our capacity to be attuned to our heart and the highest potential within us at all times. That is also why I recommend that we go to fix a regular time. We should set aside a regular place for daily meditation or practice. Routine helps tremendously. It is like establishing a biological clock in our system. Okay. So dear friends, Now more than ever, Let's meditate together. Gently close your eyes. We'll be meditating now. Please sit with the same comfortable posture you are in, With your attention drawn very gently towards the heart. Think that the source of light, Which is already present inside my heart is drawing my attention inward. It is pulling my attention inward. If thoughts do arise, Just gently remind yourself that we are in meditation, Meditating on the source of light. Let us rest our attention in the heart. Feel the longing that is there in the heart to be one and the highest one can be. Call upon this deepest self for guidance. Try to go deeper within. Once this process of meditation is over, I'll say that's all. That is when you open your eyes. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. Let's rest our attention in the heart. 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