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Advaita Vedanta Guided Meditation #22

by Swami Viditatmananda Saraswatiji

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This is a soothing and relaxing advaita guided meditation. It was based on chanting recorded in before a live audience. Consider this time an appointment with self that can be used to better understand and appreciate one's own being.

Advaita VedantaSoothingRelaxationChantingSelf UnderstandingSelf AppreciationSelf AcceptanceInner PeaceSelf LoveSelf CompassionSelf ReflectionBody PositivityMindfulnessNon JudgmentSelf CriticismMindfulness Of ThoughtsOvercoming Self CriticismGuided Meditations

Transcript

I'll chant Om Namasivaya twice.

Please,

It will be done to me.

Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya supersed by Om Namasivaya landfill Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya Om Namasivaya This is guided meditation,

In which you just have to listen.

There is nothing to be done.

Just listen to follow the meaning of the universe.

I'm seated in the relaxed position.

My body is relaxed.

My eyes are closed.

The fingers of the two palms are interlocked.

I'm resting on the leg.

I am relaxed.

There is no tension in my mind.

Because in this meditation I'm not seeking to achieve anything.

I'm not seeking any new experience.

I'm not seeking any new sensation.

I just want to be myself.

Just to be myself.

When I am interacting with the world,

When I'm interacting with the people,

There is often a concern in my mind as to how I will perceive other people.

What would they think of me?

I'm often anxious that I should not be rejected by the world.

I'm anxious that I should be accepted by the world,

Approved by the world,

Respected by the world.

With acceptance,

With approval,

With respect for the world,

It's so important to me that I'm hardly my true self.

More often than not,

I project myself such that the world will approve of me,

The world will accept me.

I'm hardly my natural self.

Here,

During this meditation,

I'm just by myself,

Not being watched or assessed by anybody.

I'm not seeking anybody's approval.

And therefore,

I have a feeling as to be myself,

As I am,

With all my limitations and shortcomings.

At this time,

I do not have to be different from what I am.

Because it is quite alright to be what I am.

In order to be happy,

In order to be at peace,

I do not have to be different from what I am.

I'm quite alright as I am.

With my limitations,

All that is needed is for me to accept myself,

Respect myself.

I respect myself.

In spite of my limitations,

In spite of my shortcomings,

I gracefully accept myself.

More often than not,

I am critical of my own self.

I have a tendency to judge myself and criticize myself.

And it often happens that I become unhappy with my own self.

That is because I do not accept my limitations.

As though I would receive myself as a perfect person.

And that rarely happens.

Usually I am imperfect.

And that being the case,

I am critical of myself.

However,

In this time,

Taking myself,

It is quite alright to be what I am.

Illuminations are a reality of life.

I will not reject myself because I am limited.

I will not reject myself because I am inadequate.

I gracefully accept myself to spite of all the eliteness.

I gracefully accept my body.

Male or female?

Thin or not so thin?

Strong or not so strong?

They are not so thin.

However,

In the body he is,

I gracefully accept my body.

It is a great gift,

Drawn to me by the Creator.

There is no doubt that the body has many limitations.

The body also has many virtues.

It is a very beautiful piece of creation.

I can hear,

I can see,

I can talk,

I can walk.

I can perform many activities with the body.

The body is a very precious thing.

To be limited is the nature of the body.

The body can never be perfect.

I give up my demand that my body should be perfect.

I gracefully accept my body as it is.

It has virtues and limitations.

It's a privilege to be a human being.

As a human being I enjoy many ennominations.

These other creatures are not privileged to have.

I'm happy,

I'm privileged to have a human body.

I'm comfortable with my body.

I accept my mind gracefully.

I also have very wonderful gifts.

I can speak.

I can cognize.

I can perceive.

I can learn.

I can create.

I can remember.

My mind is a wonderful equipment.

It empowers me to do many things.

It does not have to be like somebody else's mind.

I do not have to be someone else's.

I suspect myself for what I am.

I gracefully accept and enjoy my mind.

I enjoy my body as it is.

I enjoy my mind as it is.

I hope there are many limitations to the mind.

Limitations to mind.

Limitations to understanding.

Limitations to the attention.

Yes,

In every aspect the mind is limited.

But that is how it is meant to be.

I do not reject my mind.

I do not condemn my mind because it is limited.

Yes,

There is sometimes anger.

Sometimes greed.

Sometimes self-centeredness.

Sometimes cruelty.

These impulses also show up in the mind.

But I do not identify with them.

They are not my religion.

I am a kind,

Loving,

Good,

Compassionate person.

I am a leader.

I am a compassionate person.

A loving person.

A generous person.

A kind person.

A beautiful person.

A good person.

This natural beauty of mind,

This natural goodness of mind,

It becomes inhibited.

Whenever the mind is overcome by the impulses of anger,

Of sadness,

Of frustration.

There are the clouds.

It is that the clouds veil the sun.

So are some of these impulses veil the natural goodness of myself.

But the clouds do not change the sun.

Sun remains what it is in spite of the clouds.

And so are those.

I am what I am.

A kind,

Loving,

Good,

Beautiful person.

In spite of the clouds of anger,

Frustration.

They are incidental.

Inherently I am a good,

Beautiful person.

Whatever undesirable tendencies are there,

They are all incidental.

I don't know who changed myself by then.

Because I do see myself lower than at the kind of person.

Lower than I see myself to the loving person.

Lower than I see myself as a beautiful person.

I swear I have been having two differences of myself.

The only orchestrated person is my mind.

The kind,

Beautiful,

Good person I am.

And that I have all the reason to be happy with myself.

All the reason is I swear with myself.

And therefore I accept my mind.

I accept myself.

There is no reason why I should be ashamed of my body.

No reason why I should be ashamed of my mind.

Because,

Yes indeed,

The meanings.

The body and the mind are the means given to me.

The equipment given to me to live my life.

Just as I have a home,

I have a computer,

I have a car.

There is no reason for me to judge myself on the basis of the hole in which I live,

The car which I drive,

The computer which I use.

They are just the truths,

The means.

They prevent for me to live my life.

Similarly also,

The body,

The mind,

Their equipment given to me to live my life.

It is true that I should keep them in good condition.

I should take the responsibility of keeping the body in good condition.

Of keeping the mind in good condition.

Nevertheless,

I do not want to judge myself by them.

I am the person.

The body and mind are the personalities.

The person that I am is a good,

Beautiful,

Kind,

Living person.

It is possible for me to withdraw my attention from the body.

It is possible for me to withdraw my attention even from my thoughts.

Because I am independent of it.

Independent self-pilots.

I am inherently beautiful,

Good,

Kind,

Living,

Jealous.

When I stop judging myself based on the mind,

When I detach myself from what the world has to say,

From how the body is,

From how the mind is,

When I pay attention to myself,

When I just look at myself,

When I remember those beautiful experiences,

Still I am a loving person.

Okay,

Just then,

Having a kind person.

I will say,

Having selfless person,

I have a number of experiences of minding selfless,

Of minding life,

Of minding kind.

That is my true self.

If I have to judge myself,

I shall judge myself based on those experiences.

Not the experience of anger or expression,

Not on the basis of what the mind says,

On the basis of what I truly am.

I will just continue to say,

And that is my experience also.

I am a beautiful,

Kind,

Loving,

Jealous,

Good person.

This meditation is meant to see this effect about myself,

This effect about myself,

Which I am not aware of,

Because I am simply optimized to judge myself based on the body,

Based on the mind,

Based on the opening of the mind.

At this time,

The rest I take from the habit,

And I look at myself,

And virtually what I am is all the reason for me to be happier with myself,

Because I am a kind,

Loving,

Good,

Beautiful person.

Sivamunallam Sivamunallam Sivamunallam Sivamunallam Sivarayan Sivarayan,

Very suspicious,

Beautiful,

Good,

Loving,

Joyful,

Pure.

That is what I am.

Anything else that I find about myself is incident,

Not intrinsic to me.

There is all because of ignorance.

In reality.

Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan Sivarayan With this our guided meditation comes to a complete.

You can open your eyes and leave quietly.

And try to retain this peace in your mind as long as possible.

You are not discouraged with unnecessary talking.

Breathing in silence as long as you can.

Enjoy silence.

Enjoy yourself.

Enjoy the place.

Enjoy everything.

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Swami Viditatmananda Saraswatiji Saylorsburg, PA, USA

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