{"id":968,"date":"2013-02-01T16:59:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T11:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=968"},"modified":"2014-10-16T10:31:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T05:01:34","slug":"meditate-your-way-to-the-divine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/society\/meditate-your-way-to-the-divine","title":{"rendered":"Meditate your way to the Divine!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Meditation<\/a><\/p>\n

Meditation is the certain salve for the distraught and distressed humanity.\u00a0 It has truly endured the test of time. East or west, the long cherished practices of meditation have become an integral part of the religious traditions.\u00a0 The practice of meditation introduces us to the\u00a0 self. We establish direct contact with what happens within us.\u00a0 It is very essential to have knowledge of the body. The purpose of meditation is to arouse and develop the powers of the psyche.\u00a0 Meditation is an attempt to carry energy upwards.\u00a0 It is like a submarine to enter the dark waters of the mind far below the glittering surface of consciousness.<\/p>\n

The mind is nothing but a flow of thoughts.\u00a0 It is not in our hands to stop this flow. \u00a0 Concentration and strong resolve are necessary tools to achieve a thoughtless state.\u00a0 Regularity and sincerity of devotional practices brings about purity and single-pointedness making the mind fit for higher stages of meditation. Peace comes to the mind when we acknowledge the presence of the almighty.\u00a0 Meditative prayer is the simplest and the most effective method to inculcate a personal relation with God.\u00a0 Daily prayer transforms our life, which is full of trifles and pettiness, to a sincere commitment to God so that even the way we live, in itself, becomes a prayer offering.<\/p>\n

In today’s world, not many people find time to pray. Even the ones who do pray are in a terrible hurry.\u00a0 The power of every day prayer is boundless.\u00a0 It can help us experience great spiritual heights.\u00a0 Such moments of grace may be rare but they could lift us,\u00a0 giving a fresh insight into the lows of life.\u00a0 This insight is possible only if we pray meditatively.\u00a0 Despite of praying earnestly and following all the rituals of praying, one often fails to attain peace.\u00a0 This is because even though your body prays, the mind is far away.\u00a0 One needs to realize that a true prayer comes from within.\u00a0 A union of the mind and the body is essential for praying. Thus, to attain ultimate bliss,\u00a0 you must start our day with meditation.\u00a0 And if you go on the right track,\u00a0 you will find God’s blessings and love showering on you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Meditation is the certain salve for the distraught and distressed humanity.\u00a0 It has truly endured the test of time. East or west, the long cherished practices of meditation have become an integral part of the religious traditions.\u00a0 The practice of meditation introduces us to the\u00a0 self. We establish direct contact with what happens within […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":34151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[139],"class_list":{"0":"post-968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"tag-meditation"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35298,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/35298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}