Hello everyone, good to see you again today. The main problem with meditation, which we all face, one time or the other The biggest problem, people often complain about thoughts during meditation. Thoughts are always arising in the mind and this becomes very noticeable during meditation in a way guide used to say just his eyes are too See, is that to hear, noses to smell, bank is to taste and so his mind to think. So, when we try to suppress that very nature of mind, which is to think it we are going against nature then what is the solution? So, listen is this, we need to regulate the mind, we need to train our mind in such a way, so that it rests on those ideas, those thoughts, those subjectivity so that we can dive deeper into those subjects only without being deviated into other but in true meditation, it transcends transcend beyond thoughts actually, when we realize this how to transcend beyond thoughts, moving away from thinking apparatus and try to activate the art and try to feel the very essence of that object of meditation, then that meditation is successful in the rightful meditation, when it is so effective, when we will be able to deduce from daily experiences that yes, even though the meditation may have been turbulent because of thoughts, yet right meditation would result in sift and consciousness.

See how your consciousness was before starting meditation. And after meditating for 20 minutes, 30 minutes with the help of this transmission. Despite of turbulent meditation, you will often see that the result of this meditation was so refined Absolute refinement within this sort of subtle desperation. Often we had troubled by the thoughts from the past, out of guilt, perhaps some unresolved matters that they pop up in our mind and often things that we have not completed the haunt us during meditation. We see that during our daily activities. You know, someone calls from home that please bring milk on your way from supermarket and by the time we are going to bed at 10pm or 10:30pm suddenly you realize I forgot the milk before going to sleep also many things that remember the letter to another Finished tasks, something that we missed out on.

So, when such thoughts do arise during meditation, should we get disturbed because it reminded us of our duty? No, let it come make a mental note of it and revert back to this noble process of attending to presence of divine light in the heart, did transmission do its job and thoughts to arise instead of fighting with them instead of struggling? Like you know, it would be nice if we gently remind ourselves that I'm meditating on divine light present in my heart. To go and paying attention to thoughts like the way you would pay attention to a barking dog. It's done. It'll help us to keep on moving Gently and softly.

The meaning and mindful of things around us. Be compassionate towards yourself. That summarize they'll pop up when you ignore them, but ignoring them in a very passive way. Try to ignore it. I will not think of this I will not think of this is not going to happen. Often things you try to wait from comes back.

Like to say with your beautiful story I heard about a little boy who sold his guru for years. With the hope that one day his guru will teach him how to fly like a bird. Guru had tempted him to do so that when you are 15 on the full moon night, on your birthday, I will teach you how to meditate. Meditate in such a way that after meditation you will be able to fly like a bird. So that fine detail One day, and boy was very excited, goes to his guru and says, I'm ready. Please teach me how to fly like a bird.

So guru tells them, I'll teach you a method of meditation, you go home, take a shower, and clean clouds and sit for meditation. But during meditation, don't think of monkeys. And then you go on his way. He was very happy to not think of monkeys. How can they think of monkeys? And they were seen monkeys in my life.

So there is no way I'm gonna think of monkeys. It goes home playing with this, how to ignore the thoughts of monkeys. And this one is about to start at midnight and the full moon is on on his head and hope someone so hope stages meditate. Suddenly he remembers Guruji said, Please don't think of monkeys. And they go is full of monkeys in his mind. The things we try to avoid generally pops up again and again best is not to pay attention.

We had to understand why thoughts come during meditation especially. It's like it is not that we will not thinking other times on thoughts were not coming during other moments. They're always there. But during meditation, we become cognizant of it. Secondly, when the thoughts are the half, doing other activities, they come, but we are busy doing so many other things. We are watching things And not paying attention to either consciousness.

So thoughts, though they do arise, but they go unnoticed in our conscious mind. When we meditate, now you're face to face with your own consciousness. Your mirror is looking at yourself. And it's difficult to wait from this especially doing meditation. And all kinds of thoughts would come especially they get to thoughts, something that you did wrongly or something, something that makes you feel ashamed sometimes and guilty. Very rarely, some noble thoughts may arise.

But what will be the thoughts good or bad? any distraction I think disturbs our meditation. Let me read you a little passage. Something from my first guide Frampton drops out in the 1940s, in his book called reality at dawn, he expresses ideas and how to wherein he deeply and very masterfully describes the reason behind these thoughts and how to tackle them during meditation. So I'm going to read out this particular passage from reality at dawn when I'm Tantra. Generally people complain of numerous ideas creeping into the mind and the time of meditation the thing that they have In the practice, unless they bring their mind to a standstill, but it is not so, we are not practicing concentration but only meditation.

You must go on with meditation, unmindful of the foreign ideas that happened to come to our mind at the time. The flow of ideas is due to the activities of our conscious mind which is never addressed. We're still busy in meditation with our subconscious mind, while our conscious mind is roaming about and forming numerous ideas, thus, we are not the loser in any way. In due course, after sufficient practice, the conscious mind too gets molded and begins to act in harmony with the subconscious mind The result this attitude is deep rooted and lasting. And finally, calmness, the characteristic of the soul becomes predominant. If you let your thoughts run riot during the rest of the day, how will they become during one hour of meditation?

So we have to train the mind so that it becomes an instrument for our evolution, the mind can be your best friend or our worst enemy. mastering this art of keeping your mind focused on one idea is often a challenge. the help of this transmission were able to move into the production of consciousness very easily, without much being distracted by this thoughts, some mental experience that how such a simple path, simple way of meditation, very gently remind ourselves that yes, I'm meditating on the presence of the divine light in my heart, that's all and thoughts to arise. We simply remain unmindful of them. Just they were tense in a very simple way in a very natural way to drift attention towards the presence of divine light. When these thoughts disturb us too much, when it will come overwhelming then at that moment it will be best to Take a deep breath and hold your breath for some time and see what happens.

And there's human meditation, then to your thoughts or disturb you. Open your eyes for a few seconds. Close again gently. See what happens. Oh, if it is still overwhelming, then pick up some nice book. The passage or two.

Something that can remind you of divinity, something that reminds you of humanity, something that can remind you of love, compassion, and then resume meditation. Often we get carried away by some pious thoughts, we think that the meditation will be wonderful If so, images keep coming to my mind. For example, some data that you're worshiping thoughts of that particular data may keep coming to your mind. And you think that is meditation that I tell you it is wrong. It is not a very good idea to entertain any sort of thought actually accept this one noble idea of the presence of divine light. And prayerfully will remain that, my Lord, what so ever I'm thinking during meditation, it's my imagination.

Whatsoever I'm thinking and cooking up things in my head about your qualities about your form. That is also my mental fabrication. Because if you have a certain belief in certain religion One would tend to think of that particular data. And by chance, if you happen to think of some other data belonging to another religion, then you think that the meditation was filed. This is nothing but narrow mindedness. If we go on imagining things, imagining the form, the quality etc.

God is always based on our imagination and our fences. Our prayers would be my lord whatsoever you are qualitatively figuratively. I like to feel your presence and remain waiting for this. We give the open invitation for such a moment to arise in our heart in its natural way. But if we go on Thinking that the Lord is like this Lord is not supposed to be like that. Then mind remains busy in fabricating states of meditation, visions during meditations, then that is not meditation, you're daydreaming, you're cooking up things in your mind.

In meditation, we remain patiently waiting at all. And whatsoever happens in meditation, with such a positive attitude is best for us. Practice in itself, whatsoever be any spiritual practice. It rarely contributes more than 5% towards our success. 95% depends on our attitude. What are these attitudes?

When Musto And how this attitude can accelerate or decelerate my association with this practice. wrongful attitudes also can create stormy thoughts during meditation. Loving attitude open mindedness. So full state, all this, Maiko, meditations, very fruitful, very effective. Very, I would say contentful if you're angry and try to meditate, see what happens at that time. Immediately after you're angry, try to meditate that meditation be deep quanta if you have so much in low, so happy, so joyful, and at that time you end up meditating So, we slowly realize that yes, having a particular attitude prior to starting meditation can help us a long way.

And outcome of meditation. Each time we have a different attitude will be different. So, we slowly understand that certain attitudes are good to have certain attitudes, what ignoring worth denying, most important attitude that comes to mind is this, that my lord whatsoever it be, I'm here to experience your results. That's all this is. I found to be the best attitude and even open No but certain practices people often have certain great experiences. But then problem with spiritual practices that experience itself.

Moment you have a great experience during meditation. We tend to expect similar experience to arise during the second meditation. This is open mindedness. This is like putting a condition that yes in this second meditation, I will have previous experience be repeated again. or, even worse, I'll have better experience than the last time. Nothing of that sort remain open whatsoever and be and then you see what sort of experiences we we face.

We come across and become one with As we move on and on and on with this daily practice, and observing the kinds of attitudes we have before meditation, we realize that low ones suffering in low, the other is always predominant, not yourself. in meditation, it is interaction between myself and the house of or myself and the Lord. And when in low, the other dominates. What about me? The selfishness will move away. We move away from selfishness to selflessness.

We move away from thinking to the feeling of The very thought we put in the beginning. The thought was the presence of doing light. It was an idea. It was the thought of suggestion that you made. It translates into a feeling a state of feeling comes if we experience something very profound. And later on, we get also fed up of daily experiences actually, one profound experience after another broken experience.

Just as in the beginning, most people they get tired of thoughts at once seekers of spirituality also get fed up of experiences, many experiences, though they're so good heart disease yet, not fully satisfied. It is still no longing for something great. We'll explore all these things in coming sessions. I would like you to walk you through today. The cleaning process, how to clean for a few moments, maybe five minutes 10 The minutes before actually doing the meditation. Cleaning this helps us to go deeper in meditation.

Well, thoughts will not disturb as much. So I recommend that prior to studying with Titian every morning, do yourself five minutes of cleaning and then meditate. So I'll walk you through today with cleaning and then we'll meditate together