Connect to your inner Universe

Meditation & Self Introspection

Listening to one’s self is an art. Not everyone can do this. They who try to filter out minds constant blurring and seek the answer strongly shall get it. At first it will be tough because we have never known till now that all the answers that we search for are within our self. We just have to introspect deeper in order to excavate it.

There are many causes of stress in this world; because of these problems, we are always in anxiety, and symptoms of stress are visible all over us. At such time, when we are almost at the verge of nervous breakdown, what can help us to relieve us from these symptoms of stress? That is meditation. Consider slowing down and meditating a bit.

Meditation means not sitting in a posture and chanting mantras. It is just a exercise for knowing one’s self better. The word meditation comes from a Latin word ‘meditatum’ meaning to ponder. So the posture and mantras don’t actually matter. The state of mind in which you are is all that matters because if u are not ready enough or want to know more about yourself then even the best meditation technique cannot help you or bring you peace. It is the inner search and craving for peace that will bring it.

Causes of stress can be many, since life is filled with success and failures. One who learns to treat both of them equally will remain happy, come what may, because life is just about living , winning and losing are just a part of it. There is a huge difference between existing and living. To exist means to eat drink work and to do all the works without any soul in it. To live means bringing joy to whatever you do. Even after you lose, if you flash a smile then your opponent will lose the taste of his victory. Such is life.

People get irritated with small things, get stressed for when there are no real causes of stress, and tend to act on impulse; without thinking they blow the matter completely out of proportion. Here is a classic example. A person wakes up early knowing he has a meeting to attend. He gets ready and when he is about to start, his daughter compels him to let her at school but he refuses leaving his dear child in tears. He starts driving and on the way feels bad for making his child cry.  Thinking about this he did not notice a car stopped in front and hit it with a bang. He got down and both of them started fighting and in an impulse our hero hits the other man with what he got in hand from the dashboard later realizing it was a spanner.  But it was too late. The other person was drenched in blood and was admitted immediately to hospital and treated. Our hero was put to jail for a month for his impulsiveness. If he had thought twice either at home or before hitting other person he would have been at the meeting enjoying a sip of juice.

So we should think a second before acting, so that we need not repent for it later; and to develop such a kind of clear thinking, deep self introspection is necessary; so that you can live happily ever after with no matter what causes of stress are present,  there are no symptoms of stress visible in your outer and inner self.