That is what I mean by “I am just trying to stop you”.
So you can relax and be,
and melt into that which is always here,
the peace which you are.”
Just try and be more and more in the moment – new, fresh, alert, present. The past is gone, so don’t carry it – it is an unnecessary burden. You are a sensitive soul, so allow yourself to be light. Remind yourself to come back again and again, here and now. To where the peace is, where the silence is. That’s why it is called self-remembrance, mindfulness, awareness – I am. Remember that you can be present, unburdened, free, in this very moment.”
Singing, kirtan, dancing, humming, praying, inquiry- it’s all to go beyond the ego, the mind. When you are lost as an ego, when the thoughts are still, you are in the silence, you are in the music, you are in the dance, you are in the moment, your true Self will appear by itself — because it’s always there. It’s all different ways to remove the layers of thoughts, of the mind, of identity. All the separate identity has to go. Then the real Self will come by itself.”
When the physical body is relaxed, when the mind is relaxed, when the emotions are relaxed — only then can meditation or silence happen. So that’s what we can do for ourselves to prepare. That’s why I work on the physical, on the emotional, on the mental. Because when these three are in harmony, at peace, free, unburdened, then silence happens. And when silence happens, then something else happens. Grace happens. God happens. Insight happens. So, everything is a preparation for that.”
