Benefits of Heart based meditation - Interview by Shri Kamlesh Patel

Why Meditate on the Heart?

"Whatever you experience through a meditation process, first you prove it in your heart. Your heart is your laboratory."

Shri Kamlesh Patel, spiritual guide and president of Sahaj Marg’s Shri Ram Chandra Mission discusses the benefits of Heart based meditation.

"Heartfulness Meditation combines a scientific approach to spirituality.There is a great underlying philosophy in this meditation on the heart, the pumping station for our blood.

It sends out purified blood to all parts of our body, including the smallest cells.We take the heart as the centre for meditation and by this practice, we set our individual mind on the right path.

The heart is the only point at which the connecting link between the animate and the inanimate is clearly felt. It is the field of action of our mind. It must always be set right. 

The heart is thus the most appropriate point for meditation where from the current flows on, either upwards or downwards.Whatever you experience through a meditation process, first you prove it in your heart.Your heart is your laboratory."

Please refer to the complete interview transcript of "Heart of Peace" by Shri Kamlesh Patel, President of SRCM published on speaking tree website  

http://www.speakingtree.in/article/heart-of-peace

Relax, Meditate - Experience the Joy of Life

From time immemorial, human endeavor has been to constantly improve the quality of life. Many of our fellow beings have contributed significantly towards this with inventions such as Electricity, Industrialisation, Automobiles etc. In today's digital world we can access information across the world, right from our living room helping us lead a comfortable life. 

However in the demanding modern world, many of us face a good amount of stress in our professional as well as our personal lives. When our mind is cluttered with thoughts, pre-occupied with worries about the things to do, afraid of failure, we are unable to focus, remain in the present nor make the right decisions. 

Pushes and Pulls of Life 

Even when we are with our our loved ones, we don't seem to partake in the simple joys of the present  moment as our mind seems to somehow wander off. When we go to sleep at night, all the worries and thoughts surround us, depriving us the much needed sound sleep.

In my experience over the period of many years, I have come to appreciate a simple fact . In spite of the best of the external comforts unless my mind is relaxed and calm, I don't seem to experience the simple moments of joy. This affects the overall quality of life, in the long term leading to health issues, anxiety, depression etc.   

How to manage stress, stay focussed and improved your health?

Just as the roots of the tree are vital to the strength and sustenance of its existence, so is our inner being strengthened by relaxing our body and mind. 

It has been scientifically proven that Relaxation and Meditation helps individuals cope up with stress, enable better focus, decision making, improve sleep resulting in better health.

Learn to Meditate

Meditation helps strengthen your mind akin to working out in gym to strengthen your body. By relaxing our body and regulating our mind, we learn to to be balance and develop the ability to withstand the pushes and pulls of life. We become a coherent being and are able to lead a calm, stress-free, balanced life. Thereby allowing us to improve our health and the overall quality of life.  

Relaxation and meditation are simple techniques which are practiced by many people from all walks of life around the world wide today. Be positive, health and Experience the Joy of Life. Cheers !!