8 March
Learning to Meditate
Question: How can we learn to meditate?
Sri Chinmoy: The best way to begin to learn how to meditate is to associate with poeple who have been meditating for some time. These people are not in a position to teach you, but they are in a position to inspire you. If you have some friends who know how to meditate, just sit beside them while they are meditating. Unconsciously your inner being will be able to derive some meditative power from them. You are not stealing anything from them, but your inner being is taking help from them without your outer knowledge.....
(Continue reading excerpt from Meditation: Humanity's Race And Divinity's Grace, Part 2 by Sri Chinmoy)
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