Insight on How to Meditate - [Hindi with English CC]

The question addressed in this discourse was - When meditating and a thought arises, and you remind yourself that you don't have to think about that thought, but the thought continues to dominate no matter how hard you try. How does one deal with such a situation?

Om Swami, provides a powerful and deeply insightful answer to this question on meditation. Giving the analogy of a hammer and key, he explains that by feeling guilty or forcing your mind to stop having thoughts, or emotionally blackmailing your mind is like hitting the hammer on a lock. Instead, like how a key fits perfectly into the lock if it's the right key, the secret is to build that sort of a relationship with your mind. By having a dialogue with your mind with love instead of being authoritative with it, you are likely to accomplish more.

If thoughts emerge while meditating, there are mainly two or three reasons for it. First, you are trying hard not to have thoughts during your meditation. Second, concentration is gone and one is sitting for the sake of completing their sadhana. There isn't a need to do it this way, take a break. In the beginning, only quality matters in meditation. As we progress, quantity, and quality, both become important.

Listen to the full discourse for powerful insights on how to meditate the right way.

Video Timeline
0:00 Start
2:37 What not to do with your mind
3:48 How to deal with your mind during meditation
8:38 Meditation tips for beginners
12:14 Powerful Insight on how to meditate

Intro and outro animation: Sushree Svadha Om
Piano music: Adi Sharma

BREATHE / SMILE / LET GO
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[Swati_]

I don't know why but once I start listening to him i just cannot stop.
That's actually the power of a true Yogi🙏😌

[travisblack]

Imagine, he had an important realization after 3-4 thousand hours of meditation. How much time it will save us if we can use this advice correctly.

[writepanwar]

Ended with best line “ esa mera manana hi nhi janana h. This whole journey is from manana to janana. On to it

[cuever]

कितनी सहजता, कितनी शांति, कितना धैर्य, कितना गहरापन बाणी सादर प्रणाम ऐसी बिभूति को।

[gauravclient]

Absolutely this is what I’m facing from all these years. My mind is talking and I’m continuing with my japa/dhyana expecting one day it will become quite by itself. Today I came to know how wrong I was!

[bhavnashrestha]

Isn't this magical. While am reading 'a million thoughts' we receive pearls of wisdom from Swami ji! Pranam

[mangeshvernekar]

Om swami namo namah🌹🙏🌹pujjyaniye swami ji ko koti koti pranaam🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏

[PRINCEB]

Swami ji's intuition is on some different level. It may seem very easy and simple when he calculated the exact number of days in 05 years, but this wisdom is something else. Connecting the dots of human mind.

[navneetomdhand]

🌹 💐ॐ स्वामी नमो नम: 💐🌹
🙏 जय गुरुदेव 🙏
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः
सर्वे सन्तु निरामया। 
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु
मा कश्चित् दुःखभाग् भवेत्।।

[pkb]

I offer my obeisance to Divine in you Swami ji.
Thank you for guidance to me to move to still water. Ingradients for key are provided by you and will continue to work till key is realized.

Pranaam.

[shyamdeotiwary]

The words of a realised Yogi is very powerful . Swami ji's way of expression is wonderful. In a humorous and lucid way he explains everything so clearly that the hearer is bound to remember those things forever if he wants to make a progress in the field of Meditation. Such a realised Yogi is hardly seen.🙏 🙏 🙏

[jayshreeom]

SwamiG pranam, thank you for this amazing insight.. You look amazing in black ⚫️🌸🌺♥️

[ramathanvi]

नमो नमः श्री गुरू पादुकाभ्याम।🙏🌹🙇‍♀️😊
निशब्द हूँ, कृतज्ञ हूँ। मातृ पितृ शक्ति एकरूपिण्येए आपकी इस अनुपम कृपा को
साष्टांग दण्डवत प्रणाम ।आज के इन अमृत वचनों से मैं अपनी सबसे बड़ी दुविधा से मुक्त हो गयी।कृतज्ञता कृतज्ञता 🙏

[ranjan]

Jay Gurudev 🙏🏻🧘‍♂️🙏🏻 🕉🙏🏻 🌺🌸🌼🌻🥀🌹🌷💐🌾🙏🏻 ati sundar 100% perfect 👌 science

[ShivaniSharma-gvue]

Thanku swami ji aapke pyaree aur madhur bathe

[happy]

Thank you for the guidance .. every 1000 hrs a knot untangles..

[cn]

Kitni aachi hindi bolte hai aap. Kash hindi bhasha mein hindustani aap jaise hi bol paate.

[sanjanaom]

No one, absolutely no one can explain the way You do, Swamiji! 🙏🥲
When tearing thought (s) take over our consciousness, the method of love and conversation with our mind actually works ❤️
All Glories to You! Thank You for everything!!

[kanujgoyalom]

Pranaam swamiji. Apke charon mein shat shat naman. Tumev mata cha pita tumev.

[SiddhiOm]

Saadar Naman mera aapko Rev. Sri.Om Swamiji🙏🕉🌺Jai Sri Hari🐄🦢🌺🕉🙏