Meditation
“Silence Your Mind”
by Dr Ramesh Manocha
A new book by Dr Ramesh Manocha, called “Silence Your Mind”, provides simple techniques for stopping incessant thoughts that may be interfering with your happiness and general functioning in life. Dr Manocha shares his own personal experiences that led to his interest in Sahaja Yoga meditation as a means of stilling the mind and experiencing the peace that comes when “mind chatter” stops and thoughtless awareness begins.
A leading researcher in the field of meditation and health, Dr Manocha explains in simple and very interesting terms the research that he has undertaken to study the effects of Sahaja Yoga meditation on medical conditions. These include epilepsy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, menopausal symptoms and asthma.The book provides simple, easy-to-follow techniques to assist in silencing the mind and achieving peace of mind.
The book is available at book stores in Australia and as a Kindle e-book from Amazon. Click here for details.
(Manocha, Ramesh. Silence Your Mind. Sydney: Hatchette Australia, 2013.)
The Sahaja Yoga meditation and music team will be at this weekend’s Canberra National Multicultural Festival.
Come along to learn to meditate, discover the peace which lies within and experience a new awareness that you probably never knew existed.
All sessions are free of charge.
Learn to Meditate at our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Stall
Location: Stalls E39/E40 (located in Ainslie Avenue off London Circuit in the “African Village” area.)
• Friday 8 February: 4.00pm to 9.00pm
• Saturday 9 February: 11.00am to 9.00pm
• Sunday 10 February: 11.00am to 5.00pm
Music of Joy sessions at the Festival
Our Music of Joy group will be performing their unique style of world music to enlighten the inner soul.
Location: Stage 6 (located in Akuna Street near the Cnr of London Circuit)
• Saturday 9 February: 6.20pm to 6.45pm
• Sunday 10th February: 2.05pm to 3.05pm
Follow-up meditation courses in Canberra
Free courses will be held during February and March. Join in at anytime, even if you miss a session.
Course locations
Hughes Hughes Community Centre (every Wednesday for 6 weeks): Room 3, Hughes Shopping Centre (off Wisdom St) 7.30pm to 9pm Wednesdays, February 13, 20, 27 and March 6, 13, 20
Woden Woden Library (every Saturday for 4 weeks): The Balcony Room, Corinna St Phillip ACT (adjacent to the Phillip Health Centre) 11am to 12.15pm Saturdays Feb 16, 23 and March 2, 9
Scullin Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre 77 Chewings St: Every Thursday (ongoing classes), 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Call us if you have any questions on (02) 6254 4986 or (02) 6232 4455.
Sahaja Yoga Meditation class at Cairns, Australia
Sahaja Yoga in Cairns is offering a new time slot for the regular program that is held at the Marlin Coast Neighbourhood Centre.
At the sessions, participants are shown how to achieve mental stillness in their meditations. This process is a very simple one that allows the participants to experience true meditation, known as thoughtless awareness. Regular practice of this meditation helps in reducing stress and achieving balance in our lives. In this way, we can experience better health, improved relationships and greater wellbeing.
The new meeting details are provided below:
Time: Wednesdays, 6.30 to 7.30 pm
Where: Marlin Coast Neighbourhood Centre
Lot 2, Reed Rd, Trinity Park
Cost: Always free
Enquiries: Telephone 1300 724252
We hope to see you there.
(Photograph: Vishnu Bonneau)
Shri Mataji
What is our job is to enjoy, enjoy everything, and that enjoyment is the blessing of the Divine. Even you can enjoy the turmoil, the torture, everything you can enjoy if you see the point that nothing can happen to your spirit, which is the real light. Whatever you may suffer, whatever you may think is troubling you, actually this silent light of the spirit makes you absolutely perfectly joyous.
And you give joy to others. You don’t design it, you don’t plan it, how to give joy, but you just automatically give joy; and this giving joy is also effortless, sahaj, because you are in the sahaja state. In the sahaj state you just see things. It’s a drama you feel it, it’s a different styles, different types, and you just see and watch and get the joy out of it. It is not important to say, “I like this, I like that” – no. That “I” which likes is nothing but ego, and keeps you out of the enjoyment which is reality, which is real. Everything in this world that you find is troublesome, if you see from another angle, from a sahaja sthiti, you won’t feel the troubles. But that higher life should be there, that higher standard should be built within you.
Shri Mataji, 2000