Global Meditations with Swami Veda
| Month | Day |
| January | 30 |
| February | 28 |
| March | 30 |
| April | 28 |
| May | 27 |
| June | 26 |
| July | 26 |
| August | 24 |
| September | 23 |
| October | 23 |
| November | 21 |
| December | 21 |
From now on the World Group Meditations will be on Full-Moon days
I sit at different times for different Continents. For example during the first segment I sit at 7am for India; at 5.30pm for Singapore to Japan belt (they sat at 8pm Singapore time) at 12.30am I will sit with the people of Europe and Africa who will sit there at 9pm and the following morning at 7.30 am I will sit for the people of the Americas and the Caribbean who will sit at 10pm New York time.
| 7 a.m. | in India |
| 8 p.m. | in East Asia (Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia adjust their times to coincide with Singapore time 8 p.m.) |
| 9 p.m. | in Western Europe and Africa (Those in England, in other parts of Europe and Africa need to change their times to the time zones of Europe; so whatever time it is in Russia or South Africa, or Benin or Burkina Faso at European summer time 9 p.m., people will sit.) |
| 11 p.m. | Atlantic Time in Canada |
| 10 p.m. | Eastern Time in the Americas and the Caribbean |
| 9 p.m. | Central Time |
| 8 p.m. | Mountain Time |
| 7 p.m. | Pacific Time |
Please join Swami Veda Bharati in these meditation sessions. Initiates, non-initiates and total beginners are welcome to sit. Please inform people in your area.
Visit blog.swamiveda.org to leave a message for Swami Veda, and your fellow meditators, about your experience during this special event... please share your joy!
(Look for this heading: Full Moon Meditation Experiences) This includes any previous memories of past Full Moon Mediatations).
HOW BEGINNERS MAY PARTICIPATE:
Those who have not learnt to meditate before, but would like to join Swami Veda Bharati, disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas, in his meditations on the Full Moon Days, may ask for his booklet titled Beginning Meditation and a cassette of guided meditation.
Till then, and till you have had the opportunity to take some training in correct way of sitting and correct way of breathing, the simple procedure to follow is :
- Sit as straight as you can on an even, firm but cushioned surface
- Relax your forehead
- Relax your facial and physical musculature
- Bring your awareness to your breathing
- Breathe slowly, gently, smoothly, evenly; without jerk or sound in the breathing
- Now feel the touch and flow of the breath in the nostrils
- Let there be no pause between the breaths; as one breath is completed, begin to feel the next breath flowing and touching in the nostrils
- After a few breaths, choose
- whichever name of God is your favourite according to your tradition or religion,
- or a sacred but short phrase or prayer word from your scripture or tradition Some suggestions are as follows :
- Those who wish to follow the Himalayan tradition may use the sound "SO" in the in-breath and "ham" in the outbreath, without a break in the cycles of ham-so with the breath
- The Sikhs may use : Vaah-e-guru
- Muslims may use the word Allah
- Christians may use one of these :
- Jesus,
- Ave Maria,
- Hail Mary,
- Maranatha (Aramaic)
- Kyrie eleison (or Greek)
- Mazdayasnians (Zoroastrians, Parsees) may use any of these :
- ahura mazdaahuu va-iryo
- esham vohu
- but for total beginners of the Mazdayasnian tradition the best recommendation is to use the phrase vohu-mano
- The Jainas may use:
- Om,
- Om hreem, or
- Hreem arham
- Those who prefer total nirguna, transcendental, trans-qualitative divinity may use only Om
- The Buddhists may use the word Buddho to start with
- If you do not believe in a form of divinity or spiritual incarnation and so forth then,
- exhaling, think Ooooonnnne (One)
- inhaling, think twwwooooo (Two) – without a break in this count with the breath
- Exhaling, think that phrase; inhaling think that phrase. The phrase is not to come in the mouth nor on the tongue; it must be only a mentation.
- Let there be no break between the breaths, nor between the incessant flow of the thoughts of the same phrase
- As soon as you become aware that you have lost the flow and other thoughts have begun to arise, re-start the same procedure
- Sit for as long as you wish.
- Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise
- If you practice this even for 2-3 minutes at a time many times in the day, you will notice subtle changes in yourself for the better
- Whatever you will do repeatedly with the mind, that will become the mind’s habit; calming the mind repeatedly will return your mind to its calm nature.
For inquiries to receive instruction you may write to:
sadhaka_grama@yahoo.com(in India)
mailto:info@themeditationcenter.org (in USA)
To order books and audiovisual materials :srsgp@sancharnet.in
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www.swamiveda.org
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