| An enlightened soul once explained the human quest | | | | In the Samyama form of meditation, once the period |
| for peace and happiness this way; He said the deer | | | | of concentration is up, it is followed by rest for a |
| spends its lifetime searching for the kasturi, little does it | | | | minute or two before a gradual transition into |
| realize that it carries the kasturi in its navel. | | | | Samyama. The mind goes into an easy state of not |
| Everyone longs for peace and happiness in their lives. | | | | thinking, just resting in silence. If any thoughts come, |
| Some find it during their lifetime while most others don't, | | | | they are discarded. In Samyama practice, any form of |
| and more often than not because they went searching | | | | chanting or mantra (sound) is not entertained instead |
| for it in all the wrong places in the first place! The | | | | the mind is left in a state of easy silence. The whole |
| human sub-conscience is a reservoir of knowledge, | | | | foundation of the Samyama is based on silence, and |
| peace, happiness and a multitude of ideas. And deep | | | | attaining of that silence within us through deep |
| meditation is one sure shot way of opening the gates | | | | meditation. |
| to that reservoir as it is a state where the mind is not | | | | In most people the term deep meditation conjures up |
| thinking, feeling, understanding or reacting to ay external | | | | an image of a sitting in an upright position, and |
| stimuli. It just lies in a state of dormant inactivity and yet | | | | concentrating or focusing one's thoughts on just one |
| it is uniquely aware of the true nature of most things. | | | | specific point or thought. While meditating this way |
| Samyama is a deep meditation practice that takes | | | | works for some, it does not have to be the same for |
| advantage of our inner stillness (silence). The practice | | | | all. Different strokes for different folks; for some |
| of Samyama develops in us a sense of "seeing | | | | people, deep meditation is simply about "not doing" |
| stillness in action and action in stillness." In this state, our | | | | anything. They relax the body by lying down |
| desires become expressions of our inner silence and | | | | comfortably on the back, listening to calming music and |
| we can find fulfillment in actions and thoughts. | | | | just letting the mind find its own way. |