Nowadays there is so much pressure in life. In order to release our mind from all kinds of stress we learn Raja Yoga Meditation. 

 

Raja Yoga Meditation is for our mind to experience peace, calmness and relaxation, but it must be practiced every day. As we eat food every day in order for to get strength, in the same way, our mind needs to be refreshed and meditation helps refresh our mind. It recharges our mind and helps it become relaxed and very peaceful.

 

When one is peaceful one can make good decisions in daily life, and if we make good decisions life becomes smooth. Otherwise, our mind will keep thinking over and over again and it does not reach any decision. So Raja Yoga Meditation enables me to  make good decisions in my daily life. If for example I go to work, and today I know I will have a lot of meetings, I then prepare my mind with a few powerful thoughts - I am a peaceful being, I am calm - when I get to the office I listen to everything with calmness so I can understand everything, and interact in a peaceful way. This way  I do not get affected by the pressure of any kind of work . 

 

Raja Yoga Meditation helps keep our mind still. What does it mean for our mind to become still?  We mean stillness like a calm water, and in this stillness the mind can think very clearly. When the mind is clear, then anything that comes in front of me in the form of a problem or situation,  I am able to think through with clarity. Raja Yoga Meditation helps us become very clear. 

 

In every day relationships sometimes we find ourselves getting easily affected by the moods of other people - sometimes they cooperate with us, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes we are hurt and sometimes we can hurt others. Raja Yoga Meditation gives me extra strength to not get affected by the moods of others because we understand that everyone’s mind  can easily be influenced by one’s habits. If a mind is influenced by his habits, the mind becomes moody. We learn to go beyond and not see the mood,  but instead see  each and every soul as a beautiful soul, very positive and very peaceful. When we look at the speciality and not the mood we are able to communicate well, and we begin to build our relationship based on the speciality of each other. When our relationship is filled with each other’s weakness, when we begin to see each other’s weaknesses, our relationships do not become good -  it means in my heart Im not accepting the other person. 

 

In Raya Yoga Meditation I have learned that each and every human being’s soul is originally beautiful, dignified and positive. So I must look at the positive side of the other person. Even in my own life I must have a positive attitude and connect with others with a positive attitude. If we have a positive approach towards each other, our relationships become better.

 

Om shanti.