We will do the breathing –

Vigorous breathing followed by the Rhythmic breathing.

Make it as strong as possible – strong, quick and vigorous.

Make it strong and vigorous to lighten up.

Same amount of force for the out-breath as the in-breath.

When you feel the lightness, follow up with the rhythmic breathing.

Long breath, deep breath, strong breath –

Strong enough to be able to hear it.

Vigorous breathing to lighten up, energise –

Rhythmic breathing to harmonise.

Through the breathing to enter into yourself.

The objective of meditation is to arrive at a quietness in yourself –

And the breathing will help you do that.

Long, deep breath, strong enough to be able to hear it –

Strong enough to keep you energised.

It will keep you centred.

Through the breathing to arrive at a quietness.

And through being quiet to arrive at the Self –

To arrive at meditation in the Self.

Long breath, the longer the better – deep breath.

It will relax you, bring you to a stop in yourself, and draw you in.

Stay with the stop.

Through the stop reach deep into yourself.

If thoughts come up – whatever that comes up, stand behind –

Watch over them, allow them to pass – keep letting them go.

Through the help of the breathing to enter into yourself.

In one’s daily activities one is all the time out;

Rare is the moment when you can enter into yourself.

Here is an opportunity.

The breathing will help you.

Allow yourself to relax as you breathe long and deep –

Strong enough to be able to hear it.

Continue with the breathing –

And a moment is reached when the thoughts will stop –

Everything will stop.

It may not happen immediately: it requires practice – but it works.

You are being with yourself.

This is the moment to be with yourself.

In your daily living you are most times living with the outside –

You are involved in the outside; you are involved in the other –

In the outer – things, people, work.

Now this is an opportunity to be with yourself –

And the breathing will help you.

You are relaxed in the body; you are relaxed in the mind –

You are relaxed in the whole of yourself –

In the whole of your being.

If things come up, thoughts come up, pleasant, unpleasant –

Be relaxed – just allow them to pass –

Stand behind, watch over them –

They are no concern of yours.

The first step in meditation is to enter into yourself.

The breathing will help you to be centred in yourself –

And through being centred to reach to meditation.

Feel for the quietness as you breathe long and deep, strong enough –

Allow yourself to be drawn-in into yourself.

You have left the outside while you are going inside.

The breathing will help you.

When you go inside you are entering your home –

You are entering your real home.

The home in the outside you will leave one day –

But the home inside will always be with you.

Use the breathing, it will help you –

Will energise you; will centre you –

Bring you to a quietness, draw you in –

And reach you to meditation.

Meditation is to be at peace with yourself –

Is to be totally relaxed.

Breathe in, breathe out –

Fill up completely, empty out completely –

The longer the breath the better it is.

In your daily activity, normally – you are working for yourself.

While when you are seeking for meditation –

You are working with yourself – in yourself –

And therefore for yourself –

And that is the difference.

Stay with the breathing.

Feel for the quietness within – stay with the quietness.

Be with the quietness.

Become one with the quietness.

You will feel your breath slowing down, wanting to stop.

Carry on for a while, then you can let go of it –

And stay with the quietness throughout –

Stay with the stop throughout.

Stay in meditation, and then you will feel the energy rise up –

You will feel the pressure of the Force.

Be relaxed, allow it to happen.

The breathing will help you to stay up, stay energised.

Keep to the breathing – rhythmic breathing –

And through the breathing to be centred in yourself.

Long breath, the longer the better, deep breath –

Strong enough to be able to hear it –

Strong enough to keep you energised.

The outside is in the outside, and you are inside –

Relaxed in yourself, as you breathe long and deep.

Anything that comes up – thoughts or whatever –

Stand behind, watch over them –

Be a witness, allow them to pass –

Keep letting them go.

They are no concern of yours.

Through the breathing to arrive at a quietness in yourself –

Through being quiet to enter deep into yourself.

Keep to the breathing –

Through the breathing keep to yourself.

You will feel the pressure of the Force –

You will feel the energy rise up to the top of the head.

Keep with the breathing, allow yourself to stay relaxed.

You are with the breathing and you are with yourself.

You are relaxed and you are quiet in yourself.

Thoughts come and pass away –

They do not touch you –

They do not concern you.

Stay with the breathing –

Through the breathing stay with yourself.

It will centre you, draw you in –

Bring you to a stop in yourself.

Stay with the stop.

You are in meditation.

With the help of the breathing –

Feel for the silence of your Self –

Be with the silence.

Everything else is outside you –

You are in the silence –

You are with the silence.

You are in yourself –

You are with yourself.

Breathe in, breathe out –

Fill up completely, empty out completely.

It will draw you in –

It will bring you to a stop in yourself.

Stay with the stop.

Reach to Meditation.

25 December 2004

Pushkar