A Yogi in solitude romances with life. The rays of sunlight falling on his skin have travelled millions of kilometers to meet him. What a passion!The food he has prepared has not been seen by anybody except him. What an intimacy! The pebble he has just thrown in river will never be seen by anybody ever again. What a heartbreak!

Calm mind is not a requirement for meditation.It is the result of meditation. Don’t try to calm your mind. Let the mind be what it is so that you can be who you are: the soul, the witness.

Imagine a machine that vibrates when it is on. If you have to sit on it to operate it, you will vibrate too. You will get tired way before the machine. Your body and mind are machines too. Ask any runner. They don’t run along with their body. They find a stillness inside them. They ride on that stillness while the body runs. That’s how they can run the body to its maximum capacity. Same goes for mind. You must find the stillness inside you to use body-mind to their maximum capacity.

You are a soul. You are on a tour of this world. Mind is like that clingy and blabbering tour guide that wants to accompany you everywhere.Meditation is all about leaving that tour guide and enjoying at least some parts of this world in peace.

Life is like photography. At one point we realize that candid photography offers more “Perfect Moments” than stressfully trying to control everything to create such moments.

A movie is keeping your mind stimulated 24-7. Characters of this movie are your neighbors, relatives, colleagues, celebrities, politicians. And don’t blame media or internet for this It’s been happening since ages. Maybe the pace was slow in old times but so were the minds.Nobody is forcing you to watch this movie. But the urge is so strong that your clever mind is inventing fancy excuses to keep watching it: “Justice”. “Social Activism”, “Political awareness.

One step inward is better than a million outward. Your own small lamp can help you more than a thousand external suns when the night is dark.

Find one thing that holds you in the present moment... one thing that stops the live commentary in your head. It can be anything like sipping hot beverage, taking a shower, watching the waves... That thing is your own meditation technique, your own door to connect with the supreme.

Two paths to realize your divine powers: If you’re introvert, meditate. (Be so alone that you let go of your own company too.) If you’re extrovert, serve. (Lose yourself while being with others.)