It’s unfortunate that today, methods of meditation are being mistaken for meditation itself. Meditation is what makes us human—it must be continuous, 24x7. No method can be continuous or 24x7. Meditation is a way of life, a beautiful love affair. Just as the body cannot wait to breathe, consciousness cannot wait to meditate—it’s a madness of love, not dry, ritualistic, or time-bound.
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Questioner: Namaste Acharya Ji, I am Meghna, a student here. My Question is — Is meditation worth the hype? We usually associate meditation with spirituality and I was interested in understanding if it has any physiological effect, a mind-body connection of sorts.
Acharya Prashant: If you will listen carefully right now, this listening itself is meditation. You have to draw a distinction between meditation and methods of meditation. Probably, what you are asking about is methods of meditation.
Questioner: Yes, sir.
Acharya Prashant: Meditation is one thing, methods of meditation are another thing. It’s a problem, an unfortunate problem that today the methods are being called as meditation. Meditation is attention itself. Right now, I am meditating. You too, are meditating. This is meditation, and meditation is what makes us human. Meditation is understanding itself.
