S.R.C.M. SHRI . RAM . CHANDRA . MISSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SAHAJ MARG MEDITATION WAS DISTILLED FROM THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF RAJA YOGA BY A LINEAGE OF CONTEMPORARY MASTERS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEMANDS OF MODERN LIFE . FOR EVEN THE BUSIEST PERSON , SAHAJ MARG (WICH MEANS "NATURAL PATH" OR "SIMPLE WAY") IS AN SIMPLE YET PROFONDLY EFECTIVE METHOD. THERE ARE NO RITUALS. DO`S AND DON`TS ARE FEW. THERE IS NOTHING TO BELIEVE OR DISBELIEVE .WE ARE ASKED TO ACCEPT ONLY OUR OWN EXPERIENCE --NOT TO TRUST BUT TO TEST THE CLAIM THAT SAHAJ MARG OFFERS A PATH TO COMLEAT REALIZATION,OR THE REVELATION OF WHAT WE REALLY ARE. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO BEGINE IS THE STRONG DETEMINATION TO FINISH. FROME TIME IMMEMORIAL MANKIND HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR PRACTICAL WAYS TO CHANGE . MOST OF US KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE WAUNT TO CHANGE IN OUSELVES. BUT KNOWING WHAT WE WAUNT TO CHANGE , WHY IS IT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CHANGE IN WAYS THAT PERMOTE PERSONAL GROWTH? IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR HABITS AND TENDENCIES THAT WE REMAIN WHAT WE ARE. WE ARE DISTRACTED BY OUR OUTWARD ORIENTATION TOWARDS LIFE. OUR LIKING FOR SOME AND OUR DISLIKES FOR OTHERS SHAPE OUR BEHAVIOR AND SOON WE ARE UNABLE TO EXERCISE THE NECESSARY WILL TO DO WHAT WE MUST. HOW TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR? ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN LIFE STARTS INITIALLY AS A THOUGHT,AND ACTION FOLLOWS AS WE THINK ABOUT WAYS TO EXECUTE IT. THOUGHT IS THUS THE FORERUNNER OF ALL ACTION. BY PROPER UTILIZATION OF THOUGHT ONE CAN EFFECT CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR. WE NEED TO BRING DISCIPLINE IN THE WAYS IN WICH WE THINK. WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THOUGHT? IT IS BELIEVE THAT MIND IS. WHAT IS MIND? MIND IS THE INTANGIBLE ENTITY THAT WE IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL WITH ULTIMATELY. IF ONE WHERE TO THEN TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE MIND , THERE APPEARS A VOID IN MATERIAL SCIENCE. ONE HAS TO PERFORCE RESORT TO EXISTENCE OF SOMETHING WHICH GOVERNS ALL OF THESE WITHOUT BEING LIMITED BY THEM. THIS IS WHAT THE SPIRITUALISTS CALL THE SOUL. HOW TO BRING THIS ENTITY TO ACT IN A BALANCED WAY SO THAT THE EFFECT MAY TRANSLATE INTO OUR DOING WHAT WE MUST? THIS IS WHERE A PRACTICAL SYSTEM SUCH AS SAHAJ MARG CAN HELP. IT IS A PRACTICE TO BRING BALANCE BAKE INTO OUR LIVES. OUR EVERYDAY LIFE IS SO FULL OF DISTRACTIONS THAT WE ARE NOT EVEN TUNED TO THE SOULS EXISTENCE , LEAVE ALONE TRAINING IT TO BECOME PERFECT. WE HAVE TO FIRST GET TUNED TO ITS PRESENCE. MEDITATION IS THE PROCESS BY WICH ONE BECOMES IN TUNE WITH THIS CORE BEING WITHIN IT IS NOTHING BUT THE TRAINING OF THE MIND TO BECOME FOCUSED SO THAT THE OBJECT OF MEDITATION IS REVEALED. WE USE IT IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE ALL THE TIME WE THINK AGAIN AND AGAIN ABOUT THINGS WE WAUNT TO ACHIEVE AND IN DUE COURSE FIND THAT IT IS REVEALED MEDITATION, AS WE FOCUS ON THE SOUL, ITS NATURE IS REVELED AND WE FIND THAT IT IS CONNECTED TO THE INFINITE SOURCE. WHEN THIS CONNECTION IS A MATTER OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO RESTRICT OURSELVES TO OUR LIMITED SELVES FOR WE ARE NOW PERSONALLY AWARE OF THE INTER-CONNECTION OR, IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS. POSSESSING THIS WE AUTOMATICALLY WILL BE DIFFERENT AND MORE IN TUNE WITH WHAT WE OUGHT. THIS TRANSFORMATION OCCURS WITHOUT EXTERNAL PRESSURES. MEDITATION THUS REVEALS TO US OUR TRUE NATURE. WITH PROPER GUIDANCE WE ARE ABLE TO AVOID THE PITFALLS OF THE JOURNEY WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THIS IS WHY A MASTER IS ESSENTIAL. IN FACT, MASTERS ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE WHO COME SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE THIS TRANSFORMATION POSSIBLE IN A SPEEDY WAY. MAY HIS GRACE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR HUMANITY TO RECOGNIZE HIS/HER PURPOSE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY! FOR MORE INFO ON SAHAJ MARG OR A LOCAL CENTER NEAR YOU WRIGHT TO: SHRI RAM CHANDRA MISSION ROUT 1,BOX 122-5 HIGHWAY 109 MOLENA, GA 30258 USA