Newsletter #31, by Tim Sime (27 Jan 2013)

Samarpan Online Group Meditation Newsletter

TOPIC FOR THE WEEK – Balance

Meditation is the need of the present time. Only this can bring about balance in humanity and in today’s imbalanced world. A balanced spirituality will create a balanced society, and this will, in turn, create a balanced universe.

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What is our relationship with our soul in meditation?

By meditating we dispose of the negativity that surrounds our soul. When we remove this our soul becomes clear and radiates, and then we do whatever is right for us. We become balanced.

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Is the hum of nature the same as the vibrations of birds and animals?

This is our harmony. Human beings, animals, birds, nature, we are all in harmony otherwise none of us would have survived.

Whenever disharmony happens it erupts, it shows in some form of destruction. It is not knowingly, perhaps unconsciously, but each species helps, and is in harmony with the other, to keep the balance.

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Religion should be here to awaken humanity, to develop humanity, not kill humanity. Many may think that the essence of humanity is compassion, but in reality humanity is beyond compassion. Humanity is balance. When you become balanced and merge with nature, then you will be a channel of nature. When nature is within you and outside you, how can one attack the other?

A human being will be in search of God until he meets God within himself. He will be dissatisfied until he meets God within himself, and this dissatisfaction creates unrest in the world.

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How can we have positive thoughts if things go wrong?

I am not doing anything to make your thoughts positive. If people try to have positive thoughts they will also have negative thoughts, because they are giving attention to categories. I never say, have positive thoughts and remove negative thoughts, I never say so, I do not categorise. In deep meditation there are no thoughts.

So, in a thoughtless, balanced state, there is no effort of mind. There is no need to make an attempt to erase negativity or build up positivity, because, through meditation, negativity will naturally fall away. You become balanced.

 Samarpan meditation means ‘surrender’ and ‘meditation’. Through the combination of these elements, balance is created. When you think of the future, your right energy channel is affected. When you think of the past, your left energy channel is affected. When you stop thinking you stay in the middle and your focus will reach the crown chakra. Many have spoken of this middle way, it is the path to liberation.

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You have experienced during Gurupurnima that the energy levels are very high. One reason for this is that I cut off from the earth and I store energy. It is easy for me to generate more energy, it is difficult to lower the energy.

The gravitational pull of the earth draws my energy. In this way I become balanced and can do my daily work. It is the quality of the earth that it receives energy, whether this is positive or negative, so if I need to store up good energy for a shibir the solution is to wear wooden sandals.

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Is to merge with universal consciousness, in a way, to go to a higher level beyond our emotions, our normal everyday feelings about what is happening in our lives?

Yes. If we rise to the soul level these feelings have less significance in our lives. We go beyond happiness and sorrow. If we feel joy, this is by divine grace, if we feel sorrow this is by divine grace.

The ‘I’ departs from your life and you begin to observe and experience life more objectively. You attain a state which is beyond personal happiness or sorrow. You become balanced.

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But why do some leaders have such influence?

Actually, we should not give these matters too much attention. We should instead think about our own self-development, and how we can better ourselves. By analysing the faults of others we cannot bring about change. 

If we start from the inside, one day change will come and it will be a beautiful world. The problem is that people do not remove their own faults before they try to change others. First, you have to start to bring change from within. When a person is healthy, physically and mentally balanced, satisfied and contented, then he or she can think about world peace.

How many people who talk about world peace, and are working for world peace, are totally balanced?

In Germany, recently, there were people talking about world peace and I said to them, if you do not have peace within yourself, why are you talking about world peace? Be peaceful within. If you do not even have one pound in your pocket, how can you donate ten pounds to others. If you do not have peace within yourself then how can you share peace with others?