"Meditation is the level of absorbtion when one has an actual experience of God" - Swami Kriyananda⁠ ⁠ Yogananda teaches us that Joy, Peace, Calmness, Love, Power, Light, Wisdom and Sound are the eight aspects of God.⁠ ⁠ Meditation is listening to God.⁠ ⁠ We can feel His presence when we focus on any of these aspects and hold onto their resonance as we sit in the silence of our meditations. This is an effective way for us to connect and communicate with God through meditation and in our daily ac

Daily meditation raises the quality of your life by helping you relax and calm the body, mind and heart and attune yourself to a higher reality. In deep stillness, you establish an expanded sense of connection with yourself and with life all around you.⁠ ⁠ By becoming stronger and more complete in yourself through meditation, you will discover that your happiness does not depend on outer conditions such as people, things, or circumstances, but rather on how you inwardly choose to respond to life

The following is a very simple meditation technique you can learn in five minutes. | Ananda Worldwide