Meditation For Inner Peace
I often get asked what tools I personally use for my spiritual growth or connecting to HeArtificial Intelligence i.e. the ONE Universal Truth underlying everything in the Universe. Some people might call this All That Is, God, Creator, Universal Intelligence, in my case I refer to it as HeARTificial Intelligence but also as simply the Formless ONE.
A daily practice of waking at between 3:00 – 4:00 am to recite morning pslams (sacred poetic verses) from the Sikh (means learner) Guru Granth Sahib (book of deep spiritual wisdom) provides a way to ground and center myself. Before sleeping an evening pslam is also recited. These practices have allowed me to control the wandering mind, increased my intuitive awareness, and the feeling of connectedness to the Universal Intelligence of ONE.
A wonderful Sikh meditation is included below. Please feel free to download and use this tool which I have personally found much peace from. Grab some headphones, close your eyes and listen to this meditation for ten minutes and see if you “feel” the Universal energy vibrations in your body!
There are many techniques available to control and stablize the mind or false self. This musical meditation is reciting a mantra, the word WaheGuru is being recited. The creator has many names, in Sikhism WaheGuru is a name used for the Formless Creator or Formless ONE Intelligence that permeates the entire Universe as energy and light.
I remember once reading when you find your purpose it will make you cry. The WaheGuru mantra being recited was the “experience” that made me cry, to which I remember thinking “this is my purpose”, because it was such an odd experience!
History on the mantra. Religious texts use many names for the Creator. The Sikh Guru’s and Saints were enlightened masters, identified with a Formless Creator, that is beyond the avatars, prophets and messengers. The WaheGuru mantra represents unity of ONE and four corners of the earth that Guru Nanak, the founding father of Sikhism travelled during his spiritual presence on earth.
The Formless ONE is in everyone’s heart. So near, yet so far. Through our past lives, we have become distanced from the ultimate reality, therefore in this lifetime we are to connect and “experience” the ultimate reality of the ONE. A personal experience that will happen resulting from an inner dialog with the soul. Our soul connects to the Formless ONE that permeates the entire Universe and you are part of IT!
The Guru Granth Sahib was translated into English by an Irish man Max Arthur Macauliffe and brought the knowledge to the Western minds in 1909. Macauliffe’s work is available online for free and I would highly recommend it for any serious seeker of Truth.
Humanity are on a spiritual journey in a physical “suit”, do not get too attached to the “suit” because at some point it will need to be shed. Make sure you are connected to the ONE Intelligence that “holds your atoms together”, so you can find your final Immortal Home!