Meditation is the best medication for all agitations. It will truly calm the mind, fill the heart with joy and bring peace to the soul; the serenity and joy that comes from meditation lasts throughout the day and throughout your life. Meditation is not a simple diversion that works only as long as you are actively engaged in it. Rather, meditation brings you into contact with God; it changes the very nature of your being. As you sit in meditation, you will realise the insignificance of that which causes anxiety; you will realise the transient nature of all your troubles. You will realise the infinite joy and boundless peace that come from God.
You will learn (or perhaps you have already learnt) meditation techniques. Do not worry if you can’t do it perfectly, or if it is difficult, or if you can’t remember everything. The point is to do it. Make a time that is ‘meditation time’. It’s okay if it’s short. Commit five minutes to meditation each morning, and you will begin to see the magic of it.
Then, let this meditation become your life. However, even when it is not ‘meditation time’ or even if you are away from home, away from your ‘meditation place’, do not think that you cannot meditate. Take five minutes at work to simply close your eyes, watch your breath, focus on the oneness of us all, and connect with the Divine. Let your life become meditation.
-Swami Chidanand Saraswati
