· Meditation is the art of staying in this present moment. A sleepy person either lives in the past moment or is dreaming about the future life. But a meditator stays in this present moment and is alert about his thoughts and actions.
 

· Any action done with awareness is meditation. Meditation means to be fully aware of our actions, thoughts, feelings and emotions. Another name of meditation is passive awareness.
 

· Meditation is not concerned with any activity but it is concerned with our alertness while doing any action. Meditation means to add awareness and alertness in our actions.
 

· Meditation is not thinking about any God, chanting any mantra or practicing any concentration exercise. Meditation is to be passively aware of our thoughts and feelings.
 

· Concentration exercises makes the mind stronger. Meditation does not make the mind strong but it takes us beyond the mind. Meditation is all about dis-identifying with the mind. Meditation is to be alert about our thoughts and witnessing our desires rather than indulging in them.
 

· Meditation is to know oneself as one is. It is see our real face without any mask. When we practice meditation then we are bound to come across dark side of our nature which we are suppressing in our unconscious mind. But through meditation we can transform these desires by being a passive watcher of them.
 

· Passive witnessing of thoughts and desires transforms them. Witnessing means to watch the thoughts without interpreting, interfering or analyzing them. Witnessing is the art of just watching the thoughts coming and going.

· Meditation is a twenty hour affair. One hour of meditation cannot tackle the unconsciousness of rest of the day. Slowly we should bring our meditative quality in all our actions.
 

· Meditation can be practiced all the time and even in a market place. Meditation is all about being conscious and aware of our actions, thoughts and feelings.

Namaste,

 Manu