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How To Truly Meditate Upon Waheguru?


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When I try to meditate and pray, my mind most of the time wanders off and thinks about other things, even when I really try to concentrate I find myself thinking about God and other things at the same time.

How do you fully concentrate when praying?

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A Mala helps with concentration too.

Don't force it, it will happen with Gurujis grace naturally, but above all do with love for Waheguru.

"Man jeetai jag jeet - conquer your own mind and conquer the world. "

thank you! that quote really is inspiring

It takes time my friend.

Try sass sass Simran....

Waheguru with every breath.

Inhale mentally say Wahe

Exhale Mentally say Guru

it TAKES TIME....

Its really hard man...

But you gotta bring your mind back...

Another technique that you should practice is do mool mantar 21 times BUT only count 1 mool mantar when you fully concentrated...

Soon enough your mind will realize that to compete 21 mool mantars it has to shut up and focus.

Also do Ardas everyday for your mind to settle....

Another thing is that you have to awake at amritvela and do simran.....

Simran at Amritvela is a must!

STAY CONFIDENT....

Don't be dragged down if you can't concentrate, to beat the mind one of the hardest things to do in this world.

The sites down right now but soon I will post some topics for you to explore that will help. :)

thanks a lot! it is very tough, the mind can be seen as a muscle and we need to train it, work it out continually and only then can it be strong enough to hold God's grace, it's making sense now

Technique that worked for me was to read paath first and then do Vaheguru simran by contemplating on the paath you read. When doing Vaheguru simran the mind grabs hold of shabads and it rides the wave of the shabad. The mind feels content and continues to focus as it is being satisfied.

When I first started doing more prayer I felt content but when I did more my mind just became filled with distractions, I think it's a test so we can really control ourselves. What you said is true, thanks!

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Thelion ji, they are Gurbani, words of Guruji, from Japji Sahib ji, Pauri 28:

"aa-ee panthee sagal jamaatee man jeetai jag jeet.

Come as a traveller; All are fellow students; conquer your mind, and conquer the world."

Ooh! I'm still amazed at the linguistic beauty of the Guru Granth Sahib, quotes like this can make me sit back and think about them for ages haha, thank you again!

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Stop focusing on the past. Its gone and you can't get it back. Start from now and use the tools you learned through Gurbani to get back on track. Its not a test. These thoughts occur because of your focus is on what has already taken place. Some focus on the future. Both are useless. Do you not trust Guru Sahib to keep you safe every second of the day?

True, and I do trust it but maybe not to an extent as other devout Sikhs, it's a process man I'm trying

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