ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE🔗

Whenever anyone asks for upadesha (spiritual instruction) in a nutshell, I always tell them: be blissful!

Immediately they ask, 'Swamiji, is it really possible to be blissful always? Doesn't our bliss depend on external circumstances also?' We never realize that being blissful is not an accident, it is a clear choice!

Your happiness is always in your hands. Your happiness is 100% your own choice. Every day, life gives you a chance to be happy or miserable. What you choose is up to you.

Just decide to be blissful, and be blissful, that's all! There can't be a simpler meditation technique than this.

But don't be deceived by its simplicity; it is the most simple, basic techniques that really work.

Breath of bliss

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INSTRUCTIONS

Every morning, as soon as you get up, even before you open your eyes, sit up in bed. Call yourself by name. Ask yourself, What are you going to choose today? Do you want to be blissful, or do you want to be miserable? Naturally, first thing in the morning, you are not going to choose misery! So your mind will say, I choose to be blissful.

Then reply, Then be blissful, that's all! It's as simple as that!

When you are faced every day with the truth that your happiness and your misery are entirely in your hands, you will stop blaming the external circumstances.

You will develop an attitude of being blissful - not because of external circumstances, not despite them – but irrespective of them. You are blissful because you are blissful, that's all.